By Sandy Dale As I plan ahead for the annual Paint the Town event sponsored by the Florence Arts Council, I decided to mention this month how steeped in the arts our great little town is. I started out door-to-door downtown to see what shops might have old paintings or new paintings. It would take a lot less time to […]
McAllister House Thank you so much for including the McAllister House Museum in your newsletter! This issue of the Mountain States Collector looks wonderful and we are grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it. We would love to have you and your readers visit the McAllister House sometime soon! Our interpretation at the museum has changed a […]
By Barry Krause Women workers in the British munitions factories in World War I were nicknamed “canaries” because the high explosive chemical they used to fill shells was trinitrotoluene (TNT) which turned their faces bright yellow, and made their hair a bright ginger color. The color wouldn’t wash off, but it wore off gradually if they quit munitions work. A […]
Golden Haired Woman Figurehead attributed to Louis Joubin, 1883; 73 inches high; sold for $98,600 in 2008. Photo courtesy of Northeast Auctions. The golden-haired figurehead in her white and green gown seems confident and casual about her ability to calm Neptune. Battling the wind she embodies the spirit of the sailing ship as she looks down over the waves. Soothing […]
We had no correct answers for our July’s What Is It. Perhaps if we had shown the front view it would have been easier to identify. This object is a combination lock made in 1869. The exquisite workmanship, even its brass mechanism, visible in this rear view, is decorated. It was made by the Herring Company of New York City. […]
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