Archive for December, 2014

Christmas Paper Dolls Were Eagerly Awaited

Christmas Paper Dolls Were Eagerly Awaited

By Roy Nuhn   Greatly treasured by today’s collectors are the many wonderful paper dolls of the last 150 years. Of all the types available, paper dolls from magazines and newspapers rank among the favorites. Enthusiasm, however, is strongest for Christmas and Santa Claus themes from the printed pages of such popular periodicals as Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Home Companion and […]

by · December 7, 2014 · 0 comments · Feature Article
What Is It? December 2014

What Is It? December 2014

We had one correct answer for our  December’s What Is It. Norman Thompson of Louisville, Colorado correctly identified the object as an apple peeler or parer. The object to the left is an apple parer. This particular one is a painted Pennsylvania Dutch decorated 2-foot-long apple parer. It is meant to be straddled. It includes the name of Samuel Skann, […]

by · December 6, 2014 · 0 comments · What Is It?