3 15 4146 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/92be85a17f638c001f6e0778201ad1d0.pdf 555fc7c5973f597ec9cbcda10487f84f PDF Text Text �• EXHIBITED AT Boston Store LOWER LEVEL MAY 1O · 11 - 1~ BY . . MRS. DWIG~T FIS~~R ,.""~eeds Will Benefit: Four Local Hospitals Gener, I, Wyoming Valley,.Nesbitt: Memorial and Voluntary ontribution ercy �XHIBLTION ~-q;~~~ MINIATURE ROOMS ~ AY 10th. 11th. 1~th - Benefit MERCY HOSPITAL NESBITT MEMORIAL WILKES-BARRE WYOMING GEN'L VALLEY ?~ z,~ HOSP. HOSP. HOSP. ad 1U~ 1U~~-~ .v.. '' Thursday - 12:00 to 8:30 Friday - 10: 00 to 5:30 Saturday - 10:00 to 5:30 ~ol u21tary 0021 tri butio21s �Admiring Mrs. Fisbe.r· s Miniature Rooms Mrs. Roswell Patterson and Mrs. Paul Daily get a prevue of the miniature rooms which will be on display at Prince of Peace Antiques Show Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Painstakingly assembled by Mrs. Dwight Fisher on a .SiX Tiny Rooms . To Be Shown .Antiques Show To Feature 'Miniatures Six of Mrs. Dwight Fisher's miniature rooms will be on display at the Prince of Peace Antiques Show April 8 and 9, to provide added attraction for the fourth annual show. These rooms trace the his- · tory of style from Colonial times, through Pennsylvania Dutch and Mid-Victorian, to the room of to- morrow. Many of the pieces are of her own painstaking construction. 1 Tiny ladderbacks show woven rush seats, and Pennsylvania dower chests the characteristic stencilling. LEach room repays careful study to identify all the items. Offerings will include some specialties, such as a child's bowl and pitcher in Robinson Crusoe design, and a tavern table from New England in rough condition. I scale of one inch to the foot, they are complete in every detail. They have been shown recently at the Boston Store for the benefit of the Wheel Chair Association. -Photo by Hudson �Mrs. Fisher's Miniature Rooms Are Featured In Hobby Magazine Mountain residents who py, its light draperies reflected in Mrs. ~wight . Fisher's I ~he frilly window curtains. There m.m1ature rorons, filled with en- 1s a brass bedwarmer and a gaily chanting little reproductions of painted dower . chest. perio~ furniture, will_ b_e delighted \ The kitchen is a dream room. A that five of t~e ten mm1ature r<;>oms · Boston rocker stands by the fireare .. featu:ed m the Fe~ruary issue place, paintstakingly constructed by of Ho~bies, the Magazine for Col- l Mrs. Fisher from tiny rocks found lectors. I 1n · l1er own d raveway. · C oo k"mg uten. . Reproduced ar~: the Victorian sils hang in its depths and in a Pf1rlor; the Colomal Bedroom; the . ' · ,-. t h K"t h h warm corner is ,t he m::i.mmy-benoh, P ennsyl vao1a tLJU o 1 c en; t e th dl · L"b d tlt A t' SJ I e era e where a busy houseWJtfe 1 rary; ~n e n ique iop. . dropped down betweoo household 'Mrs. Fisher has shown her tmy tasks to rock the baby to sleep rooms, assembled on a scale of one 1 • • ' inch to one foot, a number of ~nug m its slatted_ enclosure, and times in the Dallas area. The m no danger of fallmg to the floor. Library Book Club enjoyed the exThe L:brary has a stained glass hibit .several years ago. window reaching almost to the She goes into endless meticulous peak of the high arohed Gothic detail to make her rooms look lived ceiling. A beautiful chandelier hangs in by tiny Victorian or Pioneer from the ceiling, and hi:gh ibookg,h osts. Newspapers, little lamps, shelves hold many volumes. There books, baskets, dishes, a bit of is even a tall ladder, designed for fancy work, bring the p:ulor up from a small ghost's use in reaching the a skelet,on, furnishing the usu.J.l ba,re h :gher shelves. CrimS()n velvet dra,pbones with pleasing curves. Mrs. eries give a warm and mellow note Fisher uses wallp~er, mirrors, chan- to this inter,i or. deliers, an ornate "thrOIW" for the The Antique Shop holds just about piano, heavy draperies, cushio..ris on everything that might be found at the couch, a hobby-horse for the a country ' auction, ll1P to and indudbaby of the fa1:1ily. I ing a cigar-s~ore Indian. The_re's a In her Colonial bedroom, a four- 1 washstand with bowl and pitcher, post bed holds the center of the a Boston rocker, lamps, ga,d gets, 150 stage, complete with ruffled cano- pieces in miniature. I Back h~v~ seen 1 I. I �Ohe 'Women's Ol.uxiliary OF THE WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL o't \~ 6\ t~ 0-'--lcL w u..~ \J . a_ ' ~~&-· o... ~~(_ \0Ao-s~ G-...~ ' i._ Q_ \<\~~ ~~~t~ · tl-~ WYOMING VALLEY HOSPITAL WOMEN'S AUXILIARY 149 DANA STREET WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA May 31, 1962 M~s. Dwight Fisher Pioneer Ave. Dallas, Pa. Dear Mrs. Fisher: We would like to express our s:hncere th~nks and appreciation for your recent kindnes~ and thoughtfulnes~ in displaying your lovely miniature furniture collection for the benefit of the hospitals. It was not only a pleasure for the public to be able to see your delightful collection, but the proceeds from it will also be used to great advantage for the hospital. Sincerely yours, t ~/4v Albert Edwards ~ . tltA~':Y Mrs. Corresponding Sec'y. �:.. NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 562 WYOMING AVENUE, KINGSTON, PA. DAVID G. SAVES, ADMINISTRATOR May 18, 1962 "') Mrs. Dwight K. Fisher Pioneer Avenue Shavertown, Pa. Dear Mrs. Fisher: We received $150 today from Fowler, Dick, and Walker representing contributions which had been made in appreciation of your display of miniature rooms which was ~eld in the Boston Store. We would like to express to you our thanks and appreciation for your thoughtfulness and interest in the local hospitals. We are especially appreciative of your cooperation and interest in this hospital over the years and if we ever may be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call upon us. +tz,uL ;;n;~.~~ /'i-' '.d sa,/. D. G. Administrator WYOMING VALLEY HOSPITAL WOMEN'S AUXILIARY 149 DANA STREET WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA From the Desk of - May 31, 1962 DR. GEORGE A. HUTTER Frank Clark, Jeweler 63 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Gentlemen: We would like to ex ~ress our sincere thanks, and appreciation, for the contribution we received from the recent display of Mrs. Dwight Fisher's miniature furnitur collection. Yours truly, ~ - atafA~ 6c1-(_1-_~~~ Mrs. Albert Edwards Corresponding ~ec_y. -- �Miniature Rooms · To Be Qn Display WILKES COLLEGE WILKES• BARRE PENNSYLVANIA The Library, December 9, 1958. Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Pioneer Ave., Dallas, Pa. Dear Mrs. Fisher: We would like to thank you for having the exhibit of your miniature furniture in our library. ' Our faculty members and students, and especially the library staff, enjoyed having you here and talking to you about your very interesting hobby. Sincerely, 0-&L Jl) U,M__/leQMrs. Dwight Fisher I {Mrs.) Nada Vujica, Librarian. A unique exhibit of miniature room settings owned by Mrs. Dwight Fisher. Dallas, will be on display at the Wilkes CollagE! Library, . Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 2 and 3, from 8 a. m. to 9 :30 p. m. These settings are part of the collection which Mrs. Fisher hegan ten years ago, and in addition to the furnishings she has unearthed from far and wide, many of them were handmade and decorated. Included in the collection are / l!l Victorian livingroom, an 18th 8entury drawingroom. country store, European library, penthouse, authentic Pennsylvania~/ Dutch kitchen, game room, ani/ a Colonial bedroom. Hundreds of items arE> lnclode in the miniature room settin all measured from an inch to th foot in scale. A special tea has hPen nlanne for the college faculty memhP and their wives to meet Mr Fisher at the Wilk('s Librar December 2, from 4 :30 to 6 p . Mrs. Dwight Hosts will be Dr. and ~M Dallas Eugene S. Farley. t WILKES COLLEGE WIL.KES.BARRE PENNSYLVANIA December 6, 1958 Fisher Pennsylvania Dear Mrs. Fisher: Thank you for the enclosed photograph and clipping, and for the use of your scrapbook during the recent showing of your excellent collection of miniature furnitureo They proved extremely helpful in doing the newspaper releases. ' l To Show Miniatures Your collection proved every bit as exciting as you explained it and as it was explained in your scrapbook. Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Pioneer Avenue, will show ten rooms of minNV/wjs iatures in Wilkes College Library ,.__ _ _ _ - ~ - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tuesday and Wednesday. Hours are from · 8 a. m. to 9:,30 p. m. Members of the facu_lty will meet Mrs. Fishe1· at a tea gi;ven on Tues"there was a great deal of excitement Ia:s t week i_n Kirby day ' i~ the library, by President and Hall of Wilkes College where Mrs. Dwight F:1soher d1sp1'ayed Mrs. Eugene Farley._ her fa!bulous doll house and its ful'11,i'Sihings. No matter what Mrs. Fisher has sho\\;'.n her minage you are the deJiicate items that she has gathered fl"~ all ia tu~e furnitnre on several occasions corners of the world are delightful to t1he eye .. Ea~h httltle in the Back Mountain. . Furnitur, piece of furniture is designed and sicaled to size and the in'tricate details are amazing. It was a really great treat fior ! i.s on ·the scale of an inch to a foo/ Enclosures one and all. 1 and interiors are marvelously car plete . '.fhe . Victoria°: living rcr;-," - - - - and ~he Pennsylvania Dutch kit' attract much _attention. ~, Continued success in your project. I Respectfully yours, :J /,(~~ --«~ /! ' William A. Zdancewicz Director of Public Relation~ URDAY, .NOVEMBE~ 29, 1958 Miniatur'e Furniture .1 A miniatur~ furniture collt"dion, owned by Mrs. Dwight Fi~hrr of Dallas. \Vill b _e on display at the Lib1•ary of Wilkes CollPge on Tuesday and \VC'dnC'sday from 8 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. These miniature>s, a few of which are pkturect above. are housf'd in 'JO diffrren1 sf'ttings ranging from a beautiful penthousP, a Vktorian living rnnm, an authentic PennsylvaniaDuteh kiteh<'n, a country store, a ~ame room. A European Librn1·y, a Colonial bedroom, to an 18th CPntury drawing room. 1\frs. Fisher has devoted the last 10 year.s to collecting 1hec;e intricately carved models of period pie>ces. Each detail i-.c; eanied .out to perfection in the hundreds of items that make up the miniature collection. The furnishings measure from an in<·h to the foot Jn scale. . . . The Country S1on• scene is a true reminder or Colo~1al days with its pot-bellied stove, tiny pieces of anthracite, meat cutting block. and sawdust ~cattered oveJ· the floor. The Colonial bedroom f Patures a canopif'd hed of mah11g;uw and period furniture. The penthouse is done in· Chinese motif. The colltction C"ontains many miniatur~s nf g1 f'.'at \'alue. The public is invited to attend this two-day showing of miniRture furnitur~. �January . 6 , 1056 Dear Pl.rs . Fisher: The Civic Club of Le dsbur~, Penna, wishes to thank you for your p,enerosity in bring the miniature rooms to Leii'.risburf- , without charge . Your kindness in bringing the exhibit , disnlaving them , and giving so generously of your time, also, was indeed without precedent . Again we wish to thank you . PACKWOOD Sincerely. ~ - (}. IP. , ; { ~ . _________________________ Correspo~ing Secetary .._____ --, ~~,.r~ ~ A cha de red non-prof! orga niza tion dedicated to lending wheel chairs and walkers to the needy wi!hou! cost THE WHEEL CHAIR CLUB . INC . IIousE LEWISBURG-n, PENNSYLVANIA P'.PA 96 WEST SOUTH STREET WILKES-BARRE , PA . Dear Migonette: Thank you again for the lift you gave us. Not just the money, but you made us feel worth-while, because you would take all that trouble to help us. We deeply appreciate it, and are most grateful to you. Please continue the good work,for you put the personal effort back of it,which is beyond price. It is an inspiration. Always affectionately, I �Don't Be A Sissy! 'You've Had Your Fun! FALL ISSUE little news I have was given to me by Fannie Hellner Moore, who, as you know, is teaching music at Marjorie Webster. Mignonette Dick Fisher ( '12) who lives in Dallas, Pennsylvania, has the interesting hobby of making miniature rooms - a colonial living room completely furnished, an antique shop and a country store are some of her special ones. These have attracted a great deal of attention and she loans them out for exhibition. Orceil Brown Davis ( '27) has opened a gift shop in Kingston, Pa. Her father has one of the finest food stores and cafeterias in Eastern Pennsylvania. She also makes baby pictures, called Sparkle Prayer Pictures. ' e 1?ennsylvania Dutch exhibit by Mrs. Mary Bittenbender Nelson Dust off that little red trike that Junior used to love unpack the golden haired doll that Sue rocked to sleep' w~e~l, o~t that beloved perambulator of Ann's, rinse off• Lizzie s iron stone doll dishes, patch up John's chipmunk cage, sponge Marge's sassy pickaninny doll and send them to the Library Auction They'll make some other little boy or girl happy-and buy books for the Library. _SPECIA_L_ N~TICE: Mrs. Dwight Fisher is redecoratmg, refm1shmg, recarpeting, and refurnishing a lovely_ old doll house given to the LIBRARY AUCTION Ahc~ Ho~ell-and while she has, as you know, many mterestmg pieces of her own to use, can still use more. . If you have a miniature chair, bed, sofa, baby carriage, ~oll! clock, or any other piece that you feel would !o~k me; m the house, why don't you call her and offer it· You_ II get a whale of a kick out of seeing it there at the auction! ?Y I and Mrs. Dwight Fisher of Dallas, is a fitting tribute to the Commonwealth. Mrs. Fisher's miniatures, authentic copies of designs inched to the foot, look like something from a !airy tale. IShows Miniatures Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Pioneer Avenue, is in Lewisburg today where she is showing her miniature rooms, now filled with many new pieces, at the Lewisburg Hotel. Proceeds will he used for benefit of the Welfare Fund of Lewisburg Civic Club. Mrs. Jam.es P. Harris, Kingston, accompanied her. CHURCH Y WILL HOLD A JTIQUES SHOW . Fourth annual ~ntiques show of · the Woman's Auxiliary of Prmce of Peace Episcopal Chmch, Dallas, ·will be held Tuesdav and We?nesclay, l\lay 8 and 9. in the parish hall of the church. Th~ show \\ 111 op011 at 11 a. m. and close at 10 p, m. both days. Plans for the affair were ar- -- - · - - - -- - -· l'angcd at a recent rnceUng at I handwork of !llrs. Dwight K. the home of Mrs. H. Robert I . \iVeaver, .Sutton -Road, Trucks- Fisher. . ville. I Heading the c.