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Joy Ride: The American Pedal Car

September 19, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

One of my prized possessions as a kid was a NellyBelle Willys CJ-2A Jeep pedal car. Dad had won it for me in a drawing at the grand opening of our new Marsh Supermarket in June of 1954 and being an avid Roy Rogers fan I instantly fell in love … Read More

The Great American Quilt

September 12, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

If fact is truly stranger than fiction, then why do so many myths evolve into “facts?” Take for example the many misconceptions surrounding one of the most popular of folk art staples, the quilt. There are dozens of folklore stories surrounding the American quilt makers and their beautiful creations but … Read More

A Penny Saved — Cast Iron Banks

September 5, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

First appearing in 1793, shortly after the first copper penny was minted in the U.S., the iron bank became an instant collectable for affluent children and their parents. Very few of the earliest banks survived the Civil War of the mid-1800s. The ones that did are found in museums or … Read More

On the Road Again

August 29, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There is a wonderful time of year that lies between the kids going back to school and the maddening rush of the holidays. It is a time when temperatures become more mild and the foliage turns from green to a rainbow of colors. It is fall in Indiana and as … Read More

The Whimsy of Holt Howard

August 22, 2019 | by Weekly View

As students at The University of Massachusetts in the early 1940s, they were inseparable. Unlike many of their classmates who were focused on football and frat parties, the Howard brothers and their best friend A. Grant Holt spent their college days planning and dreaming of the ceramics business they would … Read More