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Fast Cooking with Gas! B.G. Devoe's Inventions ~ Collecting Lima Ohio
http://www.google.com/patents/US4456921890 -- BENJAMIN G. DEVOE, OF LIMA, OHIOhttp://www.google.com/patents/US6847991901 -- BENJAMIN GREEN DEVOE, OF LIMA, OHIOhttps://www.google.as/patents/US2633241882...
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A Shot Heard Round the Corner, or 'Cafe Talk' ~ The Corner Cafe Lima, Ohio
A Shot of AppreciationCORNER CAFE135 E. Market LIMA, O.The Corner Cafe was on Market at Union since at least 1947, when they fell victim to a rubber check:thst a check of this description was cashed at...
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Gladwell, Crossley, Marshall Bicycle Stores and Thor Motorcycles ~ Turning...
Here's a Pandora's Puzzle Box of a photograph. Researching it turned up all kinds of information, but never completed the puzzle I set out to solve.I saw the original sepia toned photograph (below),...
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SQUARE ~ How To Accept Credit Cards with Your Phone / Smartphone at Antique...
Update 8/2014 -- new chip technology in credit cards is coming to U.S. -- Square will provide new EMV card readers for their app.Also, you can now send Square invoices online for the same bargain fee...
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Halloween Lovers Dream Auction of Rare Funeral Collection: Real Skeletons,...
Halloween Lovers may have thought they had died and gone to Haunted Heaven when they attended a truly unusual auction that was held in 2008 in Lima, Ohio, when a Collection-Macabre was sold off to the...
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Ernest L. Kraft Shoe Company Shoe Store Lima Ohio 1910 Photo
Ernest L. Kraft, Jr. -- Kraft Shoe Company -- Lima, OhioReal photo postcard, circa 1910, of the Kraft Shoe Company shoe store, Lima, Ohio.My research finds that Mr. Kraft, Sr. was a shoe salesman for a...
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An Eagle Eyed Look at Americana Patriotic Milk Glass Covered Dishes
Keep an Eagle Eye out for these vintage pieces of Patriotic Americana that commemorate the Spanish American War.Learning about our country by a quick look at some vintage (circa early 1900's)...
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King Burger Drive In Restaurant ~1956-1976 Lima Ohio ~ Vintage Drinking Glass
King Burger Drive In Restaurant ~1956-1976 Lima Ohio ~ Vintage Drinking GlassI added this vintage drinking glass to my collection recently. It was made by Federal Glass, a well known Columbus, Ohio...
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1940s GMC Truck / Myers Dry Cleaners / AAA Lima Ohio Photo
While technically a Delphos Ohio company, Myers Cleaners had 5 locations in Lima, Ohio. Hence this wonderful photo picturing one of the Myers dry cleaning stores, with 1940-ish GMC delivery truck. Note...
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Things We Take For Granted: 8hr Workdays & 3-Day Weekends ~ #Vintage Labor...
"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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Morrison's & McCune's Cigar Store 1904 Lima Ohio RPPC
Let's look at this real photo postcard (RPPC) of a cigar shop called MORRISON'S.The signs advertising San Felice and El Verso cigars, two brands that we know were made in Lima by the Deisel Wemmer...
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Happy Halloween -- Here's A Few Vintage Postcards
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Do the Bogie Book BOOgie! - Collecting Dennison's Bogie Books ~ TOP 10 Ebay...
This Halloween, Do the Bogie Book BOOgie!1925 Dennison's Bogie BookInside are the cutest orange & black illustrations of party ideas, using the wonderful Dennison's line of party favors and...
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Chop Suey Joints and Vandersall's Grand Cafe ~ Lima Ohio Trade Token
Trade tokens for the GRAND CAFE / Lima Ohio / S.B. Vandersall Ad in the Lima News for the Grand Cafe, 1909, reads:The Grand Cafe - Attending the Fair is one thing, but knowing where you can eat a nice...
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Santa Is SO Money! Rare ca 1800s Santa Claus Obsolete Currency
Merry Christmas!Remember my earlier post about obsolete currency with those neat Lazy Deuces on them? I just love this Lazy Deuce with the Santa Claus vignette.A number of Northern states designated...
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My Lima, Ohio Milk Bottle Collection
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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Japanese Daruma: New Year Good Luck Dolls
Daruma: this red round doll represents Bodhidharma, a priest and founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. It is traditionally purchased at the beginning of the year for good luck and throughout the year...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Vintage New Year's Eve Postcards & Party Photos
The New Year is here, and Old Father Time is handing off his job to Baby New Year once again. It's our chance to start fresh too.Enjoy the parties, but watch out -- don't have too much fun, or there'll...
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The Minstrel Mail Man: Lima's First Mail Carrier Thomas J. Gorman ~ Musician...
Breta K. GormanReader and Teacher of ExpressionPhoto: As 'The Roman Girl' in The Confessional"Collecting Lima" - Let's look at this Lima, Ohio postcard picturing Miss Breta K. Gorman.Performing Runs In...
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Latest Fruit Jar Collecting Price Guides ~ Red Book 11 ~ Fruit Jar Annual 2015
Got Jars? Want to Know What Your Fruit Jars Are Worth? Get The Latest and Greatest in Price Guides:Redbook #11 and Fruit Jar Annual 2015Get these important additions to your reference library. Whether...
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