Hotel de Paris was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in 1970. Properties on this prestigious inventory are not required to undergo renovation; however, if repairs or improvements are conducted they are guided by The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The National Society of The Colonial Dames […]
The 2025 Strawberry Festival Antique Show —the 53nd since the St.Vrain Historical Society began to sponsor the annual spring show – will be held on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th in the Exhibit Building at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Long- mont, CO. Hours for the event are Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday from […]
By Robert Reed In England they were long case clocks, and in Amer- ica they were tall case clocks. By any name, even the sentimental 19th century term grandfather clock, they were a majestic structure which towered over the rest of the household’s furnish- ings. Their from-the-ground-up existence began in the lat- ter 17th century in parts of Europe. By […]
We had no correct guesses for May’s What Is It. It is, of course a butter mold. A butter mold is a tool that enhances the presentation of butter to set out on a table at a gathering. An old primitive butter mold was hand-carved with a design etched into the flat bottom. To use the mold, the butter maker […]
By Roy Nuhn Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, a little over one-hundred years ago, the greeting style picture postcard enjoyed immense popularity with Americans. Hundreds of millions of them, including many for Easter, were printed and sold to an eager public during a 15-year span of time leading up to World War I. Full of dressed rabbits, […]
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