By Tom Cotter Photos by Tom Cotter, including Cambridge glass from Millie and Roger Loucks Last month in the Mountain States Collector I brought you some information on European glass companies that made animal figurines. This month, I’m jumping across the pond to write about U.S. manufactured figurines. In both of these articles, I’m focusing on non-human critters, mostly real, […]
By Henry J. Pratt Decades ago from a fountain of black ink, famed British author Rudyard Kipling penned his popular Barrack Room Ballads and The Jungle Book. When he was a newspaper reporter, Kipling took notes in pencil, but later he wrote his exciting fiction with nothing but an old ink pen. Today, both old and new quality quills are […]
By Robert Reed Then hail to labor! everywhere, Honor to those who do their share. Labor Day poem by Clara Denton, 1928 Long unnoticed, the collectibles of the Labor Day holiday are gradually gaining in recognition. After all, it is an event that has been celebrated nationally since the latter part of the 19th century. Some true treasures of the […]
By Carol J. Perry Back before there was radio and television, America was a nation of singers. There was a piano in virtually every parlor, and the “evening song-fest” was a regular occurrence. With all that singing going on, there was an enormous demand for both pianos and easy-to-read printed song sheets for the pianists. A mid-19th-century book on manufacturing […]
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