Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and travel
The box of keys with gold, maroon, green and sky blue nameplates spoke of times past. I could tell not only by their shapes but the brass keys on the ring. Hotels don’t use real…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Businesses, Culture, and Sports
Are there ghosts in here? The words shot from my brain straight through my mouth without warning. I was standing in the lobby of the Legendary Blue Horizon boxing venue in Philadelphia at the beginning…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Folklore, and Gardening
I grew up on a farm in a rural area just outside Macon, GA, where most of the water for cooking and drinking came from a well. My grandfather had erected a faucet near the backyard…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Clothing, Computer/Electronics, and Home
The man was tailor-made for a Philadelphia version of A&E’s “Storage Wars.” He was a big burly guy with a belly that protruded beneath his blue pullover rather than hung over his belt (at one…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, and furniture
For me, silver is the color of a dime, a necklace, forks and spoons, and antique vessels. So imagine my delight when I was browsing the furniture offerings at an auction house recently and came…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Culture, history, and Signs
“We got under our desks and covered our heads – like that could stop the radiation,” I overheard the woman say to the two other women with her. They were standing in front of an auction…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, and Home
The auctioneer probably felt that he was on a roll. The first three properties up for auction from the Philadelphia Housing Authority stock had drawn bids of more than $100,000. One had gone as high…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Art, and Home
Some time ago, I bought several vintage door handles not so I could replace the simple glass door knobs that have been in my home since it was built in the early 1920s. I bought them because they…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, and Art
The model replica was captivating. It instantly got my attention with its detailed woodwork and its enormous size. It had been on display at the auction house for a couple weeks, reminding us that at…
