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Our favorite Christmas characters Yuletide TV specials continue to draw nostalgic audiences
(Image courtesy of Classic Media)December 2022Cover Story Our favorite Christmas characters Yuletide TV specials continue to draw nostalgic audiencesby Corbin Crable The holiday season is a time for nostalgia, savoring warm memories created with friends and family –...
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...
Support your local small businesses this holiday season
Photo by Tim Mossholder on UnsplashDecember 2022Everything OldSupport your local small businesses this holiday seasonby Corbin Crable Ideal gift for that special someone If you’re still looking for the ideal gift for that special someone on your holiday...
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...
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...
The Beat(er) Goes on
July 2024Good Eye The Beat(er) Goes onby Peggy Whiteneck While they’re less often used today, most readers will be familiar with egg beaters – items with a top handle and hand crank above a pair (usually) of beaters that rotate when the hand crank is turned. The first...
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...
Quilt history revisited: The Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern
April 2024Covering Quilts Quilt history revisited: The Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench patternby Sandra Starley Have you been churning butter or fixing wagons recently? If not, you might appreciate a bit of background information on the origins of the two most...
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...
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Mother Goose book finds a new home
February 2024Vintage Discoveries Mother Goose book finds a new homeby Ken Weyand One of the “finds” in my collection of “old stuff” is a well-preserved “Mother Goose” book from my childhood. It isn’t guesswork on my part: the book has my name written discretely in...
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...
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