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TW Bodell Garage Hardware Store Owner Harrod Ohio RPPC Photo Postcard -...
Let's look at this vintage 1910 RPPC real photo postcard of the BODELL GARAGE in Harrod Ohio, a very small town east of Lima. (On eBay here.)Research turned up a little info.T.W. Bodell owned a...
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Leiser Clothing Store Interior Vintage Postcard - Collecting Lima Ohio
Let's look at this vintage 1914 postcard that pictures the store interior of the LEISER AND CO. SPECIALTY SHOP of Lima, Ohio, with the notation LESTER SCHNITZER, SUCCESSOR. (On eBay here)It appears...
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Lewis Sephus Gardner's Store RPPC ~ Collecting Lima Ohio
Real photo postcard, rppc, identified on the back as being:Louis S. Gardner's store on Vine, Lima Ohio.Louis is on the right wearing a hat, his cousin Russel of Ada Ohio is in the cardigan. (Possible...
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My Lima, Ohio Milk Bottle Collection ~ Vintage Milk Bottles ~ Ohio Dairies
My Lima, Ohio Milk Bottle CollectionPhotos of my Lima milks, (and a few nearby towns). This is just a photo album post. I will separate them out and write info/history posts in the future, but needed...
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What I Did On My Vacation... Chicago Art Excursion
Had an incredibly entertaining and educational trip to Chicago last week, making it to several art museums and exhibits in just three afternoons. We took the train into the city, and walked every...
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Scratch Whiskey Jugs from the California Wine Co. Lima Ohio
Presented here, three different brown glazed pottery scratch hugs, inscribed: From the California Wine Co., Lima Ohio.I picked the center one up yesterday at the Columbus bottle show, courtesy of my...
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Vintage Mothers Day Cards and History
Who better to tell you about the history of Mother's Day than Hallmark?Many civilizations have created ways to honor motherhood. In the United States, Anna M. Jarvis, born in 1864 in Webster, Va., is...
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo ~ Collecting Vintage Bauer Pottery and the NEW Bauer...
May 5th = Cinco de MayoThere's plenty of info out there about this day and its importance to Mexico. [CdM History links.]But for us gringos, it's the perfect excuse to drink tequila and cervesas with...
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May Queen For A Day ~ May Day Maypole Dance Celebrations ~ Collecting Vintage...
Vintage Products for the Merry Month of MayApril Showers Bring May FlowersIsn't it appropriate that income tax month begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of MayDay!?“Enjoy the little...
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Kentucky Derby Day the Vintage Way ~ Collecting Kentucky Derby Glasses, Hats,...
The first Saturday in May is Kentucky Derby Day!Racing Museum Hall of FameList of Famous JockeysWomen in the DerbyIt's Derby Time! The famous horse race is always on the first Saturday in May, so this...
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Vintage Navahoe Carbonated Mineral Water Bottle is from Cedar Springs Hotel,...
NAVAHOEHere's a great vintage aqua mineral water bottle, embossed with an Indian Chief's face, and just the word Navahoe (note the spelling). No town, no other info on the bottle. A google search turns...
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Got the Income Tax Blues? On April 15th, The Tax Man Cometh and Taketh
That Devil wants it all! He'll give you the Income Tax Blues...INCOME TAX BLUES by Ralph Willis - 1951 "I got my income tax this mornin' Yes, and it's gotta be paid I got my income tax just this...
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Fishing for April Fools ~ #Vintage April Fools Day Postcard Album
April Fools, April Fish, April Birthdays and Babies -- what a day!Enjoy these vintage postcards and illustrations.HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!Watch out for those April Fools Day pranks. Why do we have the...
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Hop Along to Spring ~ Happy Easter! Collecting Vintage Easter Postcards
HAPPY EASTER!"The earliest known depiction of the Easter bunny in the United States was acquired by the Winterthur Museum in 2011. The drawing from 1800 is by schoolmaster Johann Conrad Gilbert, who...
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An Ode to PI Day ~ 3-14 March 14th now with more vintage pie goodness, and...
It's National PI DayL'Eau de piNot lurid tabloid rag, nor a mixed bagof Private Eyes and Mom's Pies. Not Bogie, Magnum or Drew, not pulp-fiction film-noir gumshoe. Not Dali's liquid pies or Givenchy's...
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Collecting: #Vintage LEAP YEAR POSTCARDS
I just love antique postcards, especially the amazing artwork on what I call "The Pretties". Art that has stayed vibrant and colorful due to the old printing and lithography methods. I like that there...
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Happy St. Valentine's Day ~ Be My Valentine ~ Collecting Vintage Valentines...
Vintage Valentines, sweet and oh-so-colorful. They're addicting, but without all the calories of that heart-shaped box of chocolates.They came in every theme imaginable, for all tastes. Some a little...
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Will Punxsutawney Phil Punk Us Again? Groundhog Day ~ Now with More Vintage...
Every February 2nd we wonder, will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? Will we have yet more winter? Something tells me we will have many more weeks of cold, no matter what the famous Groundhog does or...
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Friday the 13th - Moonshine and #13 on Ball Jar Base Lore
Friday the 13th! Are fruit jars with a 13 embossed on the base really worth more $$ ?While fruit jars with the number 13 on the base are sought after, glassbottlemarks.com makes a good point: "many of...
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Labor Day History: Things We Take For Granted ~ 8hr Workdays & 3-Day Weekends...
"Without labor nothing prospers." --SophoclesRead up on the History of Labor Day.Once upon a time we didn't even have 8-hour workdays, or weekends, let alone 3-day weekends: "The eight-hour day...
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