-ommittees are A1~1ong items on. d_h;play will Mrs. H. Robert Weai,;er, chair• b: s~x 1:oon~s of_ mmu~ture fur- / man; Mrs. Charles D. Flack mtme iang!ng m periods from and Mrs. Henry F. Doran co• early Amer1t·Rn to modern, the lchalrmen. . ' ' Antique Show Month E;arlier Prince of Peace Affair 'May 8 and 9 · Date for the fourth annual antiques show of the Ladies Auxiliary of Prince of Peace Church has been moved ahead this year and will be presented on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8 and 9, instead of in June as in previous years. -The change of date meets with enthusiastic approval of exhibitors, eight of whom have already signed up_ for space. One of the features this year will be the exhibition of six rooms of miniature furniture by Mrs. Dw~ght Fisher. General chairman is Mrs. Charles D. Flack with Mrs. Henry F. Doran and Mrs. H. Robert Weaver as cochairman. Mrs. Paul Daily is in charge of publicity. 1 1 1 I Mignonette Dick Fisher, '13, recently displayed her fascinating collection of ten miniature rooms for the benefit of charity. Mignonette has been assembling her miniature rooms over a period of nine years and has collected furnishings from all parts of the world; many items she has made herself. Each time the display is set up she must put 535 separate objects in place. All are in scale of one inch to the foot. Mignonette makes her home in Dallas, �Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association 71 North Franklin Street WiIkes-Barre, Pa. Miriam Breese Velasco Executive Secretary ·t April 29, 195.3 Mrs. Dwight K. Fisher Pioneer Avenue Dallas, Pa. Dear Mrs. Fisher: What a perfectly charming and thoughtful way to have conceived to raise money for our Cerebral Palsy Clinic. The miniature house was a joy to behold, and everyon who saw it derived great pleasure from viewing the exquisite miniatuves. You got intense soul satisfaction in searching out and creating the lovely objects and by exhibiting them to the community, we too have many cherished memories but paramount is the noble idea that you had in mind to bring added comfort, cheer and service to our handicapped children . With deep appreciation of your generous time and effort that you gave to exhibit your treasured house , we remain Sincerely you) Jo/.~f;izma~ President HBS:IMS ,- executive :::iecretary July 23, 195.3 Mrs. Dwight K. Fisher Pioneer Road Dallas, Pa. Dear Mignonette: Just -a note to tell th t we received a very nice letter d you ~- yesterday, of $5:00, from Mrs. Barbara Bittanb check in the amount contribution for the · miniat dien ender, Plymouth, a ure splay fund. This brings the total to $596.75. gift, and we that we were I thought you would like to know of this ~:;eormw~itten Mrs. Bittenbende~ telling her ng you of her thouahtfulness and k. d 0 in ness. Sincerely yours, 1)7 . ';J3~ Mi;~eese Velasco Executive Secretary MBV:IMS a£JDc, �Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association 71 North Franklin Street Wi Ikes-Barre, Pa . Miriam Breese Velasco Executive Secretary Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association 71 North Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Miriam Breese Velasco Executive Secretary July 23, 1953 Mrs. Dwight K. Fisher Pioneer Road Dallas, Pa. Dear Mignonette: Just a note to tell you that yesterday, we received a very nice letter, and check in the amount of $5.00, from Mrs. Barbara Bittenbender, Plymouth, a contribution for the miniature display fund. This brings the total to $596.75. I thought you would like to know of this gift, and we have written Mrs. Bittenbender telling her that we were informing you of her thou ghtfulness and kindness. ~r::::J§~{U}6CJ t Mi~iam B~eese Velasco Executive Secretary MBV:IMS �7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY TELEPHONES : BERWICK 3645 • 3646 BERWICK ENTERPRISE ":J3erwlck's 1.,{nexcefleJ GfJverlislnq _J,/eJium" BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA M . R . JOHNSON, PUBL I SHER November 2, 1953 Dear Mrs . Fisher , Bloomsburg, I wa.s sorry not to meet you at as those planned , hut my working hours are the same and <3aturday we were out of town . and everyone who I love anything like that saw them tells me they thought they were beautiful . I am en losing clippings in case you wish to send any of your friends a copy . With all beet wish , I am Sincerely , ~~~ �Dea.r Mrs. Fisher, I was sorry not to meet you at Bloomsburg, hut my working hours are the same as those planned, and aturday we were out of town. I love anything like that and everyone who saw them tells me they thought they were beautiful. I am en losing clippings in case you wish to send any of your friends a copy. With all best wish, I am �WYOMING VALLEY C9rippled C9hildren' s ftssociation 71 North Franklin Street • Wilkes-Barre • Pennsylvania Thi.r /J.r.rociation i.r a private charitable organization that cooperate.r with hut doe.r no/ duplicate the work of other public or private agencie.r. Ii aid.r the crippled child throughout il.r area regardle.r.r of race and creed whether crippkd through birth, di.rea.re or accident. The only condition for aid i.r a ,,a/id need not olherwi.re pro,•ided Jar. ''' EASTER SEALS HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN LOUIS J. PUR VIN Seal Sale Chairman VERN A. PHILLABAUM Co-Chairman April 16, 1953 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. IIANNAJI 8. SALZMAN President FRANK WALLACE First Vice President JUSTIN BERGMAN, JR. Dear Friends, Second Vice !'resident MRS. F. EDGAR KUDLIC!J SecrP.tary WM. C. MAXWELL Treasurer ALLEN E. HACON MRS. MYRON BAKER KENN ETH S. BITTEN BENDER COL. fl. F. EVANS ROBERT W. GLOMAN MRS. WILSON C. MARSDEN VERN A. PHILL ADAU~1 LOUIS J. PURVIN EDWARD J. QUINN MRS. EBEN SIIAFFER REV. W. IIERBERT SUGDEN CHARLES F. TERRY W. GORDON WILLIM,IS UONORARY DIRECTORS 1{. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN MRS. JAMES McCRINDLE Surgeon-in-chnrge DR. IIARRY A. S~IIT!f On Monday, 'fu.esday and Wednesday of next week, April 20th, 21st and 22nd, Mrs. Mignonette Dick Fisher, a person who has been deeply interested in the work of the Crippled Children's Association for many years, is going to exhibit her beautiful eight room doll house on the second floor of the Boston Store (Fowler, Dick and ~valker) from lOcOO A.M., until 5130 P.M., for the benefit of our Cerebral Palsy Clinic. We are sure that you and your family will want to see this interesting nome that has b~en constructed in miniature form. All furnishings are exact reproductions of real pieces. The children will love it and so will the grownups. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MIRIAM HREl':SE VELASCO There will be no definite charge for this wonderful display but you may contribute a voluntary offering if you c~re to do so. We should like to urge you to avail yourself of this opportunity for you will not only derive great pleasure from it yourself, but by so doing you will help further the work of the clinic. Sin:ly y~~JiL(X} ~ a m ~ S e Velasco UBV:mra Executive Secretary 125 letters as above, sent out April 17, 1953. AFFILIATED WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INC. �WYOMING VALLEY @rippled C9hildren's flssociation 71 North Franklin Street • Wilkes-Barre Junior League of Williemsport, Inc. 620 West Fourth Street Williemsport I, Pennsylvenie • Pennsvlvania ~ �WYOMING VALLEY C9rippled C9hildren's :Association 71 North FrankliO: Street • Wilkes-Barre • (/4__ ~ ~-~ ~ - ~~ r ' bL- ~ ~ / ~ ~·, v ~ dA- ?~ {jl<--<--- ~l7 ~ . C /~ ~ e;x~~ Pennsvlvania ~ �VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF SCRANTON AND LACKAWANNA COUNTY 324 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCRANTON 3, PENNA. DIAMOND 2-7641 ARTHUR F. HORWITZ ELIZABETH DECKER, R, N. PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR April 26, 1956 Mrs. Dwight Fisher Pioneer Avenue Dallas, Pa. Dear Hrs. Fisher: On behalf of the oard of Directors of the Visiting Nurse Association of Scranton and Lackawanna County, I am writinG to express our thanks for your kindness, time and trouble for the exhibit of the miniature rooms at the ~tJaverly Colrw.unity House on April 13th and 14th. It is with a great deal of mortification that I learned about the poor attendance for such an attractive exhibit. Miss Decker, our executive director, has told me of her talk with you and her suggestions. I was sorry that I was out of town on a buying trip and unable to see it, but hope that at sorne future date we might be able to make plans with you for a showing at some other place. \'Je would promise that our committee would work very diligently on publicity and contacts. Thank you again for all your time; we do regret the outcome. AFH:mmb MEMBER OF THE FEDERATED COMMUNITY CHESTS �' Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association 71 North Franklin Street Miriam Breese Velasco Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Executive Secretary May 17, 1956 Mrs. Dwight K. Fisher Box 21-A Dallas, Pennsylvania Dear Mrs. Fisher: The Board of Directors of the Wyoming ¥alley Crippled Children's Association wishes to take this opportunity of again expressing to you their sincere appreciation for your long continued interest and support of the program of the Association. Your personal assistance and generosity have been unsurpassed by anyone we have ever known. The monies realized through your wonderful exhibit has been the means of helping many handicapped kiddies as well as bringing them much happiness. We are, indeed, deeply grateful to you. Gratefully JB:IMS t �r EXHIBIT.ION OF MRS., DWIGHT FISHERfS MINIATURE ROOMS Benefit of Scranton 1 s Visiting Nurse Association Waverly Community House At Waverly Community House Friday,April 13th Saturday ,April 14th Th, .. ill . 'Ul and Waverly,Pa. 12 :00 to 9 :00 P .1-i .. 10:00 to 4:00 P.lI. Voluntary Contribution MINIATURE ROOMS EXHIBITED ••• An exhibition of Mrs. Dwight Fisher's miniature rooms, co-sponsored by the Visiting Nuirse Association of Scranton and Lackawanna County and the Waverly Community House, opened yesterday at the Waverly Community House and will continue today from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. In the collection are 10 rooms, measuring 17 by 13 inches, and 528 items, each made to scale. The rooms include an antique shop garden, colonial room, 18th Century drawing room and hall, country store and street, Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen and bedroom, Early American room, Victorian parlor and hall, a game room, penthouse and terrace and library. Seated is Mrs. William Benger. Standing are; Mrs. John Gilboy, Mrs. Saron Warman and Mrs. Howard Spencer. (Tribune Photo) < �• 535 ObJects • R00ms ll 1ny MINIATURE ROOM DISPI.1AYED I T · Miniatures wi11 Be howu for Charities iascinating fumishings and accessories - the wagon \\ heel chandlier, granny afghan, a cigar-store Indian marked P. Lorillard Compan~ , fal se teelh in a glass by the bed, apple::, on the table. Several rooms and many fnrnishings have been added to the collection since it was 1asl ai:th played in is area. A fascinating collecion of 10 room settings in miniature, the hobby of Mrs. Dwight Fisher of Pioneer Road, Dallas, wi 11 be on display Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the second floor of Fowler, Dick and Walker as a benefit for the W;yoming Valley Crippled Children's Association and the Wheelchair Club, Jne. 'l'here will· be no admission charge, but donations will be \'.:'.' :'.'. accepted and turned over to the Many Persons See Exhibit :Miniature Rooms Are on Display I \\\\i\\\i ch:~~!~bl~i!~!~~tu~~;s. been aslW) s~mbli~g her 10 miniature :r ooms :,w. over nme years. She has col{@ lected furnishings and bric-a-brac 1 \::.