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Collectible Canes

November 4, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Long a symbol of style and social standing, canes and walking sticks offer the collector a glimpse of history, art and pride of craftsmanship. This is not a collectable for the impatient. The collecting of canes requires a considerable investment of time, but those who relish the challenge will tell … Read More

Happy Haunting!

October 28, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

It’s that time of year again, the time when the well manicured yards of Indy turn into cemeteries, fields of pumpkins and displays of cobwebs and spooky creatures. It’s Halloween 2021 and this year, more than ever, those who celebrate are doing it with vintage flair! Many of us have … Read More

Treasures from the Toy Box

October 21, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

It was a rainy day and we were bored, so my daughter and I decided to tackle the long postponed chore of cleaning out her “little girl” storage from the room she occupied for her first 19 years. As we worked our way through the boxes of memories it occurred … Read More

Beistle — Vintage Halloween at Its Finest

October 14, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

In the early 1900s, Martin Luther Beistle was running a small, but successful, company that made calendars and artificial plants for hotels and commercial concerns in Pittsburgh. Life was good, the bills were paid and many would have been content to leave things as they were. But Martin had a … Read More

The Great American Cookie Jar

October 7, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

In the late 1700s the British devised a way to keep their tasty morsels fresh. They invented the biscuit jar. It took about 125 years for this idea to make its way across the Atlantic, but it finally did and in the early part of the 1900s, American glass factories … Read More