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December 2008
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EYE ON ANTIQUES: HOLIDAY CANDY CONTAINERS |
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Penny paper boxes and papier-mâché figures that once held Christmas treats
now are prized collectibles. James Morrison |
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LOVE OF THE LAND |
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Charlotte Geer considered three centuries of family history and hardship when
she restored a 1779 tavern on Geer land in Connecticut. Gregory LeFever |
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FINISHED. FOR NOW. |
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Patricia Thibeault-Ram and Richard Ram found happiness in taking their new
19th-Century Massachusetts house another two centuries back in time. Winfield Ross |
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THE PIRATES' PENANCE |
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The College of William and Mary in Virginia had its unlikely beginnings in the
17th-Century adventures of pirates who couldn’t sail. John Fitzhugh Millar |
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LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA: A SLIDE ON THE ICE |
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An anonymous Finn discovered the fastest of fleet-footed transportation, but
it took a New Yorker to make ice skating into the Olympic sport we now enjoy. Jeanmarie Andrews |
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INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS |
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The 1799 Asa Stebbins House at Historic Deerfield is filled with prime examples
of regionally made neoclassical furniture. Jeanmarie Andrews |
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SIDE BY SIDE: TIN COOKIE CUTTERS |
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Colonists bent and soldered tin into various shapes for cutting out cookies.
Some of today’s heritage tinsmiths keep that tradition alive. Gregory LeFever |
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