Tinker Swiss Cottage
@Tinker_Cottage
Followers
1K
Following
179
Media
229
Statuses
5K
Historic House Museum in Rockford, IL
Rockford, IL
Joined May 2009
November 8, 1919: Learned that the ring on which L. Purdon borrowed $10 week ago was worthless, + that the lying chap had skipt for Ch’go same day…ungrateful, worthless pup #UhOh #BobGotSwindled #VictorianInsults #DailyTinker
0
0
1
November 7, 1882: General Elections. Democrats swept the country #ElectionSeason #RememberToVote #VictorianPolitics #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 6, 1900: Rainy disagreeable Presid’ election – McKinley won the day #PresidentMcKinley #BobsNotAfan #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 5, 1920: Dr. allowed me to first bath since July 3 (Wm Johnson, 72 chatted with me in same bath died at 10:30 the next morning) #StinkyBob #VictorianBathrooms #4MonthsNoBath #RIPWilliamJohnson #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 4, 1883: Drove to Patrero...after dinner made sketch of the quaint old ch 200 years just opposite – Primitive people – mud house #TravelingTinkers #NewMexico #SouthwestUS #PotreroNM #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 3, 1901: Staid in all day. Made sketch for cemetery stone – Rainy #AlwaysTinkering #BusyBob #TinkerDorrMonument #GreenwoodCemetery #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 2, 1880: Presidential election, Garfield vs Hancock #PresidentGarfield #HistoricElections #RememberToVote #DailyTinker
0
0
0
November 1, 1872: Horse disease broke out in Chicago #UhOh #HorseDisease #ChicagoHistory #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 31, 1915: Town wild over some big football games #ApparentlyBobsNotAFootballFan #VictorianGames #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 30, 1883: Left home for New Mexico #TravelingTinkers #NMBound #HeadingToTheWildWest #DailyTinker
0
1
1
October 29, 1915: Hallowe’en party in Annex for the kids – great success – 3 of them remaining thro the night + Saturday #HappyHalloween #HalloweenParty #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 28, 1912: Ted growing more unruly + disobedient #TeddyTinker #Terrible4s #PapaBob #JessiesGotHerHandsFull #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 27, 1878: 6 inches of snow on sidewalk #EarlyWinter #LetItSnow #JustKiddingThatSoundsTerrible #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 26, 1854: The family retired as usual but we were called at half past eleven and hurried down for Father appeared to be worse, I reached his bed side just in time to see him take one short breath #RIP #ReverandRuebenTinker #LifeInWestfieldNY #RobertsFather #DailyTinker
0
0
1
0
0
0
October 24, 1900: Wife + I went to Chicago stop’g at Sherman Ho. Room 314 with bath – Merrik made changes in lining of leg socket #TravelingTinker #ChicagoBound #7MonthsAfterRRAccident #HopeTheChangesHelped #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 23, 1868: Men at work on my house – Mrs. Withrow sent me pumpkin pie #CottageConstruction #OohPie #TisTheSeasonForPumpkinPie #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 22, 1877: Kauffman + Zimmerman went to jail in eve, for beer selling #UhOh #WhatABummer #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 21, 1897: Still suffering from sudden + severe attacks of neuralgia #OhNo #FeelBetterSoonBob #SevereNervePain #DailyTinker
0
0
0
October 20, 1909: Mark came to help get in carrots + beets. Bro’t up Kitchen stove from basement #FarmerBob #TinkerFarm #TinkerGardens #AlwaysTinkering #Rearranging #DailyTinker
0
0
0