~ from many parts of the world . . . . , . . . . . and has made many of the items \ . Three directors _of. Wy ommg Valley CqJ?P~ed Children s ~ssociabo~ watch Lucille Amico, herself. She has displayed the a patient at the assoc1at1ons 1 cerebral palsy clime, as she admires the tmy room on the table. rooms in communities through Directors, left to right, are Kenneth Bittenbender, Mrs. Raymond T. Russell and Mrs. Hannah the State, always without charge, \ B. Salzman. Ten "miniature rooms" will be displayed in the Boston Store Thursday, Friday a. her contribution to charitJ- . . Each time the display is set uo, •an~ Satul'day by Mrs. Dwight Fisher for the benefit of the Cripple Children's Association and the Wheelchair Club, Inc. Lucine is sitting in one of the new lightweight folding chairs she must p1ace 535 separate ob· \ available through the Wheelchair club. Mrs. Paul Bedford is founder and president of jects, many minute in size. Scale the club. is one inch to a foot. \ *\ Rooms included in the minia:ture display are the Victorian 1 parlor, country store and po~t office, Penn-Dutch kitchen, Calonial bedroom, Early American room, modern-day Ameriean, the Antique Shop, 18lh Century drawing room, library ! and modern pent house . Sharp eyes will find many Ten miniature rooms assembled oyer the last nine years will be displayed by Mrs. Dwight Fisher of Dallas beginning today on the second floor of Fowler, Dick and ~alker as a benefit for the Wyommg Valley Crippled Children's Association and The Wheel Chair Club, Inc. Exhibit includes Victorian parlor, country store and post office TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL Penn-Dutch kitchen, Coloniai bedroom, Early American room n:iodern-day American, th?. An~ ~ique Shop, 18th Century drawmg room, library and modern penthouse. Mrs. Paul Bedford. founder ot The Wheel ~hair Club, and a group of assistants will be on han? tC? explain work of the or' ga~izat10n. Mrs. Fisher will be ass1stE:d by the following: Mrs. Fr~n~is 0. Case, Mrs. C. Hayden Phillips, Mrs. E. W. Gale, JVIrs. JamE:s O'Boyle, Mrs. James P. Harns, Mrs. Hamer Mainwaring Mrs. Sheldon Wimpfen, Mrs'. Floyd Sanders, Mrs. Arthur H. James, Mrs. _Wallace Wakefield. . The benefit display will contmue through Saturday. 1 I lMiniature Rooms Display to Open WILKES-BARRE, PA., 3, 1956 Display Of Miniatures To Aid Crippled Children I ··In~itation was exte;ded to the cha~ter from Mrs. Paul Bedford, President of Wheel Chair Club Incorporated, _and Justin Berg~ man, Jr., )?resident of Wyoming Val_leJ'." Crippled Children's Assoc1at1on, to visit an exhibition of rare miniatures to be presented ~Y. !'{rs. Dwight Fisher. The exhibition will be held April 5, 6 a nd 7 on the second floor of the Boston Store for benefit of the two organizations. l\:feeiing was opened with invocatwn by the chaplain, Mrs. Frank Jacobs, followed by the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Present: Mrs. Ralph Miller Shenandoah; Mrs. Marian Hobbs' Mrs. Frederick Hause Mrs' Frank Jacobs, Mrs. Jam~s Reff~ ner, P o t ts vi 11 e; Mrs. Floyd Marotte, Mrs. Guy Waltman Miss Sarah Warner, Orwfas : · M~s. Ge?rge Stine, Pine Grove· · ~iss Allee Wilkinson, Miners: 1 vil_le; Mrs. Luther Roth, Mrs. · Wilham Stark Tompkins, Mrs. ' John A. Gay, Wilkes-Bal'I'e. Hundreds of shopper the last hvo balmy days have :matched a J'ew relaxing moments admiring the display of miniature room~. the work of Mrs. Dwight K Fisher, on second floor of The Boston Store. The exhibit, p e r f e ct in its minute detail in scale of one inch ! to a foot is for the benefit of Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association and The Wheel Chair Club, Inc., and continues today, There is no admission charge but donations will be turned over to the two charitable institutions. In the foreground of the display is a super-deluxe wheel chair, named by Mrs. Faul Bedford, founder of Wilkes-Barre's Wheel Chaii· Club, in honor of Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. The club also has a Gen. Eisenhower wheel chair, now out on an emergenc • 'fhe miniature rnom hobby, started in May, 1947, by Mrs. Fisher has demanded many hours of time and much research. It has 535 pieces. Furnishings and bric-a-brac for the tiny rooms have come from over the world but many have been made by Mrs. Fisher. A glimpse into the "elegant" days is provided in the 18th Century drawing room. An eye· catching bit in the room is a candelabra Mrs. Fisher created from a t>iece of jewelry. A portrait by Niccolo Cortiglia hangs over the fireplace. The1-e is a copy of a portratt of George Washington bY Stuart; a milk glass compote; a rug from the dollhouse of Mrs. Charles B. Waller; pair of Staffordshire dogs. From a tiny door in the rear the hall beyond is visible, lending depth to the miniature. The early American kitchen' has an antique fireplace at one side of the room. A bright hooked rug of colonial design covers the floor. Cooking utensils are of pewter, pottery or wood. The homespun flavor is heightened by a cluster of ears of yellowed corn hanging to dry from the ceiling. In the country store. Mrs. Fisher has captured the now almost extinct institution. It has a pot-belly stove and sawdust on the floor; flypaper dangling from the ceiling; bell over the store door; the meat butcher's block with side of beef and the Post Office in the rear. The Victorian parlor ha~ flowered wallpaper and carpet, oak furniture with plum velvet upholstering, rose satin drapes. lace. curtains, upright piano with music, shell on the marble top table to listen to the ocean, beaded curtains in the hall doorway, bear rug and granny afghan. The tiny library has a stained glass window as a backdrop, crimson drapes, high back tapestry chairs and walls of books with ladder to reach the top. Mrs. Fisher hasn't overlooked the modern in execution of her hobby. Chinese decor 1s used in this type room. Daughters of American Colonists made the tour of exhibit in a group yesterday. Quota Club members who have assisted in explaining the work of the Wheel Chair Club and describing the exhibit are Misses Pauline Lacey, Ruth Gearhart, Madge Finney, Lottie Briggs, Mary Quinn. Catherine Haggerty, Claudia L. Mann, Elizabeth NeGray, Dr. Jnez Husted, :Mrs. ~1ary Kennedy, Mrs. Eleanor Seymoui and Mrs. Vernice W~bb. ! -.;,:,.,. ::\Irr,;. Dwight Fisher of Dallas, '"ill display --Ace Hoffman photo her collection of miniature rooms for th e Little Lucille Amico, a patient a1 the ben~tit of tl~c ~\'yoming Valley Crippled Chi1· Cerebral Pals. Clinic of the Crippled Chil· dren s Association and the \Vheelchair Club d ren •,; A ssoc1ation · · · seen admiring a tiny Inc. on '.fhursda,,, Friday and Saturday at the' ., canopy bed from theu, coJlection. T, ·o associa• ~oston _Store, second f1001·, during sto1;e hours. tion directors looking on are l\lrs. Hannah B. She will be assisted by Mrs. Paul Beclfol'd Salzman, kneeling, and l\lrs. Raymond T. a_nd ~lrs .•James .P. Ha~ r r_i_s·~ _ ___,_ __ _ ___R::.:.::u.::. ss:.:e:.:J::: J,_s:::t:.:a:.:.n::<:l i:n:;.g:.·:· ........:.·---~0 �J EXHIBITION of MRS. DWIGHT FISHER'S MINIATURE ROOMS BEN~FIT OF .. • AND AT . . . THE BOSTON STORE, n-lURSDAY, APRIL 5, FRIDAY, . . APRIL 6, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, Voluntary WILKES-BARRE, PA. 12:00 to 8:30 P.M. 10:00 to 5:30 P.M. 10:00 to 5:30 P.M. Contribution �A ~obbyist With a Mrs. Dwight Fisher Will Display Her Fascin,ating Miniature Rooms For Benefit of Crippled Children Mrs. Dwight Fisher on Pioneer Road, Dallas, will display her fascinating "miniature rooms" on the second floor of the Boston Store Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the benefit of the Wyoming Valley Crippled Childrens' Association and the Wheelchair Club, Inc. There will be no admission charge, but donations will be turned over to the two charitable institutions. Mrs. Fisher started her hobby~·- - - -- - - - - -- - 10 years ago and it now comprises 10 rooms, completely fur- shoefly pie as he peers into the nished to the most minute detail q u a i n t Pennsylvania Dutch in scale of one inch to a foot. kitchen. The tiny primitively Handmade furnishings and bric- decorated settee rockers and , a· brae for the tiny rooms come doughtray are r~productions of from all over the world, but authentic pieces and were done many have been made by Mrs. by Frank Bittenbender and his Fisher hers.elf. The~e _are hun- daughter, Mrs. Mary Nelson of ?reds of tmy furmshmgs, 535 Park Place, Kingston. In this items to be exact. room Mrs. Fisher has captured .~rs. Fisher has. displayed. ~er the true charm of the Pennsylmm1ature rooms m many cities vania Dutch decor. t~roughout the state, alway_s Foot-Warmer Too without charge, as her contn.' but.ion to charity. The <;olomal B~droom boa~ts The Victorian Parlor is truly a canopied bed, Hitchcock chairs a room which typifies that age and a ?an~-decorated <low.er of elegance and beauty. Fres- c_hest whic~ i~ a copy of Chriscoed ceiling, flowered wallpaper tian Selz.er s m the New York and carpeting create the ~etting ~etropoht~n Museum. Other for the elaborate Victorian fur- items of mterest are the wagnishings. Upon close scrutiny, on-wall clock and the foot sheet music of "Melody in F'' warmer. and "Spring Song" may be seen The Early American Room is on the upright piano; a gr.tnny reminiscent of the Pilgrim A miniature Early American room, one of Hannah B. Salzman, director of Crippled afi:7,han is thrown over the sofa. homes with its beamed ceiling 10 to be displayed by Mrs. Dwight Fisher Children's Association; Lucille Amico, CereWhite bearskin ru~ and marble and enormous fireplace; furnish- Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Boston bral Palsy Clinic patient; Mrs. Raymond T. top tables, rose satm drapes and ings are of warm-toned pine and Store for benefit of Wyoming Valley Criplace curtains complete the pie- maple. _Of special interest are pied Children's Association and the WheelRussell and Kenneth Bittenbender, associature. A glimpse into the hall be- the tiny pewter pieces displayed chair Club, is pictured with from left, Mrs. tion directors. yond reveals an open stairway, on the hutch cupboard and can-. . . hatrack and umbrella stand. dle stand with candelabra. T!ie Antique Shop is ~ fa- Upon close observat10n one may As one mentally steps into The Country Store and Post Mrs. Fisher has not over- vonte of many and antique- see the tiny fireplace fender. the Pent House wit,h terrace, he Office . will bring back fond looked the contemp_orary Ameri- lo-yers yearn to browse th rough The local point of the library is surrounded by the truly modmemories to many. The wall can decor in her miniature dis- t~is clutterfdb rooyi, dOv~r t~O is the high stained-glass win- ern Chinese decors· the simpliciphone-probably used by the play and the game room is typ- pieces mus e p ace m 1s . . . . '. . . e~tire neighborhood-the chop- i c a 11 y modern-day American. room each time it is displayed. dow which . seems to shed its Ity ~f de~1gn 1s st:1kmg. A city/ pmg block and sawdust covered Hunt-scene w a 11 paper, pool Velvet Drapes _ jcteep-toned hghts upon the hun- 1 skylme 1s seen m the backfloor, the overhead fan and spi- table, bar and present-day ac- The lBth Centur Drawin 1dreds of books which line the ,grou nd · I r:i.ls of ~lypaper are typical of cessories are found in this room. . Y . _g Jwalls - all painstakingly made 11 The display will be open to, 18 1 the old-time general store now!~n ingenious _person has fash- Room eleg_antl~ furms_hed ? \by Mrs. Fisher. A tall ladder the public during these. hours: almost obsolete. 110ned a ceilmg light fixture mahogany with impressive 011 :would en ble one to reach even lThursday, 12 to 8:30; Friday, 10 1 One can almost smell the from a wagon wheel. paintings and blue velvet drapes. Jthe highest shelf. to 5:30; Saturday, 10 to 5:30 . • Mrs. Dwight Fisher To Show Miniatu're Ro·oms This Week . - - - - - - - - -..........................~711 You Are Invited To See An Exhibit Of I I MINIATURE ROOMS on the Second Floor Near The Little White House THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY For The Benefit Of Crippled Children's Association And WheerCh Club • Thursday, Friday and Saturday,as many that Mrs. Fisher has made April 5, 6 and 7, Mrs. Dwight Fisher, herself. Pioneer Avenue, will display ten The miniature rooms wiit again miniature rooms for the benefit of be shown by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. the W~oming Valley Orippled Chil- James Harris, Sr., at the Waverly dren's Association and the Wheel Community House, Friday, April 13 Chair !Club on the second 'floor of and Saiturday April 14, benefit of the Boston Store. She will be as- Scranton Visiting Nurses, and on sisted by Mrs. Francis Caise, Mrs. E. May 8 and 9 at tihe Prince of Peace Show. At the Antique Show W . Gale, Mrs. James S. Harris, Mrs. Antique . Ea A Arthur I.James, Mrs. Floyd Sanders, SIX new rooms, r 1Y merican1 Mrs. WaUace Wakefield, ::Mrs. IShel- Dutch, Colonial, Victorian, Today don Wimpfen, Mrs. Hamer Main- and Tomorrow will be featured. waring, Mrs. Hayden Phillips and Mrs. James O'Boyle. Mrs. Paul Bedford or a representative will be present to talk about the wheelchair project. The rooms, a Library, Early American Kitchen, Antique Shop, Victorian Parlor, Pennsylvania Dutch Kitchen, Pent HoU!Se, Game Room, Mrs. Dwight Fisher of Pioneer Country Store, Colonial Bedroom Avenue, will display her fascinating and Eighteenth Century Drawing collection of ten miniature rooms Room in a scale of one inoh to a for the benefit of the Wyoming Valfoot, have been assembled by Mrs. Fisher during the ,p ast nine years. ley Crippeld ;children's Asisociation They include 535 separate objects and The Wheelchair Club, Inc., on fr.om all ove:- the world, as well the second floor of the Boston Store next week, April 5, 6 and 7. She will be assisted by Mrs. Paul Bedford and James P. Harris. There <fVill be no admission charge but I Display Of Ten Miniclture Rooms Will Benefit Two Worthy Causes I donations will be gratefully accepted and turned over to the two charitable institutions. Mrs. Fisher has been assembling her miniature rooms over e. period of nine years and has collected furnishings from all parts of the world; many items she has made herself. Each time the display is set up she must put 535 separate objects in place. All are in scale of 1 inch to the foot. • �Miniature House Exhibit Lewisburg Feature SPONSORED BY THE Lewisiburg Civic Club, a miniature house and furniture exhibit in the Hotel Lewisburger lounge Friday and Saturday was well attended and voluntary contributions, received were added to the club's health and welfare fund. Shown in photo, looking over the game room (top) and country store exhibits, are, left to right, Mrs. Harry E. McCormick, Mrs. Charles Aribaugh, president c,f the club; Mrs. Frank G. Davis and Mrs. Milton D. Moore. ., Model House Feature Ireceived _at the d!s:play which will be used m the C1v1c Club's health Of Lewisburg Display: mv1ted ~nd_ welfare f~nd. The public is and children must be ac-One of the nighligiht~ of the companied by their parents. Lewisburg's Civic Club's exhibit! in the Hotel Lewisburger lounge on November 17 and 18 will be a minature house complete in every detail. Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Dallas, con- . structed the house which is the result of painstaking and patient\ labor. Composed of nine rooms scaled one inch to the foot, the rooms are electrically lighted and are authentic to the period. There 1s a victorian parlor, an 18th · century drawing room, a colonial bed room, a Pennsylvania Dutch , kitch,en, a pent house, game room, I · library, country store and antique\ · shop. The small house will be on display from 6 to 10 p. m., November 18, and 10 a. m. to 6 p. m., NQIVember 19. Dr. Mary Harris will serve as general chairman of the event and will be assisted by other civic club members. I Voluntary contributions will be I A NINE-ROOM MINIATURE HOUSE will be exhibited for the benefit of the Lewisburg Civic Club's Health and Welfare Fund at the Lewisburger Hotel, November 18th, from 6 to 10 p. m., and November 19th from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Voluntary contribution. l\1iniature Room Display Has 141 Items The miniature rooms to be on display at the Hotel Lewisburger on Nov. 18 and 19 for the benefit of the Lewisburg Civic Club are complete and authentic in every detail. The tiny antique shop alone contains over 141 items. Making the rooms is the hobby of Mrs. Dwight Fisher, of Dallas, Pa., who is bringing them to Lewisburg. All proceeds from the exhi~t. which will be open from 6 to 10 pm on Nov. 18 and from 10 am to 6 pm on Nov. 19, will go toward furthering the many civic projects of the local club. Among the rooms to be shown are a penthouse, which shows the modern trend in its furnishings; a game room with a wagon wheel light over the green-topped pool table; and a colonial bed room containing a replica of the famous Christian Selzer dower chest. The chest, well known to Pennsylvania people, has on its painted panels leaves of dark brown and tulips in dull red, blue, and gold on ivory fields. There is no admission charge to the show, but donations will be accepted. Ch-in Clu1 Lead r:1 To Aid At E,:·hibition Officers of the Lewisburg Civic Club will be present to show gucsLs around the qxhibition of miniature rooms to be shown at the Hotel L wisburger this Friday and Satunh Y. Nov. 18 and 19. The rooms. rrrnted by Mrs. Dwight Fisher. of Dallas, Pa .. nre l eit g c.·hibited fur 1 he benefit of di Civic Club ThPre is no admission c-harg • to s '1' the nme 1·ooms. whi h ure c m1pl •t(•ly ontfittccr with r u g s , fumitme. electric lights. and bric· a-brae. 'I'he rooms are done in several different period styles, including Victorian, 18th century, Pennsylvania Dutch, and modern. Voluntary contributions will be received, and all money collected will be used for the club's civic projects. Hours for the exhibit are Friday evening from 6 to 10 pm, and all day Sa:urday, from 10 am to 6 pm. �EXHIBITION of MRS. DWIGHT FISHER'S MINIATURE ROOMS at HOTEL LEWISBURGER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18-6 to 10 P. M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19-10 A. M. to 6 P. M. Contributions will be accepted for the Civic Club's Health and Welfare Funds. �A nine room miniature house will be exhibited for the benef'it of the Lewisburg Civic Club's Health and Welf'are Fund at the Hotel Lewisburger, November 18, from 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. and November 19 f'rom 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Voluntary contributions. CIVIC/CLUB EXHBIT-Dr. Mary B. Harris, right, president of the Lewisburg Civic Club, and Mrs. James B. Harris of Wilkes-Barre, a former .L ewisburger, chat in front of one of the rooms in tht miniature collec::tion shown last week by the c1v1c club. Mrs. James Harris assisted with the collection and preparation of the unique exhibit, owned by i',{rs. Dwight F'isher, of Dall.as, Pa. An offering was accepted for charity. Miniature House Feature Of Lewisburg' Display An unusual nine-room miniature ho1use c01mplete in every detail wilil f€'atiur,e the ex1MbH to be iheld F,r ,1 day and Sa,t uriday bcv the Lf~WiLS!burig C1vLc Olrulb in HOite! Lewis1burgeT. Offi1oers od: tlhe cllulb wi11[ be present foom 6 until 10 p. m. on Fu:iidaiy and f.rOlm 10 a. m. un1tiJ 6 p. m. Sa,tiu~day to con1du1ct viisitOO"S on touns of the disiplayLS. Ohi'lrlren must be aaoompanied b~ parenrts. The nine-room miniature house is the wonk oif the talented Mrs. Dwi1g1h:t Fisher who hais assiemlbleld the rooms and furniture comip[ete and autheniJk in every smal~ detail. Cent€red with .a two-sitory library with she11v,e s filil,ed witih tiny books and smaU 1adderis fo(l' dimibing to the top she,lives, tJhe exhi:bit p,ro,mis,es to be one oif the most unusual e,v er seen in Lewis-bung. . Carro,pied beds and braided rugs are part of the bedroom and on one od: the wa,l1l1S is a tiniy wlag,on wheel cl01ck w1M ch ad1ual1y rums. The ciloc:k is copi,e d from the origina,l wihii:cih hanigs in the Wyoimiil!g Histor1cal and Ge0Logiioa1l Society. E•a,oh orf tihe nine roomis is don,e in a diflferent period srtyle. No admission will be ah1ariged fo(l' the exlhibit but donation1S for the M · clulb's healith ,and we,~fla(l'e fund , wHl be g,r ,a teif1u il1liy a1c cepted. Lewisburg Civic Club Announces Exhibition The Lewisburg Civic Club w i 1 I sponsor an exhibition of a collection of miniature r o o m s i n the lounge of the Hotel Lewisburger on Friday ·anct Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19. Dr. Mary Harris is genera 1 chairman of the committee for the exhibit. The public is invited to see the unusual collection, which has been assembled by Mrs. Dwight Fisher, of Dallas. Pa., over a period of 10 years. The rooms, done on a scale o~ one inch to the foot, are complete with rngs, furniture, and bric-abrac. There are eight rooms in the group, �Junior League Sponsors Miniature Display Mrs. Donald R. Heiny examines one of the miniature period room settings now on display at L. L. Stearns and Sons under the auspices of the Williamsport Junior League. The unique collection was brought to this city by Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Dallas, as her contribution to charity. I __::;::..;;...~-----'----========-=====----==============~-=-=~:::::=--:.:.;....,;;__;;,;;;___-=----=-.. :;. .: ;:; .: .:. y On Display in City Today, ~aturd8:Y I'diniature Collection of Rooms .Complete to Slightest Detail The study in the contrast of interior design periods, a collection of period room settings in miniature, is now on display under the auspices of the Williamsport Junior League for the b«[mefit of the community welfare fund. The miniature collectio~ of nine ,_t_e_r_e_d_,_h_a_s_1_4_1_a_r-ti-c-le-s-co_m_p_le_t_e_t_o_in_t_e_r-io_r_ar_c_h-it_e_c_tu_r_e_o_f_t_h_a_t_d_ay-.-, rooms, the hobby• of Mrs. h'b't Dwightt the smallest detail, 1·n every e.vailStained glass windows, ceilingFisher, D a 11as, 1s on e,c 1 1 a able ·"-ace. ""P high book cases, complete with a L. L. Stearns and Sons, third floor, today and tomorrow during reguThe spatter dash floor is a fea- step ladder, feature the somtb re lar store hours. ture of the Pennsylvania Dutch English manor library. Eight-Year Project . kitchen, complete with hand-made The colonial bedroom, tlone in The exhibit, which opened yes- stone fireplace, butter churner and dotted white swiss, is complete terday, is an eight-year project intricately carved Boston rocker even to the footwarmer and the which Mrs. Fisher has shown in a nd mammy bench. handmade curtain pulls. many communities without charge • The overly ornate Victorian parReady 'for use is tthe game room as her contribution to charity. lor contrasts sharply with the mod- which features a !billiard tab I e The Junior League commitern s~mplicity of the penthouse liv- scaled to room size. tee includes Mrs. Donald R. ing room done in Chinese motif. Heiny, Jr., chairman, Miss Included in the Victorian parlor Margaret McMullen, Miss Ann are a piano of that era, marlbleCrooks, Mrs. Jane Owen Smith top ta'.bles, newspaper rack on and Mrs. Charles s. Stoever. the wall by the tloor, and even a The settings in each of the nine white bearskin ru,g. Particularly rooms are scaled one inch to the evident is the manner in which foot, and are complete in detail. each item is completely unmatched, They include an antique shop, a correct in that day. typical Pennsylvania Dutch kitchTh country store, complete en, a Victorian parlor, an 18th with pot-bellied stove and post century drawing room, a country office, has a sawdust-scatterstory, a modern penthouse living ed floor, and real coal in the room, a colonial bedroom, e. game coal bucket. room and an English manor IiThe 18th century drawing room, brary, the latest addition to the decorated in a wedgewootl blue collection. and white motif, is ciharacterized The -a ntiq,ue shop, tyipio-ally elut• lbYJ the iwhite dado, emphasizing • • V �\ EXHIBITION OF lv111S: n~HGHT· .. FISHER'S MINIATURR ROOMS Benefit of COMMUNITY WELRARE FUND WILLIAMSPORT JUNIOR L~AGUE at L. L. STEARNS SONS, Williamsport, Pa . 3rd Floor Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 29 - 30, May 1, 1954 & Voluntary Contribution I / �Junior _Le~gue to SJ?unsor Miniature Display A pri01ect designed to benefit its community welfare fund will b . . e sponsored focaUy by the Williamsport Junior League April 29 30 and Ma 1 It .11 b brought to this city by Mrs. Dwight ;isher, 0::1as, unique collection of eight miniature rooms which will be ---- dren's theater. These J?eriod settings of miniature furmture will be displayed at L. L. Stearns. They have been ass~mbled by Mrs. Fisher over a period of _seven years and have been shown m many communities without ?harge as her contribution to charity. "What next?" I asked, and was told they are now working on the bringing to the city the end of the month the eight miniature rooms, displaying furniture · of different periods. The money donated from this display, will be used for their social activities. League to Sponsor Miniatures Exhibit The Williamsport Junior League will sponsor an unusual exhibit of eight miniature rooms April 29May 1 at L. i... Stearns. The exhibit, which has been assembled by Mrs. Dwight Fisher, of Dallas, is scaled one inch to the foot. The period settings include a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen, country store, colonial bed-room, penthouse, an. antique shop, and a Victorian sitting-room. Contributions to the exhibit will be used for the League's community welfare fund which finances such projects as the maternity clinic, rolling library, and the chil- ~=· * * * VOL~~ARY_ contributions for the _exhi~it, which is open to the pubhc, will be used by the Junior League to finance such projects as th e ~ew ho:ri~makers' service, mater11;1 ty clime, r oping library, Christmas toys and the children's theater. . The intricately cai•,•ed furmture and all accessories scaled to one inch to the foot' are aut~entic in every detaii and consist of an antique shop P~nns:ylvania Dutch kitchen: V1etor1an sitting room, lSth Century drawing room, country store, colonial bedroom penthouse .and a game room. ' The Williamsport Junior League presents an exhibition of Mrs. Dwight Fisher's MINIATURE ROOMS (scaled 1 inch to 1 foot) on our third floor. · Mrs. Fisher To Give Williamsport Exhibit 1 & so.vs You Are Invited to · Visit the MINIATURE ROOM EXHIBIT THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY APRIL 29, 30-MAY 1 ON THE THIRD FLOOR An unusual and interesting display in miniature ( scale 1 inch to 1 foot) hy MRS. DWIGHT FISHER of DALLAS, PA. Eight Unique Room Settings • The Antique Shop • Pennsylvania Dutch Kitchen • Victorian Living Room • 18th Century Drawing Room • Country Store • Colonial Bedroom • Penthouse • Game Room t . Sponsored by The Junior League, voluntary contributions will be accepted by the League's Welfare ~und. ANOTHER WILLIAMSPORT DAYS FEATURE Mrs. Dwig,hlt Fisiher left for Williamsport Wednesday noon with nine of her miniature ~ooms for exhibit at L. S. Sterns department store. Junior Lea·g ue made arrangements, funds to go to support of Home Sel'Vice. Mm. Fisher planned to set up the rooms Wednesday I a£ternoon, place 11:'he furni,ttu;re Thursda·y, and open ithe displaiy at noon for ex:hibit the remainder of i;he week. Mrs. Fisher has recently added a room to her collection, a home library with bookcases, reaching to , t. he ceiliing, ~erviced. by a tiny 1,~d-1 der. There 1s a stamed glia ss wmdow in the background. I l I L. L. Stearns & Sons Luncheon Menu (Served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) April 29~ 1954 MINIATURE ROOMS EXHIBIT E ight miniature rooms designed by Mrs~ Dwight Fisher o f Dallas. Pao and scaled 1 inch to 1 fo o to See them now on the third flooro There is an Antique Shop. Pennsylvania Dutch Kitchen. Victorian Living Room. 18th Century Dra wi n g Room. Country -store. Colonial Bedroom. Penthouse and Game Roomo �Tiny Rooms are Complete to Smallest Detail Miniatu1·e Settings A re Attracting Many To Benefit Showing A fascinating collection of period room settings in minjature, the hobby of Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Dallas, i~ on display today, from nine to five, at Ritter's Store, Bloomsburg, as a, benefit for the Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Fisher, who has been assembling the eight miniatute settings over a seven-year period, has shown them in many communities without charge as her contribution to charity. All local contributions will go to the hospital projects of the Auxiliary. The settings mclude an antique shop, Victorian living room, game room, country store, colonial bedroom, Pennsylvania Dutch Kitchen, penthouse and 18th century drawing room. Perfect in Detall The tiny furniture and all of the accessories in the rooms are scaled one inch to the foot. The detailing is perfect down to the tiny knives and fork~ on the kitchen table and the playing cards and tiny checker board in the game room. There is even a miniature issue of the New York Times thrown carelessly on a tiny replica of a Victorian chair. Mrs. Fisher was her own decorator, selecting her wallpaper making curtains and rugs to blent with her room settings. The rugs include a bearskin rug lof ermine) for the Victorian living room and a tiny braided rug for the Dutch kitchen. Sawdust on Floor A pot-bellied stove dominates the country store setting and has its own coal bucket with tiny pieces of anthracite. The floor is scatterI ed with sawdust and in one corner of the room is the post office complete with mail in the boxes. The colonial bedroom features a canopied bed and tiny Hitchcock chair, a colorfully decorated dower chest which is a copy of Christian Selzer's in the Metropolitan I Museum,chest N .Y ., and a miniature warming pan. The intricately carved Boston rocker, settee and mammy bench in the Dutch kitchen attract much admiration. The huge fireplace with its hanging kettle was built by Mrs. Fisher out of small sto1 s fr m her own driveway. The spatt,er dash floor was also created by • her. 1 1 I Cluttered Antique Shop The antique shop contains myriad of tiny items, some hanging from the rafters, others piled on tables. The penthouse is done in ihe Chinese motif with tiny bouquests of fresh flowers scattered a bout. Through the large window one can see the patio with a tiny sundial and the city skyline in the distancE>. At the present time, Mrs. Fisher i::; working on a miniature English library with stained glass window, marble floor a tiny bookshelves. Display Unusual Collection An unusual collection of miniatures will be shown in Blooms! burg next Friday and Saturday by Mrs. Dwight Fisher, of WilkesBarre. The demonstration is being sponsored by the Bloomsburg Hospital auxiliary. It will be held in Ritter's Stationery store from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day. The display consists of eight miniature rnoms - including a Dutch kitchen. Colonial bedroom and living room and an old fashioned country store. There is even a tiny clock that actually works. There will be no charge, but con- I Mrs. James G. Law, member of the finance committee of the Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary, is shown with two of the miniature room settings-the colonial bedroom and the Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen. All contributions made by those who visit the display will go to the hospital projects of the Auxiliary. The. tiny settings may be seen from nine to five o'clock today at Ritter's store. -"--------~-(Morning Press Photo) MINIATURES AT ITTER'S TORE One of the finest contributions to charity we have heard of in some time is that of Mrs. Dwight Fisher, of Dallas, who is showing her miniature collection at Ritter's Stationery Store, in Bloomsburg, this Friday and Saturdav, October 30 and 31st, fro~.:1 q A. M. until 5 P. M. fo_· the benefit of the Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Fisher has shown her miniatures all over this part of I the country, gratis. as her contri1 1 bution to charity. Whatever contribution you wish to make will be gladly accepted. One Inch In Size These miniatures are housed in six different settings ranging from a lovely penthouse, a Victorian living room, an Eighteenth Century drawing room, an authentic Dutch kitchen, a country store, to a game room complete with a bar. The articles in these miniature rooms average an inch in size. Mrs. Fisher has been collecting these intricately carved models of period pieces for the last eight years. Each detail is perfect. The Victorian drawing room is particularly beautiful, with its rose satin drapes, crystal chandelier, carved chairs, vase with miniature plumes, and colorful afgan and bear rug. The country store has its potbellied stove, tiny pieces of anthracite coal, meat cutting block, and sawdust scattered over the floor, a true reminder of the "good old days." The post office in the store is complete with mail in the boxes. A canopied bed of mahogany in the colonial bedroom, with a tester top, and period furniture is very attractive. The Dutch kitchen has a spattered dash or which Mrs. Fisher did hers Outs~'"'nding is the dower chest c'.ecorr.ted in the bright pattern of un~co ·:c, and horsemen a copy of Christian Selzer's chest in the Met1·opolitan Mut>eum, New York. Another quaint item is a mammy bench of simulated rosewood with grating and rockers. There is a green Boston rocker and an olive green settee and dough tray. The antique shop will delight you with its miniature gems of old items including an old-fashioned yoke, tea cannisters and Hitchcock chair with rush seat. A pretty flower dome, ingeniously fashioned by Mrs. Fisher of a button and test tube, is one of the unusual items in the Victorian~ room. The Penthouse is done in the Chinese motif with fresh flowers scattered about in tiny bud vases. Each detail of the collection is carried out with care. All the Berwick women, thei1 husbands and friends have been cordially invited to visit this beautiful display. We are certain!~ planning to go, and hope to see you there. You will not only be helping a good cause, but wm have a most enjoyable time, also. Don't forget Friday and Saturday of this week from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. at Rit¥r's Store, Bloomsburg. THE END 1 EXHIBITION of Mrs. Dwight Fisher's Miniature Rooms AT f riday The Ladies Auxiliary of the Bloomsburg Hospital has arranged a unique display for October 30-31. M.rs. Dwight Fisher, Dallas, whose display of miniatures has att r a c t e d considerable attention throughout this section will be at Ritt~rs store on the above dates to di~play her collection for the benefit of the Hospital Auxiliary . These miniatures are housed i~ six different settings a beautiful penthouse, a Victorian living room an Eighteenth Century drawing room, an authentic Dutch Kitchen a country and a game room ' Mrs_. Fisher has devoted · the last six years to collecting these carved m?dels of period pieces. Eac;1t detail is carried out to perfection. ~ -s. Dwight Fisher of Dallas who is showing her' miniatur~ collection, gratis, at Ritter's Store, Bloomsburg, for the benefit of the Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary, today and tomorrow, is the former Minette Dick (of the Fowler, Dick and Walker store people). So many people in the world today could do just such worthwhile things . . . but never do, that it is a pleasure to write someone contributing so 1 about muc1;t to the morale of the people needmg help and to groups using this display as a means of earning money for their charitable organizations. Any small contribution will be accepted and You are all invited to visit the display. • • • * Miniature Display Eight Unique Room Settings RITTER'S STORE Ritter's Stationery Store MAIN STREET - Miniatures To Be On Display to Benefit Hospital Auxiliary BLOOMSBURG and Saturday, Oct. 3 0 and 3 1 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. Contributions will be accepted for the benefit of Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary Benefit of Bloomsburg Hospital Auxiliary Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. �PERSONS WITH HOBBIES TO VIEW MINIATURE DISPLAY 1 COLLECTION OF MINIATURE ROOMS WILL BE DISPLAYED Bound to have dE:finite appeal to ony_ ~erson who has ~ hobf)Y is Mrs Dwight Fisher's collection of eight miniature rooms which will be on display on the second floor of Fowler, Dick & Walker, the Boston Store, on April 20, 21 and 22. . ~, _______________ Considering that Mrs. Fisher started collecting items for the other quaint item is a mammy miniature rooms o~ly six. rears bench of stimulated rosewood with ago, thte collection is surprisingly grating and rockers. There also will comp1c e. Th llection is made up of an be a green Boston rocker and an antiq~ecoshop, a country store, a olive green settee and dough tray. Victoria:q. sit~ing room, an l~th The antique shop will attract century drawing room, a colonial many because of its miniature gems bedroom a game room, a Penn. . . Id sylvania 'Dutch kitchen and a pent- of ?Id itemks including. tan o dhouse. fash10ned yo e, tea cannis ers an Perfect in every detail, the arti- Hitchcock chair with rush seat. A cles in the miniature . ro~ms pretty flower dome, ingeniously average an inch to the foot m s1 ze. fashioned by Mrs. Fisher of a Of particular interes~ to local button and test tube, is one of residents will be the tiny ~a~on the unusual items in the Victorianwall clock copied from ~he or_igin~l room. which hangs in. Wyom1~g Histon- Assisting Mrs. Fisher will be: cal and Geological Society, South Mrs. James P. Harris, Sr., Mrs. Franklin Street. The original clock Charles F. Rudolph, Mrs. E. W. bears the notation, '"This ~ n Gale, Mrs. Harry A. Smith, Mrs. wall clock was found hang1.!1g. m Louis W. Jones, Mrt Frank Foster, tne Bennett home. It was ticking Mrs. Paul Coddington, Mrs. Harley away during the capitulation to Wheaton, Mrs. James B. Robinson, the English." The miniature clock Mrs. Robert Trethaway, Mrs. Clyde which can be seen in the display Davis, 2nd., Mrs. Reuling Davis, of miniature rooms was made by Mrs. Edwin Hogg. Frank Clark's and decorated by Frank Bittenbender, Kingston, and run& . In the 18th Century room wi11 be a miniature oil painting in. a , gold leaf frame by Niccolo Corbglia, North Franklin Street. . The miniature country store will be furnished with a pot belly st~ve, coal scuttle filled with anthra~1te, about the size of sen-sen, provided by Anthracite Institute, a meat cutting block and sawdust on the floor. Reminiscent of ~ays_ gone by will be the Post Office in the country store with mail in the boxes. One of the most colorful of t~e collection will be the Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen. Outstanding will be a dower chest decorated in the bright pattern of unicorns and horsemen, a copy of Christian ~elzer's chest in the Metropolltan Museum, New York. Mary Bitt_e~bender Nelson decorated the miniature chest for Mrs. Fisher. An- Mrs. Dwight Fisher's unusual collection of eight min~ature roomsmeasuring from a mere inch to a foot in scale-will be exhibited fo_r benefit of the Cerebral Palsy Clinic of Kirby Health Center on April 20, 21 and 22 in Fowler, Dick & Walker, the Boston Store. Six years ago next month, Mrs. Fisher started her hobby of col- Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen and . . f h . . t a penthouse. lecting items or er minia ure Authentic in every detail, the rooms. In size, the rooms average exhibit will be open to the public about 17 inches in length. and from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. on the about 10 inches in depth. days designated. . . The collection is comprised of an Among t h o s e assisting Mrs. antique shop in which more than Fisher will be Mrs. Charles F. 100 articles are displayed, a country Rudolph, Mrs. Frank Foster, M~s. store, a Victorian sitting room, an E. W. Gale, Mrs. Jam~s P. Harris, 18th century drawing room, a co- Sr., Mrs. Harry A. Smith and Mrs. lonial bedroom, a game room. a