May 5 Cinco de Mayo May 8 Military Spouse Appreciation Day May 10 229th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797) May 10 251st Anniversary: Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seized Fort Ticonderoga (1775) 251st Anniversary: The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia (1775) May 10 Mother’s […]
We had several correct answers for last month’s What Is It. Susan Thode of Broomfield, Colorado; Terry Cook of Fort Morgan, Colorado; Jacque Rutledge of Northglenn, Colorado and Jean Helzer of Arvada, Colorado all identified the objects as sewing needle containers. Thank you for your guesses. You have all won a year’s electronic subscription to the Mountain States Collector.
By Robert Reed Ever since baseball began there has been bit by bit collecting of it, and as the great American pastime has grown so have the bits and the numbers of collectors. Fans seek out everything from key chains to bleacher seats, from buttons to Wheaties cereal boxes, from ticket stubs to Jim Bouton’s book, Ball Four. In 1988, […]
By Dede Horan Why do people collect postcards? There are probably about as many reasons for doing so as there are collectors. Some people are hooked by the nostalgia captured in these small pieces of paper. Others may have acquired cards from a relative and soon find themselves adding to their new collections. Some images are so eye-catching that they […]
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