By Robert Reed  In the 1950s, some of the greatest American doll manufacturers were ready to make their best even better. Madam Alexander, American Character Doll Company, Effanbee, E.I. Horsman, Ideal, Vogue, and many others would turn the 50s into virtually a golden age of dolls for little girls.  Right from the beginning small, life-like baby dolls were-to pardon a […]

 No city embodies the Spirit of the West better than Denver. And that’s on full display each year in January, during the  Naitonal Western Stock Show, with more than 20,000 animals on display. The National Western is the world’s largest stock show and has grown massively since the first year the event was held in 1906. The show started at […]

 On February 1, 2025 Homestead Antique Mall will be celebrating their twelfth anniversary with a great customer appreciation sale. Andy and Leanne Clark and their dealers are inviting everyone to come and celebrate with them from  February 7th through February 9th at the mall on 6530 Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada.  “There will be cake, raffle drawings and sales, sales, sales,” […]

 Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday evolved into a national day of service. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”  Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King holiday to serve their neighbors and communities. The MLK Day of Service is […]

By Carol Mobley  With the introduction of the Brownie camera, photography was easy for any amateur photographer.  One popular subject was where one lived.  The tradition is still alive and well.  Even in the digital age, people are snapping pics of their houses.  In the early 1900’s, traveling photographers would move from town to town with offers to photograph homes, […]