Louis W. Jones. I MONDAY ·hi Mrs. Dwight Fisher's coll t' of eight ~iniature rooms disp1~;~d ~~ngt1t of Cerebral Palsy Clinic Y Health Center, Fowler Dick Walker, The Boston Store 10 We~n~dtit30 p. m., today through ~t % R~oms .In Miniature On Display For Cerebral Palsy Clinic J Rooms Shown In Miniature Exhibit to Benefit Palsy Clinic A fascinating collection of eight miniature rooms, perfect in every detail, assembled by Mrs. Dwight Fisher over the last six years will be open to the public in Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store, beginning today through Wednesday for the benefit of the Cerebral Palsy Clinic of Kirby Health Center. The collection consists of an antique shop, a country store, a Victorian sitting room, 18th Century drawing room, colonial bedroom, a game room, a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen, and a penthouse. The hundreds of items that make up the miniature r~oms measure from an inch to the foot in scale. Mrs. Fisher has unearthed the furnishings from far and wide. Many of them, also, are hand made and decorated. Hours of the showing of the collection will be from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. • Assisting Mrs. Fisher in h benefit exhibit will be Mrs. James P. Harris, Sr., Mrs. Reuling Davis, Mrs. Edwin Hogg, Mrs. James B. Robinson, Mrs. Harry A. Smith, Mrs. Cly~e Davis, 2nd, Mrs. Niccolo Cortiglia, Mrs. Louis Jones. Mrs. Harley Wheaton, Mrs. Fred Maier, Mrs. Paul Coddington, Mrs. Frank Foster, Mrs. E. W. Gale, Mrs. Charles F. Rudolph, Mrs. Robert Trethaway, Mrs. J. Harold Flannery. Shown above are four of the eight rooms done in miniature by Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Pioneer avenue, Dallas, and being displayed today and tomorrow at Fowler, Dick and Walker, the Boston Store. -Photo By Ace Hoffman Pictured with the display, which is locat.ed nn the 8econd floor of the local department 8tore, is Mrs. E. W. Gale, one of Mn;. Fisher's assh1tants. with the canopied bed and hand-Fisher's display are requested to braided rug. The dowry chest in make a donation to the Cerebral this room is a copy of the Christian Palsy Clinic which is held daily Selzer chest in the Metropolitan in the Kirby Memorial Health Museum, New York. The wagon Center and treats over 100 chilwheel clock actually runs and is dren suffering from this affliction. copied from the original which Funds are urgently needed by the hangs in the Wyoming Historical Wyoming Valley Crippled Chiland Geological Society, South dren's Association to carry on this Franklin street. The detail of the work and to take care of the waitwhat-not shelf is a.lmost unbeliev- ing list of children who need care. able. and persons whose P.yes are Aiding Mrs. Fisher in the disparticularly sharp ma_Y look for the play are Mrs. James P. Harris, Sr., monogram on the pillow sham. Mrs. Charles F. Rudolph, Mrs. E. The country store is complete W. Gale, Mrs. Harry A. Smith, from the old-Ume meat chopping Mrs. Louis W. Jones, Mrs. Frank block to the wall telephone. com- Foster, Mrs. Paul Coddington, Mrs. 'plete with wall doodling. Cotton Harley Wheaton, Mrs. James B. on the screen door imitates the old Robinson, Mrs. Robert Trethaway, Penn-Dutch method of keeping out Mrs. Clyde Davis, 2nd, Mrs. Reuling flies. · · Davis, Mrs. Edwin Hogg. Ab6\re the country store is a - ·game room with miniature bar. : The scenic wallpaper is outstanding and according to Mrs. Fisher, ''most difficult to obtain." Should you count the playing cards in the miniature deck, you would find 52. ' Persons w~Joy seeing Mrs. i �Be Sure To See the MINIATURE ROOM EX HIBIT TODAY ONLY At Ritter's Stationery Mrs. Dwight Fisher has brought this interesting CQld unusual exhibit to BICGmsburg, • with P,roceeds to the BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL AUXILIARY. M iniatu1·e Dis play At R itte1·' s to Benefit Hosp ital Auxiliary I unique exhibit' of miniature room settings owned by M r s . Dwight Fisher, Dallas, is on display today and tomorrow at Ritter's store. The showing is a benefit for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Bloomsburg Hospital. These setting,3 are a beautiful penthouse, a Victorian 1 i v i n g .rootn, an Eighteenth Century drawing room, an authentic Dutch kitchen. a country store and a game room. Mrs. Fisher has devoted the last six years to collecting · these hand carved models of periol peices . Each detail is carried out to perfection. The collection contains many miniatures of great value. A YOUR ATTENDANCE AND FREE-WILL CONTRIBUTION WILL BE APPRECIATED Ver y unusual demon~tration MINA TURES By Mrs. Dwight Fisher of Wilkes -Barre 8 rooms with miniat ure furnit ure even a tiny clock that t ells t im e. Ben efirt of Bloomsburg H ospital Auxilliar y. Charge by contribution s only. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 30 & 31 9a. mm. to 5 p . m. Ritter's Stationery Store MAIN ST. BLOOMSBURG 1 �• • • �) THE UNCHANGING TREASURES OF CHILDHOOD- FROM THE EDINBURGH MUSEUM. 1-------------------------·""""""""'" '""""'""""'"""'""'"" AN ELEGANT AND COSTLY CONNECTICUT TOY OF ABOUT 1880, THE HORSE IS HAND-CARVED WOOD , COVERED WITH HIDE , THE " JAUNTING-CAR " OF PRESSED METAL, HAND-ENAMELLED. CHEAPER VERSIONS WERE DEVELOPED IN EUROPE. ': "~I~ROCO,~M OF THE MODE: AN AMERI~:;"·~~;~""""'""'"""7''.][1 TUME DOLL OF ABOUT 1959. THE DELI CATELYMODELLED HANDS AND HEAD ARE CERAMIC AND WERE FIRED IN THE MAKER'S PRIVATE KILN. \\ / 1/ {:::..)' ,, FROM THE AGE OF MOTORING ELEGANCE : A MASSIVE CLOCKWORK PLAYTHING,; DATING FROM ABOUT 1905 AND A " NUREMBERG TOY," MADE BY THE FAMOUS GERMAN FIRM OF BING. "PL U ~ CA CH ANGE PLUS C'E S T LA MEME CHO S E ": "LITTLE MISS REVLON " OF A.D. 1955 AND" LITTLE MISS ATHENS" OF c. 300 B.C.: DRESSING DOLLS OF •ANCIENT GREECE AND THE U.S. "OVER THE ALPS WITH HANNIBAL, " OR " PORUS VER SUS ALEXANDER " : LIVELY AND IMAGINATIVE TOY SOLDIERS WITH WHICH THE GREAT BATTLES OF ANTIQUITY CAN BE RE-FOUGHT, MADE BY THE NOTED FIRM OF HEYDE IN BAVARIA ABOUT 1910. A MASTERPIECE OF ART AND CRAFT: A BRITISH COSTUME DOLL OF ABOUT 1959, MADE ENTIRELY BY NEEDLEWORK- THE RESULT OF ABOUT 200 HOURS OF MINUTE SEWING. THE JUVENILE ARMOURY, INCLUDING : SPACE RIFLE, 1958 ; QUACKENBUSH AIR RIFLE , 1876 ; B.S.A. MODEL 2, c. 1925 ; DAISY, MODEL 25, 1914 ; HAVILAND AND GUNN, c. 1886 ; ZULU WATER PISTOL, 1925 ; STONEBOW OR " PROD, " c. 1650. ��f# ~ ~ APRIL (From left to right.) A sprig of blossom from the cockspur thorn ; pear blossom ; Magnolia stellata ; and apple blossom. I I MAY. Gulls' eggs ; a bunch of radishos ; and two sticks of asparagus. JUNE. ''' ' ' I I " , '' ' ' .. ·- ' '' ' ' ",, , " , , , , ' '' ' ' I " I I l ,' ,' ,' ,' • I I r///AW/////H//UHU/Q/UH/U/AWU/U/HH/UH//UUH/HUUH/U/UHH/UUU/U,WUU///U/////////#&,@,,4' -;--:"--::--;- i ....- • I • JULY. (Left to right.) Raspberry; wild strawberry; cherries ; dessert gooseberries ; currants, red, black and white ; and loganberry. I AUGUST. Beech nuts ; the fruit of wild arum ; convolvulus flowers ; and mulberries, ripe, unripe and half-ripe. SEPTEMBER. A red-legged partridge feather ; blackberries ; a horse chestnut seed ; a small fungus ; a plum ; and a sweet chestnut. J ----W#//,•W////H////HH////////////////,W/U//IY///////////////U//H//////H/,W./ ", �'"""''"'"'""'"""'""""'"'""' ''\_ 1 J:AN UARY. (From left to right.) A white hyacinth flower ; a spray of butcher's broom; a Cape gooseberry; a stick of celery ; privet berries. ~ FEBRUARY. L y c h e e fruits; gladiolus corms; two cumquats, small Far Eastern oranges. MARCH. Double daisies ; primroses and flowers and leaves ; grap~ hyacinth. ,, 1, , , ,,~ '' ,. l ,' :•' r•• • I ,,,....,."---=-----::!!::!'::~--.:.! l·, : ........q.,_,L," :.----::::---:---=~ ------.,I! ~~ I ~ ~ I ,OW,WM'//, W//, II I I I ' ',· '' "'"··"-""•« OCTOBER. (Left to right.) Rose hips ; edible fruits of Cydonia japonica or " Japonica " ; and snowberries (Symphoricarpus) . NOVEMBER. Brussels sprouts ; partridge feathers ; cranberries ; and a walnut. DECEMBER. Holly berries ; a violet ; Christmas roses, or Black Hellebore ; winter jasmine ; and the berries of the ivy. ;;,..r---_ _ _ __ • ----------~uuu.#~. ' �50 PLANTS FROM SIX U.S. AREAS Wildflowers are so suited to their setting in the woods, on stream banks and in meadows that most gardeners never think of trying to grow them in their flower borders. They have the idea that transplanting is against the laws of both man and nature- that it is forbidden to dig wildflowers up and that, anyway, they are too fragile and short-lived to fuss with. Actually many wildflowers thrive under cultivation and are full of blooms for months. Although some states prohibit the digging up of rare species, propagating wildflowers in a garden is a sensible form of conservation. From the 20,000 species in the U.S., a panel of experts has chosen for LIFE Painted for LIFE �~ ~::71/1nd , ~eJ" • ~e~@e7tYI ~/%i1111 ARE THE BEST TO GROW AT HOME the 50 best wildflowers to plant in home gardens from the six regions where they grow. Northeast wildflowers are shown here; those from other regions and instructions about transplanting and caring for them are on the following pages. Of the 14 wildflowers chosen for the no:ctheast, bloodroot, spring beauty and Virginia bluebell, which appear in M~rch, are the earliest blooming. Blooming from April through June are the foamflower, jack-in.the-pulpit, blue phlox, May apple, eastern columbine, wild geranium, large-flowered trillium and violet. At the right are three summer wildflowers: Oswego tea, New England aster, butterfly weed. by Anne Ophelia Todd �The seven wildflowers of this region which are most adaptable for home planting include four early bloomers. The fire pink, moss pink, atamasco lily and crested iris flower from March through May. The others, cardinal flower, blazing star and passionflower, start later, all bloom through September. The atamasco lily and fire pink are lush and spectacular, and the passionflower is one of the most unusual of all wildflowers. The fringelike blossom, three inches across, has a tropical look. The vine grows to 15 feet long, makes a splendid fence cover. V J '/ .. J �• • t None of these southwest flowers slarl blooming until May. The four-o'clock and the desert zinnia last longest, blooming through October. The prickly poppy and golden pea also start in May, bloom through August. Sego lily, western wallflower bloom from June through August and skyrocket from June through September. Showiest of the blooms is the four-o'clock, relative of the cultivated flower of that name. A large, bushy plant, it can grow to be a foot and a half tall, several feet in diameter. The prolific prickly poppy often covers hundreds of acres. �These seven have long blooming seasons. Evening primrose, soapweed, globe mallow bloom in May, continue through August or September. The large-flowered beardtongue blooms May through July, prairie clover from June through September, Maximilian's sunflower and goldenrod from July or August through October. Oddest is the evening primrose, which puts out silky flowers at night to remain open for part of the next day. Beardtongue is one of the splashiest North American flowers. It grows four feet high, has two-inch-long flowers. �~aJ' Q#'~1/r ~ t t ' ~ In Lhe high dry climate of Lhe Rockies wildflowers are especially hardy. Most of thempoppy mallow, stonecrop, Lewis' monkey flower, blue flax, shooting star, Colorado columbine - bloom from May or June through Augus l. The pasqueflower blooms from April through June, scarlet beardtongue from June"'°through September. The pasqueflowcr has beautiful blossoms appearing singly on top of a straight stalk. Scarlet beardtongue is sometimes called the firecracker plant because the flowers resemble firecrackers, are in bloom by July 4 �Wrmmimz <o/t:nkf ~ @ ~ 7 On the Pacific Coast the monkey flow6r and the golden iris both start blooming in March, the monkey flower continuing through August, the iris quitting by July. Camass, royal larkspur and bleeding heart start blooming in April, last respectively through May, June, July. Leopard lily starts in June, is through in August, while California poppy goes from June into September. Most Pacific Coast wildflowers grow in rampant abundance. Camass is so plentiful in spring that some mountain and foothill meadows are buried in blue flowers, look like lakes. • • ���California • Golden Poppy Colorado • Columbine Connecticut • Mountain Laurel Illinois • Violet Indiana • Zinnia Iowa • Wild Rose Massachusetts • Mayflower New Hampshire • Lilac Oregon• Oregon Grape Michigan • Apple Blossom Minnesota • Moccasin Flower New Jersey • Violet New Mexico • Yucca New York • Rose Pennsylvania • Mountain Laurel Rhode Island • Violet South Carolina • Yellow Jasmine Washington • Western Rhododendron West Virginia • Rhododendron Vermont • Red Clover Virginia • Dogwood Wisconsin • Violet Wyoming • Indian Paintbrush North Carolina • Dogwood North Dakota • Wild Rose Tennessee • Iris Nebraska • Goldenrod Ohio • Scarlet Carnation Texas • Bluebonnet Nevada• Sagebrush Oklahoma • Mistletoe Utah • Sego Lily �Alabama • Goldenrod Florida • Orange Blossom Kentucky • Goldenrod -\11. · .