Having two boys myself and the problem of toys always being spread all over creation I could really appreciate this article. It’s dated November 1887 – It is the first rainy days of autumn that bring the children — happily occupied out of doors during the summer — into theContinue Reading
IT will surprise the reader to learn that tying up parcels is so expensive that the busiest storekeepers are endeavoring to do without it as far as possible. Have you noticed how of late years, in the great shopping stores in New York, parcels are no longer fastened with string,Continue Reading
Sand tables have made their way into preschools today but its not a new idea! Learn a little history of the sand box and sand table where education meets fun! Continue Reading
From present indications, there is one important field which the metal aluminum has just fairly invaded, and which it will shortly occupy to the exclusion of all other materials. We refer to kitchen and cooking utensils. It has only been within the past year or two that any special attentionContinue Reading
In the last half of the 19th century a new kind of egg beater came on the scene with the intent of reducing the time a cook needed to beat, whip or froth eggs. At first many of these devices were cumbersome, difficult and most didn’t even live up toContinue Reading
Ladder-back chairs have gained a lot of attention in the collectors realm in the past few years. But this really isn’t anything new. A book that was originally published in 1903 went on to describe these rush bottomed chairs as something that had up until then been quite overlooked. SoContinue Reading