whatsitworth | June 15, 2012
The Walnut Creek Historical Society has a Lincoln/Johnson flag. It is silk, hand hemmed with a running stitch and shows where it may have been attached to a stick for waving. As you can see it is in very poor condition: the silk has split and frayed. In 1974 it was framed between two pieces [...]
whatsitworth | June 4, 2012
Anna McKenna was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1845. After her father’s death the family moved to Boston. One of Anna’s older sisters had settled in San Francisco and, when Anna went to visit her sister in the 1860s, she was introduced to Frank Tillman, a wealthy San Francisco businessman more than twice [...]
whatsitworth | June 4, 2012
While a tremendous amount of information can by found about antiques and collectibles online and in books I find that one of the best ways to understand an object or style is to visit museums and to listen to lectures by experts. These experts look at items in their social, economic and historic settings; they [...]
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