- ' Missouri • Hawthorn ,-,•... ... Alaska • Forget-me-not Arizona • Saquaro Cactus Arkansas • Apple Blossom Georgia • Cherokee Rose Hawaii • Red Hibiscus Idaho • Syringa Louisiana • Magnolia Maine • Pine Cone Maryland • Black-eyed Susan Montana • Bitterroot Nebraska • Goldenrod Nevada• Sagebrush North Dakota • Wild Rose Ohio • Scarlet Carnation Oklahoma • Mistletoe 4 "· ...... "'· .,:· .. . f' North Carolina • D!gwood South Dakota• Pasque Tennessee • Iris Texas • Bluebonnet Utah • Sego Lily �AGE OF HOM ES P UN CONTINUED STAR FIRST BASEMAN, WORLD'S CHAMPION N. Y. GIANTS, TELLS The "ldeal"wway to start a Double Play 1. ' ·Hold runner on first. Mo,e to fielding positi fln on pitch. Be ready for b:ill hit in )Our dircclio n. 1.. "Get oh th:it b:ill "ith both h:inds. (Ge t 1-O11r hands on some Fitch Ideal Loo-for )Our hair!) .• FULTON SELF-PORTRAIT (above, right)shows how he could direct Lhe placing of bombs from 1800 submarine. Detail at upper left shows submarine window n in forced agains t water pres:-:;ure. Bathometer below registered depth. The fertile mind of Robert Fulton All the self-sufficient aspects of Lhe homespun age were summed up in the career of Robe1t Fulton, a Pennsylvania farm boy who learned the gunsmith's craft, earned h is living painting miniatures at 17, and then, with little education and no technical training, became a sensaLional success as an engineer and inventor. At 21 Fulton went to England, where he pa tented a power shovel that dug many British canals. At 35 he built a submarine and tried 3. "Regain b:ilance before you throw to 2nd. An error and the manager,, ill tear out his hair. (1 kt:cp mine neatl y in place with the help of Ideal!) 4. ''Return quickl y to first. Stretch for return th row to d o uble -up b a tter. Get your foot off the b a g to avoid being spiked ." to sell it to both the French and British navies. Disappointed in the financial results, he returned to the U.S . with a British-made steam engine and installed it in the Clennont, the first steamboat to make regular trips between New York and A]bany. Eight other American inventors .built and ran steamboats before Fuhon did. But Fulton was the first to interest a large public in steamboat travel and he became the biggest steamboat builder of his day. 1 1' Try Whitey Lockman's "Ideal" way to groom your hair! Use th is am a zing new, "no-grease" d iscovery! Keeps hair neater than gooey oi ls and creams - keeps ha ir and scalp cleaner, too! Put Fitch Id eal into your grooming lineup! Jd eal has triple-play action. (1) It keep~ h a ir good -looking and neat all day! (2) Helps keep hair and scalp cleaner. Because it i,,n 't oily , sticky or creamy, it won't trap dirt to clog scalp pores. (3) Fitch Jd eal al o relieves itching, acts to keep scalp fr ee of flaky dandruff. So steal a sign from Whitey Lockman. Get a bottle of Ideal from your drug store today. Ask your Barber for a professional treatment, too. FITCH FULTON STEAMBOAT , the Clermont, left New York Aug. 17, 180'/ and completed the trip to Albany and back in five days, reaching speed of 5 mph . On later trips there were two small cabins with rows of bunks for passengers. CO NTI NUED Jtkol ® HAIR TONIC 67 �PART III AMERICA'S ARTS AND SKILLS_ ._FARMHOUSE KITCHEN of about 1820 is reconstructed in Lippitt house at Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. FARMHOUSE PORTRAIT shows homestead of Marten Van Bergen of Leeds, N.Y., who had scene painted over mantel. The Sturdy Age of Homespun SELF -RELIANCE SHAPED ITS RURAL ARTS Photographed for LIFE by ARNOLD NEWMAN As the nation grew and expanded westward the mass of Americans were forced to lead self-sufficient lives. Factories were few, roads bad and imported luxuries rarely got beyond the seacoast. So the majority who lived in the interior depended on what they and their neighbors could make. Unlike the cities, where styles changed fast and elegance was in demand, rural America carried on and improved the colonial tradition of simple, practical design. The table, chair and bed in the Lippitt kitchen (left), along with the open fireplace and beamed ceiling, follow the styles of a people who demanded sturdiness, had no time to make things fancy and, all unself-consciously, achieved a lasting· beauty. The farm wife herself created the colors and patterns which decorated her home. On the table are some of her dyestuffs. The butternut hulls on the wooden plate at left gave a strong brown color when simmered for hours in an open pot. On the pewter plate is powdered indigo, which was blue by itself, green when used with goldenrod. The small bowl has ground madder root, which made reds and browns, and the large bowl at the right holds onion skins which made yellow. The clusters of staghorn sumac at left produced a warm beige. At the far right are dried heads of teasel, a plant used to raise the wool nap. Dyed yarn is heaped on the table and hangs from a rack above. Wool ready for spinning is in a splint basket on the floor. American homespun fabrics had fresh colors and generally simple designs. The barn-frame looms on which they were woven limited them to geometric and abstract patterns. But in their embroidery work American women created many unique designs, like the ~~rose wheel" coverlet folded at the foot of the bed at left. The painting above was another kind of house decoration, reflecting the pride and prosperity of its rural owner. It was painted on a panel above his mantelpiece, probably by an itinerant craftsman whose saddlebags were packed with cat's hair brushes for painting, a sponge and cork for mottling chests, a leather comb for graining woodwork. The resourcefulness shown by such artist-peddlers was displayed in other folk crafts, as shown in the following pages. Invention itself became a recognized profession in this period, in the careers of country-born mechanics whose innovations changed the world's way of life. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �AGE OF HOMESPUN CONTINUED Tin, clay a The vivid colors and freehand decorati the objects around these pages reveal rural origin. Toleware (painted tin) was lar in New England and Pennsylvania. P was usually made in tiny shops with on kiln and a single potter's wheel. Penns} Germans liked to add an extra coat or of creamy clay to plates, squeezing it int terns or scratching designs into it. Pew! TO LEWARE BOX for documents is painted in classical designs which were typical of New England. TIN PITCHER, gaily painted and cheaply made, was an expendable substitute for pewter or silver. EARTHENWARE PLATE relates a religious parable: a pelican feeding her young with her blood. t STONEWARE JUG with eagle design was fired at a higher temperature than red clay plate above. ARRAY OF PEWTER, set out in 18th Century walnut pewter dresser, includes: (Lop shelf) sugar bowl with distinctive pear shape, large American charger known, prized Williar �pewter ware alloy of tin with copper or lead poured in iron· molds and beaten to a soft luster with hammers, was the Sunq.ay best of farm families. The people who bought these hardy wares demanded pitchers and jugs which would not tip over and were easy to use. Slender shapes and delicate decoration were not for them. But still the practical shapes produced were attractive and the decorative pallerns striking. TOLE "COFFIN TRAY" from Pennsylvania, named for its shape, has gaudy hearts and flowers. TIN TEAPOT with gracefulgooseneck spout was cleverly copied from an expensive silverware design. SLIPWARE PLATE symbolizes remorse (folded peacock tail), love (open heart), Christ (tulips). SGRAFFITO JUG, made in 1781, is "scratched ware" with design cut in top coat to clay underneath. 'nch) o!fee pot (right); (middle shelf) porringers with variously designed handles, nursing bottle (left); (bottom shelf) covered tankards, inkwell (right), a chalice (right center), one of handsomest American pieces. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ��>a:: . ~ <( a:: Ill J () J Ill ::i 0.. !>:: a:: 0 >3:: w z GLASS BLOWERS in New Jersey are shown in engraving from a $5 Millville, N.J. banknote. Glass • In myriad shapes and colors a:: w fz w () V) V) The first success[ul American glass works was started in 1739 in rural Salen:i County, N.J. near some fine deposits of silica. Caspar Wistar, its owner, made rum flasks, windowpanes and a line of tableware. His ccWistarberg" glass was free-blown by ancient techniques but shaped in designs which were distinctively American. Two of these are shown in the large aquamarine pitcher at far left: the cclily pads" which form the base and the delicate spirals around the neck. William Henry Stiegel of Manheim, Pa., a flamboyant man who called himself ccBaron," ai;id John Frederick Amelung of Fredericktown, Md. also made 18th Century glassware in handsome styles of their own. But the big boom for U.S. glass began after 1815, when American inventors perfected molds which made flasks in exact quart and pint sizes. These were decorated with an exuberant variety of national symbols- Columbia, eagles, flags. A log-cabin flask used by a Philadelphia distiller named Booz helped add a new word to the language. Meanwhile New Englanders patented the world's first practical glass press, using it at first to manufacture glass doorknobs. From this American invention came the great lines of Sandwich and the other pressed glassware which are so highly prized by collectors today. :5 "z "z a:: 8 ui :5 " IL 0 ~ ::i w V) ::i ~ "zz a:: 8 EARLY AMERICAN GLASS valucJ at more than $5,000 is arrayed at left. Top group from left: Ohio flat bowl, Stiegel sugar bowl, Stiegel enameled tumbler, Columbia molded flask, Stiegel "daisy-diamond" blown flask, Amelung salt holder, Pittsburgh creamer. Middle group: bullseye windowpane, South Jersey-type cclily pad" pitcher, South Jersey sugar bo'¼'.L Lower group: Amelung wine glass, Sandwich pressed bowl, Ohio "grandfather" flask, Wistar candlestick, Ludlow bottle, Ohio three-mold decanter. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �AGE OF HOMESPUN CONTINUED HOTEL KITCHEN in York in 1800 was drawn from memory by Miller, who boasted "no better .. • cooks can be found nowhere." Here the cook bakes bread on old open hearth. On mantel is coffee mill. "AN ACCIDENT," wrote Miller describing this drawing of Peter Witt house. "Frederick fell from • A carpenter's lively views of This was an age of busy, productive people; and its spirit was caught in a series of crude contemporary sketches by a carpenter named Lewis Miller, who was born in 1796 al York, Pa. and worked there at his trade for 40 years. Somehow Miller found time Lo make nearly 2,000 drawings of his neighbors and compile a unique autobiography in pictures . The U.S. that Miller lived in was just beginning its great transition from a nation of farmers and craftsmen to a nation of factories and mechanized power. Miller's drawings show what the country was like at the start of that change. A craftsman himself, he was interested in the jobs of other craftsmen. He portrayed cook , masons, an aproned bootmaker, brewers and a carpenter-Miller himself. The tools and techniques they are using are not much di:fferen L from colonial times . But here and there i a sign of change, like the coffee-mill gadget at left above, and the sheet-iron stove at right below. The Pennsylvania Germans, to whom Miller belonged, were espec ially conservative in their architecture. The 1740 Lutheran church below, with its canopied pulpit, arched doorways and painted balcony railing, is straight out of Barnitz. "They made good beer," the artist added in his ketchbook . Codorus Creek ran beside brewery. CARPENTER MILLER smooth a long board with a plane. Although he had his own shop, the A SELF PORTRAIT of Lewis Miller shows him as a bachelor dandy of the 1830s. YORK BREWHOUSE in 1801 has women and boys waiting to buy some yeast from John and George �·t the scaffold . . . in topping out the chimney ... broke two ribs." Picture shows collapsing sca[old. TA VERN KEEPER of York, Mrs. Lottman was drawn by Miller "frying sweet potatoes ... some of the first I ever tasted." The artist, aged 3, stands in center. A dish of sausages stands before the hearth. crafts and creature comforts Medieval Europe. The church has long since been torn down. But there are still houses in rural Pennsylvania which resemble the one at center above, with fieldstone walls terminating in a square chimney at the gable ends, its small windows and overhanging caves. Very few of Miller's ske Lches have been published and these appear for the first Lime in Lh<'ir original watercolors. A self-taught ~~folk" artist, Miller's dm'r,ing ¼as faulty a11d his use of perspective childlike. But his pictures vibrate with life and rough humor. Under some portraits he jolted descriptions, such as ~~fond of liquor," ~~stinks of ink," or ~~his mind not right." Functioning as reporter and artist combined, he recorded the accidents, hangings, political parades, preaching· which provided excitement for rural America in the early 19th Century. He made hundreds of individual portraits of the citizens of York. Among them were some remarkable examples of American enterprise: an entomologist who collected local inseGLs and sent them lo Europe, a flute-playing silvcn;mith and a master mechanic, Phineas Davis, who made watches, an iron steamboat, the first coal-burning locomotive in America. BOOTMAKER Henry Wagner works while boys stuff pipe of new-style sheet-iron stove. routine tools shown here indicate that Miller was satisfied to be a day worker rather than contractor. OLD LUTHERAN CHURCH in 1800 shows the balcony railing painted with portraits of Biblical figures and Apostles. While Pastor Jacob Goering preaches, the sexton (left) goes after an intruder. