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Eye on Antiques: Candy Containers

Penny paper boxes and papier-mâché figures that once held Christmas treats now are prized collectibles.

Love of the Land

Charlotte Geer considered three centuries of family history and hardship when she restored a 1779 tavern on Geer land in Connecticut.

Finished. For Now.

Patricia Thibeault-Ram and Richard Ram found happiness in taking their new 19th-Century Massachusetts house another two centuries back in time.

The Pirates' Penance

The College of William and Mary in Virginia had its unlikely beginnings in the 17th-Century adventures of pirates who couldn’t sail.

A Slide on the Ice

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.

Inspired by the Classics

The 1799 Asa Stebbins House at Historic Deerfield is filled with prime examples of regionally made neoclassical furniture.

Side By Side: Cookie Cutters

Colonists bent and soldered tin into various shapes for cutting out cookies. Some of today’s heritage tinsmiths keep that tradition alive.
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