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Your home away from home Vintage campers ready for summer adventures
May 2022 Cover Story Your home away from home Vintage campers ready for summer adventures by Corbin Crable As temperatures grow warmer and nature calls out to you for yet another summer adventure, many longtime camping enthusiasts are gassing up their vintage campers...
America the Beautiful
April 2022Cover Story America the Beautiful Ad campaigns deter littering, encourage preservation of country’s natural beautyby Corbin CrableIt’s hard to believe that what we know as recycling today was largely unfamiliar to Americans just a few decades ago. You likely...
Magic between the pages Children’s literature enjoys a storied history
March 2022Cover Story Magic between the pages Children’s literature enjoys a storied history by Corbin CrableYou remember them fondly from your childhood – you joined them on their adventures in the fantasy worlds they inhabited, and they sparked your imagination, as...
Hail to the Chief -Presidential libraries seek to inform, preserve leaders’ legacy
February 2022Cover Story Hail to the Chief Presidential libraries seek to inform, preserve leaders’ legacyby Corbin CrablePresidents’ Day This Presidents’ Day, stick to your New Year’s resolution of taking the time to learn something new and take advantage of a visit...
Like, totally rad!: Gen X collectibles – remain popular, plentiful
January 2022 Cover Story Like, totally rad!: Gen X collectibles - remain popular, plentiful by Corbin Crable Generation X like I am For those of us of a certain age, the power of nostalgia remains a strong draw when we consider the pop culture influences of our...
‘Tis the Season for Gifting
December 2021 Cover Story ‘Tis the Season for Gifting by Corbin Crable Affordable Gifts for the Antique Lover The holidays, traditionally a time of reflection on days gone by as a new year approaches, hold plenty of opportunities to gift little pieces of the...
Let’s go camping this summer
Photo by sendi gibran on Unsplash May 2022 Everything Old Let’s go camping this summer by Corbin Crable Arrival of Summer With the arrival of summer, it only seems appropriate that our editorial content in this issue include ways to welcome the season for which...
Here comes the ragman – reuse of household items has old roots
Photo by Nareeta Martin on UnsplashApril 2022Everything OldHere comes the ragman – reuse of household items has old rootsby Corbin Crable You’re going to learn quite a bit about the recycling campaigns born out of the 1960s and ‘70s in this issue of Discover...
Reading remains a lifelong love
Photo by Mael BALLAND on UnsplashMarch 2022Everything OldReading remains a lifelong loveby Corbin Crable In this issue, we will explore the rich history of children’s literature, which has given birth to generations of lifelong readers, myself included. Growing...
An ode to snow days, now gone
Photo by Jairo Gonzalez on UnsplashFebruary 2022Everything OldAn ode to snow days, now goneby Corbin Crable As I write this, temperatures in the Kansas City metro area continue to hover below freezing, with traces of snow lingering like an unwelcome dinner guest...
Original NES powers up in this issue
Photo by Ravi Palwe on UnsplashJanuary 2022Everything OldOriginal NES powers up in this issueby Corbin Crable Welcome to the January 2022 issue of Discover Vintage America! In this issue, we’ll be covering collectibles for those of a certain age – namely,...
A new website for Christmas
Photo by Domenico Loia on Unsplash December 2021Everything OldA new website for Christmasby Corbin Crable The holidays are upon us, and in the hustle and bustle that they inevitably bring, I wanted to make you aware of a few changes to Discover Vintage America’s...
Mustache sentiment cups make trendy bargains
May 2022 ANTIQUE DETECTIVE Mustache sentiment cups make trendy bargains by Anne Gilbert Take a look -- Mustaches and beards are seen everywhere! It couldn’t be a better time to give a second glance to gifting or collecting antique and vintage mustache sentiment cups....
The history of animal cracker containers and other tins
April 2022 ANTIQUE DETECTIVE The history of animal cracker containers and other tins by Anne Gilbert Chances are that you or someone in your family have eaten animal crackers and loved every bite. Perhaps you are even a collector of the tin boxes they came in....
Collectible old pewter came in many forms
March 2022ANTIQUE DETECTIVECollectible old pewter came in many formsby Anne Gilbert You might be surprised to learn that many items of 17th and 18th centuries still come up for sale at modest prices. Also, there are many collectors around the world, including...
