Welcome to OLDINK
| How Ironic, as a student at Royalview Elementary, Willowick Jr, and |
| Eastlake North, I hated History It was Dull and BORING Learning |
| from a "NEW Watered Down VERSION" of History, printed months |
| before I entered the respective grade |
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What a dumb way to learn history |
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If only I had an ACTUAL COMPLETE NEWSPAPER THAT WAS |
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PRINTED Shortly after the event in my hands |
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My grades would not have been D`s |
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I would be teaching the class |
| The collection started in 1994 with George |
| Washingtons Resignation as commander and Chief of the |
| Army This Paper is the Complete speech made by George |
| Washington Signed in type |
| Then , I found a VERY EARLY Report of the Battle of Bull Run |
| From there, it went into More Historical EVENTS |
| I soon learned, For a stellar Collection it has to be |
| Newspapers of events from where it happened |
| INCREDIBLE COMPLETE NEWSPAPERS OF Historic events that |
| had HAPPENED THE SAME WEEK or in some cases.. JUST hours |
| After .one Example.. Probably, one of the best in the |
| Country,,,.my JFK collection,. Boston, Washington & |
| Dallas Papers ALL Same day reports... |
| This is what the hobby is all about !!!!!!! |
| People thought I was nuts ( more than usual ) collecting papers that is a STUPID |
| thing to collect , OR my favorite, I have yesterdays paper I will give it to you, |
| are only a few of the comments that I have heard |
| BUT after 15 yrs and over 500 papers later .... |
| THE BIG interested now is Death Issues. Presidential |
| Papers from the Capital (Inauguration) and The 56 signers of |
| the Declaration. (have 39 out of 56) |
| I have also discovered that newspapers were born around 1515, |
| from 1455-1515 (Johannes Gutenberg) the only things |
| that were printed were Bibles |
| So NOW I had to have at least 1 Printed item from |
| every decade since the 1450`s So I collected Bible Leaves |
| The collection has EVERY DECADE REPRESENTED from 1470 |
| ... Still looking for 1450`s the 1460`s |
| The site was originally the BRAIN CHILD OF My Cousin PAUL Z |
| Who, Lives about 50 miles South from me, and wanted to see |
| the collection of HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS |
| BUT time and Distance prevented it |
| Hence forth OLDINK was born in 2002 |
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Now OLDINK has expanded to an education site meant to help |
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students in their studies |
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Remember, I Hated History in School |
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But now I am a History Nut |
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These papers on this Site ARE NOT COPIES THEY ARE NOT REPRODUCTIONS |
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THEY ARE Complete Newspapers |
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AGE ....From 530 YEARS OLD TO 6 months old |
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They are The REAL DEAL .... Enjoy |
Best Wishes Dave
OLDINK.com Since 2002