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obladine
- Jul 1, 2019
- 5 min
WORTH 1000 WORDS
Vintage cameras come with stories to tell By Rusty Rae I grew up in a family of photographers. Both my mother and father went to the Ray...
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obladine
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
WHEN TO WALK
How-tos given for collecting costume jewelry Those just starting to collect costumer jewelry will appreciate the new publication of...
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obladine
- May 2, 2019
- 1 min
LOVE ENGRAVED
Handmade coin tokens once professed love The original valentine “love tokens” were ordinary silver coins. A lover would grind smooth one...
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obladine
- May 2, 2019
- 4 min
ANALOG AND THEN SOME
The rejuvenated allure of the fountain pen By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly...
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obladine
- May 1, 2019
- 2 min
FROM THE JAR TO THE PANTRY
Marshmallows started as candy A marshmallow was originally produced from a European plant belonging to the mallow family. The plant had...
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obladine
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
VINYL REVIEWS
By Ossie Bladine “Into the Purple Valley” 1972 / Reprise Produced by Jim Dickinson, Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker “Into the Purple...
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obladine
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
UTENSIL FOR THE 'OL PUSHBROOM
Eating with a mustache needed special spoon When mustaches were popular, which in the United States was primarily between the Civil War...
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obladine
- Apr 20, 2019
- 4 min
A STRANGE AND PRECIOUS INHERITANCE
By STARLA POINTER When handyman Robert Walker began helping Richard and Ruth Miller with the upkeep on their house, he had no idea what a...
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obladine
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
HOLD 'N' STRIKE
A ‘safe’ place for matches was a necessity By Donna Miller Matches as we know them today did not exist until the 19th century. The term,...
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