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Hey, wanna go to the mall? Shopping malls exist as snapshot of America during one moment in time
(Photo by Patti Klinge) November 2022 Cover Story Hey, wanna go to the mall? Shopping malls exist as snapshot of America during one moment in time by Corbin Crable “All right, I’ll pick you up at the food court entrance 3 p.m. Have fun and be safe!” The words – or...
Trick or Treat! Halloween costumes have a colorful, creative history
(Photo courtesy Charlie Vandermeer/Reminisce)October 2022Cover Story Trick or Treat! Halloween costumes have a colorful, creative historyby Corbin Crable Whether you’re suiting up the kids or grandkids in Halloween costumes to traverse their neighborhood for sweets...
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,...
Malls remain a reminder of shopping in the pre-Amazon era
Photo by Ron Dauphin on UnsplashNovember 2022Everything OldMalls remain a reminder of shopping in the pre-Amazon eraby Corbin Crable Mall Shopping This year, as most of us log onto the Internet to do our Christmas shopping, some of us will hop in the car and...
These Halloween candies still fill us with terror, but some still view them as treats
Photo courtesy of Pinterest.October 2022Everything OldThese Halloween candies still fill us with terror, but some still view them as treatsby Corbin Crable Halloween candies Anytime of year, those of us with a sweet tooth can easily name the candies we always...
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...
Still-popular bentwood furniture has long history as early example of mass-produced furniture
October 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEStill-popular bentwood furniture has long history as early example of mass-produced furnitureby Anne Gilbert First created in 1849 by Michael Thonet, a German, bentwood furniture was one of the first designer-style examples of...
Old figural glass bottles still popular collectibles
September 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEOld figural glass bottles still popular collectiblesby Anne Gilbert Old Figural Glass BottlesProof that there is still interest in collecting old figural glass bottles was the recent auction price of over $1,000 for a 19th-century...
Don’t get tangled in the Web
June 2024Good Eye Don’t get tangled in the Webby Peggy Whiteneck Most dealers will come across items for possible acquisition that we haven’t seen before and about which we may know little or nothing – beyond perhaps a gut intuition that it’s something special or...
Collecting for teetotalers
May 2024Good Eye Collecting for teetotalersby Peggy Whiteneck The history of tea and its dispersion is not entirely known nor clearly understood, but it appears the first tea appeared in China at least as early as 350 BC. Eventually, tea drinking would expand across...
Tips for selling antiques for greater success
April 2024Good Eye Tips for selling antiques for greater successby Peggy Whiteneck Antique buyers have more types of buying options today than they did 15 or 20 years ago. The Internet and online auctions have revolutionized the antiques trade. However, that also...
Ocean Waves quilts revisited
March 2024Covering Quilts Ocean Waves quilts revisitedby Sandra Starley Nature has long inspired quilters. As American quilting developed in Eastern seaboard settlements, it is not surprising that early quilt designs and pattern names often carried a nautical...
Journeys in quilt history: Political patchwork edition
February 2024Covering Quilts Journeys in quilt history: Political patchwork editionby Sandra Starley Learning about the past can be fun! One of the things that I love most about collecting antique quilts, blocks, and fabrics are all the interesting tidbits of history...
My Old Kentucky Home – Quilt adventures with the American Quilt Study Group
December 2023Covering Quilts My Old Kentucky Home – Quilt adventures with the American Quilt Study Groupby Sandra Starley I recently revisited “My Old Kentucky Home,” having lived there briefly as a youngster, for the Annual Seminar of the American Quilt Study...
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Old Bible witnessed two decades of family history
December 2023Vintage Discoveries Old Bible witnessed two decades of family historyby Ken Weyand When my grandfather, a struggling grocer in Keokuk, IA, married a young milliner from neighboring Warsaw, IL, in 1880, their lives changed considerably. No longer would...
1926 souvenir book marked America’s first 150 years
October 2023Vintage Discoveries 1926 souvenir book marked America’s first 150 yearsby Ken Weyand At the bottom of a cedar chest with other family memorabilia, I found a souvenir book of the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, held in Philadelphia. It featured...
Visit to threshers’ show brings back ‘farm memories’
September 2023Vintage Discoveries Visit to threshers’ show brings back ‘farm memories’by Ken Weyand As a farm kid who grew up in the days when farmers were transitioning from horse-drawn equipment to tractors, a part of my brain still remembers when a threshing...
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