FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE
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EYE ON ANTIQUES: HOLIDAY CANDY CONTAINERS

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

James Morrison

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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.

Gregory LeFever

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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.

Winfield Ross

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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.

John Fitzhugh Millar

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LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA: 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.

Jeanmarie Andrews

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INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS

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

Jeanmarie Andrews

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SIDE BY SIDE: TIN COOKIE CUTTERS

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

Gregory LeFever

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FROM THE EDITOR

On Frozen Pond

Jeanmarie Andrews

LETTERS

CALENDAR

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Your Home for the Holidays

Tess Rosch

ON THE COVER

In the great room of Charlotte Geer’s Connecticut home, an 18th-Century embroidered man’s wallet rests on a painted tavern table. Photograph by J. David Bohl.
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