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Category Archives: 1800’s
When Your Holidays Need a Little Less Cheer and a Little More Fear, Bring in the Krampus.
For many years very few Americans seemed to be aware of some of the stranger characters associated with Christmas in other countries around the world. Every country has their own traditions, and ours are rather tame compared to most. All … Continue reading
Travel-Log #8: Broad Summary (Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas) – Submitted by Carol on 10/3/12
Despite good intentions, I’ve discovered that keeping up on a blog while traveling the width of the country is no easy task. Whenever possible, we’ve tracked down and run into antique shops and malls in pursuit of a “find.” In … Continue reading
Travel-Log #4: Abilene, Kansas 9/12/12 Submitted by Carol
Note: Our apologies for the lack of Travel-Logs during the past two weeks. It’s not that we haven’t been antiquing; we have. However, between very busy days on the road and sometimes very poor wi-fi connections at our motels in … Continue reading
Travel Log #1: Galesburg, Il 9/6/12: Reported by Carol
We left home yesterday and headed west through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana; thirteen hours and 681 miles later, we arrived in Brownsburg, Indiana. What a frustration to watch billboards advertising antique malls flash by us on I-70! The huge Heart … Continue reading
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Mourning Lincoln – The Road to Immortality
There is no doubt that history remembers Abraham Lincoln. Among all the famous people of our past, Lincoln shares an elevated status achieved by only one other person – George Washington. Without George Washington, there may well not have been … Continue reading
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It’s a Sign of the Times – The Nineteenth Century That Is
I have to admit – I love old signs. Their sole purpose was to say “Hey, look at me and buy what I have to sell!” Before we had radio or television, the role of the sign, at least small … Continue reading
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Not Your Average Dummy
I don’t remember exactly when Jim and I first visited the Landis Valley Museum out in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but it was probably in the mid-1970’s. We were particularly fond of museums like that where various historic buildings – homes, … Continue reading
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
I have noticed in my years of collecting that sometimes I seem to find objects that have a connection to each other within a short span of time. This phenomenon just happened to me in the past month as I … Continue reading