Origin of the American Use of Dungarees

[Jonathan Lighter]

An impressionist tries to get the voices right too.

JL

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Carter Rila <elcutachero at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > In recent years the hobby of impressionism has become popular. Original
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> > time garments are scarce and now are collectable as artifacts. In
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> >  with the modern diet few can wear the sizes of those days. So most
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> > wear their original unforms even if they still have them. Impressionists
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> > t on demonstrations and wear exact replicas of everything from the skin
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> > . They also use replica weapons in the case of the Civil War dor the
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> > als have so much value as collectables. This has been true since the late
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> > ifties.
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> What's the difference between impressionists and reenactors?
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> Mark Mandel
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