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Let’s go to the movies Vintage movie venues have entertained audiences for decades
(Photo by Patti Klinge)September 2022Cover Story Let’s go to the movies Vintage movie venues have entertained audiences for decadesby Corbin Crable Streaming services, be advised – you can’t keep a good movie theater down. People have predicted the death knell of...
One-room schoolhouses still educate visitors Schools housed generations of young learners in 19th, early 20th centuries
(Photo by Kyle Bush)August 2022Cover Story One-room schoolhouses still educate visitors Schools housed generations of young learners in 19th, early 20th centuriesby Corbin Crable As a new school year begins across the country, it can be easy to forget that one-room...
Summer al fresco Before packing up a seasonal picnic, feed your head with these historical facts
Photo by Mike Leavenworth on flickr July 2022Cover Story Summer al fresco Before packing up a seasonal picnic, feed your head with these historical factsby Corbin Crable One of the great joys of pleasant weather lies in the simple picnic, a summer activity whose...
Get into the groove Vintage concert posters are collectible pieces of music history
June 2022Cover Story Get into the Groove Vintage concert posters are collectible pieces of music historyby Corbin Crable Whether tacked onto the wall of a bar or plastered onto a streetlamp post, vintage concert posters announced small, intimate shows and big,...
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...
Vintage movie theaters hold cherished memories
Photo by Lloyd Dirks on UnsplashSeptember 2022Everything OldVintage movie theaters hold cherished memoriesby Corbin Crable We all have our own memories of going to the movies – that place where you could sit in silence, in the dark, and laugh or cry with the...
Shopping for school supplies sparked excitement, anticipation
Photo by Kiy Turk on UnsplashAugust 2022Everything Old Shopping for school supplies sparked excitement, anticipationby Corbin Crable New academic year Though we’ll soon be enjoying the final vestiges of summer, there’s another big event about which to be...
Play ball! Baseball rules, customs looked very different a century ago
Photo by Boston Public Library on UnsplashJuly 2022Everything Old Play ball! Baseball rules, customs looked very different a century agoby Corbin Crable Play Ball! Baseball Rules Fan or not, there’s always something to enjoy, when watching a summer baseball...
June weddings have been popular for hundreds of years
Photo by Orio Nguyen on UnsplashJune 2022Everything Old June weddings have been popular for hundreds of yearsby Corbin Crable Wedding season With the arrival of the summer season comes another season in tandem – the wedding season. June -since ancient times It...
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...
Commemorative collectibles depict historical events
July 2022ANTIQUE DETECTIVE Commemorative collectibles depict historical eventsby Anne Gilbert Commemorative items for Collectors The recent celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee has created many commemorative items for collectors. There are t-shirts,...
Some surprising facts about early American folk art portrait artists
June 2022 ANTIQUE DETECTIVE Some surprising facts about early American folk art portrait artists by Anne Gilbert Paintings and prints of family ancestors, whether they are American, Chinese, English, or from another country, continue to be popular collectibles. They...
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 abiding appeal of Depression Glass
July 2023 Good Eye The abiding appeal of Depression Glass by Peggy Whiteneck Depression glass is one example of a collector category that, despite its historic denigration by many in the antiques trade, has staying power with collectors even though it was cheaply made...
Consolidation, contraction and closing
June 2023Good Eye Consolidation, contraction and closingby Peggy Whiteneck Recently, national news sources have highlighted consolidation in American industries. Reports have focused, for example, on the airline industry, whose flight arrival and departure times have...
Feathered nests – in glass!
May 2023Good Eye Feathered nests – in glass!by Peggy Whiteneck In May, we celebrate Mother’s Day, not just for human moms but for birds - and not just feathered birds on twigged and grassy nests but moulded birds on glassy nests! In my last column, I shared a photo of...
Crazy quilts showcase beauty in irregularity
July 2023 Covering Quilts Crazy quilts showcase beauty in irregularity by Sandra Starley What do a Victorian parlor, a Wizard of Oz char-acter, and a Batman villain have in common? Crazy Quilts! From ladies’ magazines in the 1880s to The Patchwork Girl of Oz in...
Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas
June 2023Covering Quilts Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Last month, I wrote about the origins of the classic antique quilt pattern, Rocky Road To Kansas. While it sounds like a design dating back to the pioneer days of...
Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas
May 2023Covering Quilts Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Quilt names : ‘Rocky Road to Kansas,’ ‘Texas Tears,’ and ‘Rocky Road to California’, It’s a quilt name that stirs up images of wagons full of bonneted prairie ladies busily sewing...
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1900 ‘Health Book’ advised rural families what to do before the doctor comes
May 2023Vintage Discoveries 1900 ‘Health Book’ advised rural families what to do before the doctor comesby Ken Weyand Wealth of healthy living advice in 1900 A small hardbound book, part of my family’s accumulation of “old stuff,” contains a wealth of healthy living...
One of my Dad’s treasures was unique ‘Chatterbox’ book
April 2023Vintage Discoveries One of my Dad’s treasures was unique ‘Chatterbox’ bookby Ken Weyand Childhood Books As an impoverished orphan in 1900, my dad had few possessions. Luckily, his older sisters supplied him with a few books and other items that helped him...
Old tennis racket shows how much sport has changed
March 2023 Vintage Discoveries Old tennis racket shows how much sport has changed by Ken Weyand Old tennis racket Since I was a youngster, an old tennis racket has been part of our family’s collection of “never thrown-away treasures.” One of the few sporting items...
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