Much can be learned from studying generations past, and German-American almanacs provide us with a special look at the everyday lives of the people who tamed much of the Eastern and Midwestern portions of the United States. When studying these works, it becomes clear that, though much has changed: fashion, science, agriculture, the fundamentals which distinguish America’s largest ethnic group have stayed the same.
This copy of Der Neue Reading Calender from 1886 seems to have been used as a scratch pad.
Further Reading:
The German Book Trade in Amerca to the Civil War, by Robert E. Cazden, Camden House Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, 1984
Early German-American Imprints, by Heinz G. F. Wilsdorf, Peter Lang Publishing Inc., New York, 1999
