Missing Pattern Pieces

In our Christmas 2017 issue, we promised two pattern pieces for the snowmen candy container project, which did not get into the print edition of the issue. For your convenience, we are posting the patterns as a pdf file which you can download by clicking here.

Elfreth's Alley Showcases 2017 Directory

The 2017 Directory of Traditional American Crafts visited Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia to photograph some of the best handwork in America. Rather than a museum, Elfreth's Alley is an entire neighborhood—the oldest surviving residential neighborhood in the United States. Handmade works made in historically accurate styles that our jurors judge as being museum quality was photographed among the historic exhibits, museums, and ordinary homes that make up Eldreth's Alley, and they appear in our August 2017 issue of Early American Life.  [MORE]

We Got Too Creative

In our August 2017 issue, our art department thought to liven our pages by putting the original draft of the Declaration of Independence in the background of our story “Independence Day.” Unfortunately, clever as it looked, page 35 of the magazine proved nearly unreadable. For those of you who had trouble deciphering the text, we’ve made available a version of pages 35 and 36 of our August 2017 issue without the background image. You can download a copy by clicking here.  [MORE]