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For some of us, the hobby of collecting a specific series of collector plates is a favorite hobby! There are so many plates to choose from, rather it be the famous Norman Rockwells, Evis Preseley, Bradford Exchanges, animals, Native Americans, movie series, dolls and more, we love these beautiful pieces of china and the many scenes they offer. So what do we know a, kitchen plates and others. So lets talk about how collector plates got started?
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Work roughened hands produced some of the most delicate, sought after linens in the world on this temperate island. Discovered in the 15th century, the Portuguese Island of Madeira is best known for its wine and its exotic embroidery. Export of the beautiful linens to Europe began around 1850 and soon became sought after by nobility and found their way into the trousseaus of princesses. A true cottage industry was born.
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Old Catalogs
Sears figured out a way to reach the many rural Americans by offering them a mail order catalog. It was in this book that all members of the household could find those hard to find items that had to be forgone in the past. This changed the life of many Americans. It allowed families to purchase items that they didn't need to travel long distances to purchase and didn't have to pay the prohibitive costs from the general store in town. With the expansion of the railroads, the p... Read Full Story
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The Blue Dragon strained to reach the top of the wall when the vine he was grasping suddenly snapped! Plummeting through space, there was only one chance of survival! He. . . huh? Where is the next page? When you hear the word centerfold, you may not necessarily think of a comic book, but in fact, the existence or absence of one makes a crucial difference to the collector.
The centerfold in a comic is, as the name suggests, the center two pages, in the interior of the book. Opened flat, ... Read Full Story
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Books That Remain In Our Hearts and Our Minds Looking back at the books you read as a child, there are probably always a few that stood out among the rest. Names like The Wizard of Oz and Alice and Wonderland are just a few of the books that have stood the test of time. Without these amazing works of literature, we would have been unable to leave our world behind and explore the fantasy worlds that allowed us to delve deep into our imagination. Alice In Wonderland Written by Lewis Carroll, ... Read Full Story
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Opening a kitchen drawer at my mother’s house was like a step back in time. Inside was a jumble of kitchen gadgets so different from the sleek and elegantly styled kitchen utensils of today. She’d been a World War II bride and started out married life with an abundance of gifts from family and friends. In a day when household sundries were not so disposable, those same gifts followed her from home to home until, finally, they found a permanent home on the farm and in the imagination of... Read Full Story
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Old photographs are the best storytellers of our history. We are here today and have the gifts we have today because of those who have gone before us. Look at their faces and their expressions. What was the day like when that photograph was taken? What were they doing? What were they feeling?
The times, the history, the past of America is recorded on the faces of the people in old photographs. Can you even begin to imagine what life was like in the mid-1800s? The early 1900s – to... Read Full Story
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Hat Fashion
The main purpose of the hat was to cover one's head to keep in heat and protect it from the elements but they were also worn for more practical purposes such as a woman's modesty. This may be one of the underlying reasons that hats became such a status symbol through the years. Many considered a woman in a nice hat modest and well respected or, in other words, a good woman.
By the turn of the 20th century, practically every woman wore a hat and wore them for even the simplest... Read Full Story
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This little friendly bakers helper has been offering tips and tricks for cakes for any and all occasions since 1956. Entries are by both professional bakers and reader submissions.
The art of cake decorating is shared by many in this little magazine. The magazine is filled with ideas and designs for all holidays, seasons, and occasions.
Mail Box News is filled with cake decorating tips, ideas, tricks, and techniques that have become a wonderful and valuable reference magazines for future ... Read Full Story
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History of Feedsacks
In the early 1800s, manufactured goods were packaged in tins, wooden barrels and boxes. None of those materials were ideal as tins would eventually rust, if exposed to moisture, and wooden boxes and barrels would leak and were bulky, heavy and hard to handle. This changed in 1846 with the invention of the “stitching machine” that could sew a double locking seam sturdy enough to hold the contents of large cloth bags. Homespun linen bags had long been in use for the ... Read Full Story
