Jim Potter, Author Podcast
1) Chelsea Piers, New York City, in 1912
While researching the New York City waterfront and its piers, I found this incredibly detailed photograph of Chelsea Piers. The photograph was identified as having been taken between 1910 and 1920, bu...Show More
2) Researching Robert: Gladys Gamble Parks Sailed on the RMS Scythia
Gladys Gamble grew up in a Hull household where the family had to stretch their income to make ends meet, including a strict food budget during the war. I can imagine Gladys' appetite on the Scythia w...Show More
3) Cobh, Irish Free State
Before Gladys Parks could get familiar with the sounds and rhythm of her ship, the RMS Scythia, and prior to traveling in the rougher seas of the Atlantic Ocean, the liner had one port call, Cobh (pro...Show More
4) A Horse and Buggy Doctor
Despite having a doctor's office in Inman, above his drug store, Dr. John S. Graves was known for traveling the countryside outside of town in his horse and buggy to care for his patients at their hom...Show More
5) No One Ever Forgets Their First Car
"Cars are not just cars. They are memories, and these memories last a lifetime. Memories of one’s first car are often vivid, powerful, and emotional. They are etched in our memories forever.” - Michel...Show More
6) Postcard Detective: Horse Stolen $70 Reward
The oldest artifact we have in our home is 148 years old. It's a postcard from 1877.The Reward or Wanted postcard informs the reader that a horse was stolen June 5, 1877, from Cumberland County, Penns...Show More
7) Researching Robert: Leaving Liverpool
On June 5, 1926, as Mrs. Gladys Gamble Parks, 18, prepared to board the RMS Scythia from Liverpool’s landing stage, she may have considered the ships she had previously observed from the docks of Hull...Show More
8) Have You Ever Been Seasick?
We boarded the ship in Seattle, and I quickly made a plan for what I feared might feel like confinement. I quickly assessed that approximately five and a half laps around the deck would make a mile, s...Show More
9) Western Towers: The Healthy Tree Massacre
The so-called “Golden Years” weren’t golden for Archie Lemon. He and his wife, Nancy, had over a million dollars in safe investments and were still working when he had his life-altering accident.
10) Seasick Postcards
One online search about seasickness led to another. Soon, I discovered the existence of "seasick cards." Later, a postcard collector explained to me there was a similar category of postcards referred ...Show More