Missing the old antiquing haunts
May 2022Good Eye Missing the old antiquing hauntsby Peggy Whiteneck Losing Favorite Antiquing places I guess anyone over the age of 30 has had the experience of losing favorite places for antique shopping - you know, the unforgettable places that you loved visiting...
Slag Glass pieces are first class and one of a kind
April 2022 Good Eye Slag Glass pieces are first class and one of a kind by Peggy Whiteneck Slag Glass One of my favorite decorative glass types is slag glass, made in a number of different colors by a number of 19th- to 20th-century American glassmakers (including...
Fire King glass is still king
March 2022Good EyeFire King glass is still kingby Peggy Whiteneck Fire King I caught the Fire King bug from my parents, who had one of the largest Jadeite (light green) Fire King collections I’ve ever seen, including rare pieces such as egg cups. That set has come...
Row, row, row your quilt… gently sew the seams – row quilts
May 2022Covering QuiltsRow, row, row your quilt... gently sew the seams – row quilts by Sandra Starley I was recently challenged to create a row quilt and thought I would share a bit about my process and about row quilts in general. Let’s start with defining a...
Pressing matters: Part 2
April 2022Covering QuiltsPressing matters: Part 2by Sandra Starley Last month I wrote about the importance of properly pressing quilt blocks rather than ironing. I am back to share more hot topics. Quilters do take pressing issues quite seriously. #pressingmatters was...
Quilters, press on – Pressing matters!
March 2022Covering Quilts Quilters, press on - Pressing matters!by Sandra Starley It may sound silly to newcomers, but pressing in quilting is serious business. Note that I say pressing rather than ironing, and no, they are not the same thing. Quilters’ families with...
Relive the good ol’ days at Fort Scott’s annual festival
May 2022Relive the good ol’ days at Fort Scott’s annual festival The Good Ol’ Days Festival in Fort Scott will transport you back to a simpler time with family fun this summer. The festival, now in its 41st year, will take place June 3-4. It has been held the first...
Fun is brewing at Midwest Tea Festival
May 2022Fun is brewing at Midwest Tea Festival Dust off your favorite vintage tea kettle and get ready for the annual Midwest Tea Festival, May 7 and 8 at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, KS. The event welcomes all connoisseurs of tea throughout...
NOTO Saturday Markets allow shoppers to support the arts
May 2022NOTO Saturday Markets allow shoppers to support the arts Coming on the heels of its Redbud Festival, the NOTO Arts & Entertainment District in Topeka is bringing back its popular Saturday Market, where attendees can shop for antiques, handmade wares and...
Ancient geography textbook reveals a lot
May 2022Vintage Discoveries Ancient geography textbook reveals a lotby Ken Weyand Old Geography Book One of the few records of my grandfather’s early life and that of his brothers is an old geography book I re-discovered recently in a cedar chest full of other...
Solving a jigsaw puzzle—80 years later
April 2022Vintage Discoveries Solving a jigsaw puzzle—80 years laterby Ken Weyand Bored Youngster When I was a youngster, we would occasionally spend Sundays with my dad’s stepmother and his two sisters in Hamilton, IL, across the river from Keokuk, IA. I...
Old nursery rhyme book fondly remembered
March 2022Vintage Discoveries Old nursery rhyme book fondly remembered ~ by Ken Weyand ~ My first books One of my first books – saved by my mother over the years – recently turned up in my attic. “Three Little Pigs” is a nursery rhyme classic, and it was...
“Valentine Treasury: A Century of Valentine’s Day Cards”
February 2022Books for Collectors“Valentine Treasury: A Century of Valentine’s Day Cards”By Corbin Crable What would the month of February be without the traditional exchanging of Valentine’s Day cards with your sweetheart or best friend? It’s a ritual we all...
“Cabbage Patch Kids Collectibles” By Jan Lindenberger
January 2022Books for Collectors“Cabbage Patch Kids Collectibles”By Corbin Crable The birth of the Cabbage Patch Kids craze in 1983 changed the doll industry forever – and made a veritable mint for Coleco, the company that produced the dolls. But, as author Jan...
“Collecting Classic Video Games”
January 2022Books for Collectors“Collecting Classic Video Games”By Corbin Crable “Collecting Classic Video Games” Just in case you can’t tell, this month’s issue of Discover Vintage America is all about Generation X collectibles, and video games came of age as...