By Jon DeStefano When Kimberly Mary was growing up in Loveland she never imagined she someday would own an amazing shopping destination right in Fort Collins’ celebrated Antique Alley. Even later when she lived in Fort Collins and owned a very successful on-line auction company she had no idea she would one day put together a boutique style antique mall […]
By Tom Cotter While I am not sure what got us started, about 1955 we began collecting baseball cards (my brother was eight, I was five). I suspect it was reasonably inexpensive and we were certainly in love with baseball. We lived in Wichita, Kansas, which in the 1950s had minor league teams (Milwaukee Braves AAA affiliate 1956-1958), although I […]
Editor’s Note: Since Florence has such a rich history, we thought we would devide this article into two parts. You can look forward to Part 2 in the May issue. Incorporated in 1887, Florence is a statutory city of 3,800 people located in Fremont County, Colorado. We are situated in Colorado’s “banana belt” at the base of the Rocky Mountains, […]
April 7 75th Anniversary of the World Health Organization being established by the United Nations (1948) April 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (1743) 101 Anniversary of the State of Massachusetts opening all public offices to women (1922) April 15 Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain (1783) April 17 51st Anniversary of the first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed […]
By Beatrice Levin On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Texas twenty some years ago was a remarkable exhibit of fascinating old quilts and coverlets mostly from Bayou Bend, the home of Ima Hogg’s famous American antique collections. From our earliest history, weaving and quilting bedcovers has been a medium for creative artistry. Since quilting became elevated from a […]
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