Features
The Name of the Game: Frisbee or Frisbie, it’s an American Cultural Icon
By Douglas R. Kelly There are few product names in the games and sporting goods industries that can match “Frisbee” for sheer recognition power. We don’t say, “Hey let’s play ...
Stuckey’s: A Sweet Roadside Oasis
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “You’ve got to be honest with the public. And you’ve got to work. Of course, good luck won’t hurt.” - W. “Sylvester” Stuckey, Sr. With a ...
Urns: Their History and Collectibility
by Judy Weaver Gonyeau, managing editor Cremation as a form of burial goes back to the Neolithic or Stone Age, making it one of the oldest traditions in the history ...
Victorian Mourning Warehouses: One-Stop Mourning
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “MOURNING—Court, Family, and Complimentary—The Proprietors of the London General Mourning Warehouse, Nos. 247 and 249 Regent-street, beg respectfully to remind families whose bereavements compel them to ...
Memorial Flowers: The Oldest Form of Tribute
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor The arrangement and placement of flowers around the dead are considered the oldest act of mourning. During the 1951 excavation of the Shandiar Cave in ...
Mourning Jewelry
By Melody Amsel-Arieli During the Middle Ages, Europeans grieved the passing of loved ones by following a variety of traditional social and religious rituals. Since lives then were marked by ...
The Evolution of Mourning Wear
by Maxine Carter-Lome Mourning attire has evolved throughout the centuries but one thing that has remained constant, at least in western civilizations, is the wearing of the color black. Originally ...
The Shakers Get Fancy: Sewing-Related Fancy Goods of the Northeast Shakers
By Diane Dolphin (Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by the author, Diane Dolphin. All items shown are currently or formerly in the collection of the author.) When people think ...
Experience life as a Shaker: A brief history tour of five village sites
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher Step back in time and experience a simpler way of life, separated from the ways of “The World” at one of these five Shaker living history ...
The Shaker Experience from Willis and Karel Henry’s Point of View
Interview by Maxine Carter-Lome publisher Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., a Massachusetts-based auction company of antiques and fine art, has been conducting sales in a wide variety of categories for over ...
Dating and Preservation at Colonial Williamsburg: And How Hints Lead to Change
By Dani Jaworski, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Manager of Architectural Collections, and Jenn Wilkoski, Shirley and Richard Roberts Architectural Historian, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The early years of the restoration ...
Building the White House
By Lina Mann, Historian, The White House Historical Association “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves.” – First Lady Michelle Obama, 2016 When First ...
