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Publisher’s Corner

Collecting Innovation and Technology
Publisher
inventor. What was once imagined Maxine Carter-Lome
“Our fathers gave us liberty, but little did they dream by an inventor or handcrafted from maxine@journalofantiques.com
The grand results that pour along this mighty age of steam; start to finish by a local or regional Business Manager
For our mountains, lakes and rivers are all a blaze of fire, specialist of the craft, designed to Jeffrey Lome
And we send our news by lightning on the telegraphic wires.” last a lifetime, was now being Maxine Carter-Lome jeffrey@journalofantiques.com
replaced by cheaper (in terms of both price and quality),
- Uncle Sam’s Farm, mass-produced goods manufactured by companies that Managing Editor
a song written by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr., 1850 Judy Gonyeau
offered consumers novelty, the latest fashions, and more editorial@journalofantiques.com
options. The maker went from being known and valued Contributing Writer
wo technological innovations are credited with for his craft to being another nameless, faceless factory Erica P. Lome, Ph.D.
profoundly changing life in the second half of the worker, now only responsible for a piece of a whole. Sales Representatives
T19th century: steam and electricity. The development The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, which Pat Rainka
and application of steam engines and electricity to various emerged at the turn of the 20th century, was a journalofantiques@gmail.com
tasks in the transportation and manufacturing process, in philosophical backlash of sorts to the Industrial Judy Gonyeau
particular, ushered in the Second Industrial Revolution Revolution. It fueled a renewed appreciation for hand editorial@journalofantiques.com
that carried us into the 20th century, and a more modern, craftsmanship in both Europe and America, and
civilized age in American life. inspired the formation of professional guilds, trade Art Director
The Second Phase of the Industrial Revolution, schools, and artist communities across the country to Lynn Cotterman
also known as the “Technological Revolution,” saw the nurture and train, and provided employment for a new ads@journalofantiques.com
mechanization of earlier 19th century “discontinuous” generation of artisans of their craft. The Arts & Crafts Production
inventions (inventions that make possible dramatic Movement brought makers, craftsmanship, and design Jill Montague
changes) such as the steam engine, telegraph, sewing back in style, at least until the 1920s. As a result, Administrative Assistant
machine and incandescent light bulb applied to the collectors of Arts & Crafts-era goods place as much value Susan French
industrialized manufacturing of new consumer goods, on the maker, school, and designer as they do on the info@journalofantiques.com
everything from ready-made clothing to household item’s craftsmanship and aesthetic. It is also why 508-347-1960
appliances, farm equipment, office equipment and collectors of tools and technology value pre-industrial-
entertainment products such as the phonograph. ized examples that reflect the craftsmanship and Toll free:
Commercial transport of these goods across the country ingenuity of the individual, even if that maker’s name is 888-698-0734
on newly-laid train tracks meant manufacturers could not known, over the industrialized products and goods
now expand their business into new markets and build that followed. Fax: 508-347-0911
national brands. We are pleased to be back in print with this Fall Mailing:
This shift from the local production of individually- Issue and thank all of our readers and advertisers for P. O. Box 950
produced and handmade goods to the mass your support and encouragement during these Sturbridge, MA 01566
manufacturing of factory-made goods revolutionized the challenging times. Although we were not in print these E-mail:
American economy in the decades following the Civil last four months we used our time to expand our online info@journalofantiques.com
War. It created employment opportunities for men and presence and create new ways to publish the features UPS and FedEx
women (although not always under the best working and columns you enjoy reading each month. We now Shipping Address:
conditions), created a workforce out of individual more frequently share updated marketplace news, along 46 Hall Road
workers, gave rise to the urban development of with news regarding antique shows, shop openings, and Sturbridge, MA 01566
America’s cities and fed the demands of a rising middle auction information, online with a growing and more
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department stores such as Macy’s in New York, to be more of a resource, and we are now publishing a Periodicals postage paid at
Gimbel’s in Philadelphia, and Marshall Fields in monthly podcast, All Things Collected, that delivers Sturbridge MA.
Chicago. Chain stores, like A&P and Woolworth’s – marketplace news and featured editorial in a whole new
both of which opened in the 1870s, offered options to way. Stay tuned – stay connected. So much more to POSTMASTER:
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of competition made advertising a vital component of Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher Sturbridge, MA 01566
all businesses. By 1900, American businesses were
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Journal will not be liable for any errors or
expanding marketplace. Thanks to some guidance from our printer, omissions but will print a correction in the
following issue if notification of such error is
While this was a robust time in our history for the we have decided to temporarily change our cover sent by the appropriate deadline. Original
American consumer, worker, and economy, lost in paper to a non-glossy stock in an effort to manuscripts are welcomed by qualified
writers. We assume no responsibility for loss
this tale of the “Second Industrial Revolution” is the minimize the risk of transfer of Covid-19 from of unsolicited material.
marginalization of the American artisan, craftsman, and handler to handler to reader. Stay safe, everyone! Copyright 2020
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