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Your home away from home Vintage campers ready for summer adventures
May 2022 Cover Story Your home away from home Vintage campers ready for summer adventures by Corbin Crable As temperatures grow warmer and nature calls out to you for yet another summer adventure, many longtime camping enthusiasts are gassing up their vintage campers...
America the Beautiful
April 2022Cover Story America the Beautiful Ad campaigns deter littering, encourage preservation of country’s natural beautyby Corbin CrableIt’s hard to believe that what we know as recycling today was largely unfamiliar to Americans just a few decades ago. You likely...
Magic between the pages Children’s literature enjoys a storied history
March 2022Cover Story Magic between the pages Children’s literature enjoys a storied history by Corbin CrableYou remember them fondly from your childhood – you joined them on their adventures in the fantasy worlds they inhabited, and they sparked your imagination, as...
Hail to the Chief -Presidential libraries seek to inform, preserve leaders’ legacy
February 2022Cover Story Hail to the Chief Presidential libraries seek to inform, preserve leaders’ legacyby Corbin CrablePresidents’ Day This Presidents’ Day, stick to your New Year’s resolution of taking the time to learn something new and take advantage of a visit...
Like, totally rad!: Gen X collectibles – remain popular, plentiful
January 2022 Cover Story Like, totally rad!: Gen X collectibles - remain popular, plentiful by Corbin Crable Generation X like I am For those of us of a certain age, the power of nostalgia remains a strong draw when we consider the pop culture influences of our...
‘Tis the Season for Gifting
December 2021 Cover Story ‘Tis the Season for Gifting by Corbin Crable Affordable Gifts for the Antique Lover The holidays, traditionally a time of reflection on days gone by as a new year approaches, hold plenty of opportunities to gift little pieces of the...
Let’s go camping this summer
Photo by sendi gibran on Unsplash May 2022 Everything Old Let’s go camping this summer by Corbin Crable Arrival of Summer With the arrival of summer, it only seems appropriate that our editorial content in this issue include ways to welcome the season for which...
Here comes the ragman – reuse of household items has old roots
Photo by Nareeta Martin on UnsplashApril 2022Everything OldHere comes the ragman – reuse of household items has old rootsby Corbin Crable You’re going to learn quite a bit about the recycling campaigns born out of the 1960s and ‘70s in this issue of Discover...
Reading remains a lifelong love
Photo by Mael BALLAND on UnsplashMarch 2022Everything OldReading remains a lifelong loveby Corbin Crable In this issue, we will explore the rich history of children’s literature, which has given birth to generations of lifelong readers, myself included. Growing...
An ode to snow days, now gone
Photo by Jairo Gonzalez on UnsplashFebruary 2022Everything OldAn ode to snow days, now goneby Corbin Crable As I write this, temperatures in the Kansas City metro area continue to hover below freezing, with traces of snow lingering like an unwelcome dinner guest...
Original NES powers up in this issue
Photo by Ravi Palwe on UnsplashJanuary 2022Everything OldOriginal NES powers up in this issueby Corbin Crable Welcome to the January 2022 issue of Discover Vintage America! In this issue, we’ll be covering collectibles for those of a certain age – namely,...
A new website for Christmas
Photo by Domenico Loia on Unsplash December 2021Everything OldA new website for Christmasby Corbin Crable The holidays are upon us, and in the hustle and bustle that they inevitably bring, I wanted to make you aware of a few changes to Discover Vintage America’s...
Small, antique painted wooden boxes can have big price tag
January 2022ANTIQUE DETECTIVESmall, antique painted wooden boxes can have big price tagby Anne Gilbert The humble wooden boxes The humble wooden boxes made in 18th-century America are popular and collectible when colorfully painted. As a November Americana...
Old laundry items are popular collectibles
December 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEOld laundry items are popular collectiblesby Anne Gilbert Would you pay $149 for a wood-and-glass washboard made in the 1940s? How about a 1920s old clothes wringer priced at $114? Such items are finding their way into restaurants...
What’s going on with dollhouse collectibles?
November 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEWhat’s going on with dollhouse collectibles?by Anne Gilbert Dollhouses and their mini furnishings have a history going back centuries. Not only has their purpose changed but what is being collected has changed as well. Some...
A Collector’s History with Fenton Art Glass
September 2023Good Eye A Collector’s History with Fenton Art Glassby Peggy Whiteneck I’ve been a member of the Fenton Art Glass Collectors of America, founded in 1976, for several years. Unfortunately, I joined not long after Fenton itself ceased making glass in 2011....
Collecting California Figural Pottery
August 2023 Good Eye Collecting California Figural Pottery by Peggy Whiteneck Even though most of the best-known are no longer operating, the sheer number of potteries born in California could well have made it the ceramic capitol of America. The earliest California...
The abiding appeal of Depression Glass
July 2023 Good Eye The abiding appeal of Depression Glass by Peggy Whiteneck Depression glass is one example of a collector category that, despite its historic denigration by many in the antiques trade, has staying power with collectors even though it was cheaply made...
Still crazy after all these years! Crazy Quilts – Part II
August 2023Covering Quilts Still crazy after all these years! Crazy Quilts - Part II by Sandra Starley Crazy Quilts have been an iconic part of quilt history since the 1800s. Similarly, Discover Vintage America has been a sustained force in antiques and history since...
Crazy quilts showcase beauty in irregularity
July 2023 Covering Quilts Crazy quilts showcase beauty in irregularity by Sandra Starley What do a Victorian parlor, a Wizard of Oz char-acter, and a Batman villain have in common? Crazy Quilts! From ladies’ magazines in the 1880s to The Patchwork Girl of Oz in...
Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas
June 2023Covering Quilts Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Last month, I wrote about the origins of the classic antique quilt pattern, Rocky Road To Kansas. While it sounds like a design dating back to the pioneer days of...
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Old coloring book recalls WWII
June 2023Vintage Discoveries Old coloring book recalls WWIIby Ken Weyand One of the items I’ve saved from my childhood is a coloring book, and its subject matter makes it a bit special. “Fighting Yanks” measures 11 x 14 inches, with a full-color display of warplanes,...
1900 ‘Health Book’ advised rural families what to do before the doctor comes
May 2023Vintage Discoveries 1900 ‘Health Book’ advised rural families what to do before the doctor comesby Ken Weyand Wealth of healthy living advice in 1900 A small hardbound book, part of my family’s accumulation of “old stuff,” contains a wealth of healthy living...
One of my Dad’s treasures was unique ‘Chatterbox’ book
April 2023Vintage Discoveries One of my Dad’s treasures was unique ‘Chatterbox’ bookby Ken Weyand Childhood Books As an impoverished orphan in 1900, my dad had few possessions. Luckily, his older sisters supplied him with a few books and other items that helped him...
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