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �AGE OF HOMESPUN CO NTI NUED STREET LAMP powered by candles lights way to the tavern at right. The four-sided globe was suggested by Franklin to give more draft, prevent smoking. Designs for travelers • In • a mobile nation· In the 1820s an American who had just climbed out of a slagecoach wrole home: ((We were ratlled from Providence to Boston in four hours and 50 minutes. If any one wants to go faster he may send to Kentucky and charter a streak of lightning." Speed was what U.S. stage lines provided first. Comfort came behind. The coaches they used were designed in an oval which foreshadowed modern streamlining (below). They were suspended on thoroughbraces, or heavy leather springs, which lifted the body off the axles and cushioned the worst jolts. But foreign travelers complained of their limited space for legs and baggage. Along the roads were hundreds of small taverns which offered hearty meals and modest comfort for a one-night stay only. Reservati@ns were not necessary; the landlords felt obliged to take all comers. The bar was usually on the first floor and served as a registration desk. Near it (sometimes above) was a "common room" where guests sat and ate together. Bed chambers were on the upper floors, and few taverns had more than half a dozen. When these were full the overflow slept on the barroom floor. ELLIPTICAL SHAPE of American stagecoach was designed to give more speed. But it cramped the nine passengers. Baggage went in rear "boot." COMMON ROOM of the Red Lion Inn (Delaware) was on the second floor, above taproom and kitchen. Patrons entered from a cobbled court and �climbed rear stairs to spend the evening in cozy games and talk. The walls were finished in white plaster and decorated with useful pipe rack, sconces and clock. Fold-back window shutters could be closed and bolted quickly in case of storm outside or disturbance inside. This 1820 room is now in the Du Pont Museum. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �AGE OF HOMESPUN CONTINUED SHELF CLOCK by Aaron Willard has half as many parts as tall dock, is both shorter and cheaper. BANJO CLOCK, patented by Willard, is a masterpiece of graceful design and practical purpose. • • Handsome clocks 1n quantity TALL CLOCK by David Rittenhouse of Philadelphia is enclosed in superb Chinese Chippendale case. In the growing nation the exact time of day became a significant fact. Stagecoaches ran on schedule, more people worked in factories, businessmen set their appointments for a specific hour. American clockmakers met this need by producing new kinds of clocks which, while within the average family's means, were gracefully made and handsome to look at. Here came a history-making step in the development of American arts and skills, the first largescale production of objects of everyday use. In colonial times clocks were costly works of art. Their long pendulums were enclosed in tall ttgrandfather" cases of expensive wood. The magnificent example at the left was made by David Rittenhouse, who was an astronomer as well as a clockmaker. This clock has five extra dials which show the positions of the sun, moon and stars, and it sold for $690, the equivalent of $6,000 today. Soon after the Revolution, American clockmakers perfected new and simple clock mechanisms which could be put in a case less than half as tall as a grandfather's clock, thus saving much expense. In 1792 Eli Terry opened a shop at Plymouth, Conn. where he later produced a beautiful pillar and scroll clock with wooden works that sold for $15. He made his wooden clock movements by the techniques of mass production; a division of labor under which workmen made standardized parts, the assembly of these parts by men who specialized in this one process. The parts were interchangeable, could be replaced at minimum cost. Wood was used because it was locally available, cheaper and easier to work than metal on the machines of the time. It was also durable; many wooden-works clocks 100 to 150 years old are still running today. Connecticut became the center of the clock trade. Seth Thomas bought the patent to Terry's wooden movement and started a factory of his own. Another Terry-trained workman, Chauncey Jerome, pushed the price of a good shelf clock down to $1. The wooden-works clock marks a great dividing point. From now on, the U.S. consumer would be buying less and less of the artisan's wares, more and more of the factory's products. The American manufacturer lea_rned that his mass-produced goods would not only satisfy existing markets but also create new ones. He also learned he had to develop new ways of selling so people would demand his goods, of distributing so people could get them, and of designing so customers would be pleased by them. ��• CHUCK MEYER Former merchant marine and Coast Guard officer, this sportsman-writer holds the world's light tackle record, won by landing a monster 261-pound mako shark, with spinning gear and a 12-pound test line. 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LIFE's editors present AMERICA:Sl: ARTS AND SKILLS~ a series on • our country's cultural heritage 1S y.' �EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS are, from left: clamp, broadax used for shaping logs into house timbers, carpenter's square, compass, sickle, flail, wooden hayfork, augur, felling ax, double calipers, bow saw, mallet u ed to drive pegs m house frame, L-shaped frow used for splitting shingles, carpenter's brace, plane._ Americans, proud of their achievements in government, industry and science, have had less confidence in their art-perhaps because they are inhibited by a limited use of the word. But Webster defines art first as ''skill in the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of human life." Another definition is "the production of beauty." It is with these meanings in mind that LIFE presents a new series, ''America's Arts and Skills," which in a number of essays will display the tradition f,American taste and design and the great history of American skill in fashioning beautiful, useful things. The series starts with the tools above, which are not only handsome themselves but were used to make handsome objects, like those on following pages. As the nation grew, the arts became more elaborate, the crafts more detailed. Spacious Georgian mansions were built in the South, great Gothic houses along the Hudson. Artisans fashioned the deadly Pennsylvania rifle, inventors perfected mass production. The clipper ships crossed the world's seas, stagecoach and Pullman car crossed the expanding nation. And finally American energy and ingenuity burst into a world of skyscrapers, a myriad of gleaming and running devices made of modern plastics and alloys and a million Cape Cod cottages built on lines laid out by Puritan carpenters. All this, seen in the chapters of this series, will not only explain the designs of the American past but will provide values by which to judge the taste of America today. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ��UDDED DOOR YOUNG PURITANS posite page) of Parson David, Joanna and Ahigail Mason of Boston posed in their Sunday best for unknown artist who painted this picture about 1670. oen hou . e in Topsfield, s. (seep. 121,) was dected with wrought-iron ls in diagonal pattern. The Practical World of the Colonists RODUCING FOR USE, THEY CREATED BEAUTY Photographed for LIFE ith a few hand tools and such skills and memories as they brough_t om their homelands, the English colonists in Virginia, Maryland' and 'ew England, the Dutch on the Hudson and the Swedes on the Dela-are attacked the wilderness. Out of these, and the rich raw material f the American land, grew cities, homes and much wealth. And out f the things the colonists made to use in their new world came a urprisingly beautiful heritage of decorative objects. A successful colonist had to be able to do many things. Of the first rrivals in Nor th arolina a preacher wrote: iiMen are generally of all ades, and women the like within their spheres .... Men are genrally carpenters, joiners, wheelwrights, coopers, butchers, tanners, hoemakers, tallow-chandlers, watermen and whatnot; women soapakers, starch-makers, dyer , etc. He or she who cannot do all these hings . . . will have but a bad time of · .'; From this widespread vertility developed the tinkering Yankee who could make or fix anying, from a fine watch to a water wheel. In the so-called fine arts there was no such rapid progress. Though e wealthy commissioned family portraits which were executed with eatness and grace, the colonists looked down on mere artists . iiThe by ELIOT ELISOFON Plow-Man that raiseth Grain, is more serviceable to Mankind, than the Painter who draws only to please the Eye," wrote an early New Englander. But human eyes have always yearned to be pleased. Even the Puritans liked color in their homes and dress; when beautiful form was combined with practical purpose they were willing to accept it. Many a colonial carpenter was an artist as well- as the nailstudded door and boldly carved bracket on the opposite page show. In their silverware, their furniture and even their everyday wooden drinking cups and bowls the colonists showed that they knew a goodlooking thing when they saw it. Because of the restrictions of materials, and limited Lime, the colonial artisan did not indulge in elaborate design . But the limits became a challenge and in American art colonial design became a style -simple, sturdy, never trying to hide the material used nor twist it to unnatural uses . It has had an obvious influence on American taste through the myriad colonial reproductions, which never seem to lose popularity. But it has had an equally strong, if subtler, impact on the work of generations of American designers who, following the colonials, found that usefulness and simplicity go hand in hand with beauty. CO NTINUED ON N EXT PAGE 111 �COLONIAL WORLD CO NTIN U ED The changing architecture I ~ ~ · .. .............. . .f'·..•.··• k, OLD NEv\- YORK was a hustling center of worldwide trade when the panorama above and below was drawn in 1717 by William Burgis of Boston. The artist stood on what is now Brooklyn Heights and sketched the East River front from the fort at the Battery (marked by flag, above left) to the foot of moder Catharine Street (far right, below). The lower town which stretched up to Trinit)l Church (Jar right, above) was largely built by Dutch colonists who imported their NE\VER NEW YORK north of Wall Street (far right in upper panel) shows immediately the influence of the British who took over the city in 1664. Here the Dutch houses are mixed with mansions done in the Renaissance style which was popular in 17th Century England. They can be identified by their broa fronts, dormer windows, galleries across the roof and pediments. Here and thel is also a house in the more recent Georgian manner, which was to sweep acros 112 �Jf an early American city t,, . I I . :chitecture direct from If olland. Their narrow, steep-roofed houses with crowep gables were crowded together. In their brickwork they used many patterns td colors. Most of Dutch New York was burned during the Revolution and the original Dutch style is seen now only in a few survivals farther up the Hudson , The low, wide-roofed "Dutch Colonial," so familiar today, is really a Flemish cottage style-an example in white brick and blue shutters is seen on page 129. aboard America in the 18th Century, and is still prevalent today. The two finest mses in the lower panel belonged to burghers who adopted Renaissance modes ·Abraham de Peyster (left, just north of second spire) and Abraham Wendell (extreme right). The British ships crowding the river are apparently saluting the king's birthday, May 28, 1717. At lower right on river can be seen one of the first New York yachts, the noted Fancy, owned by Colonel Lewis Morris. CONTINU ED ON NEXT PAGE 113 �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED NEW YORK SHIPYARD, a detail enlarged from Burgis view on previous page, shows carpenters swarming over two partly finished hulls while another vessel (Jar right) waits repairs. Fancy coach on the bank above probably belongs to shipowner. In center stands a ship captain's house with widow's walk on top. Wealth along the waterways Good harbors and navigable rivers were the keys to wealth in the colonies. On them rose towns and plantation houses whose inhabitants could support a growing number of fine craftsmen. The silversmiths prospered in the seaboard cities and produced the pieces shown on pages 116, 117. In Boston alone, by 1680, there were 24 silversmiths at work. Newport in Rhode Island and Williamsburg in Virginia produced America's first two competent architects, Peter Harrison and Richard Taliaferro. Colonial Charleston was noted for its beautifully landscaped gardens and goldsmiths' shops. Waterfront merchants of Philadelphia, which outstripped all other American ports in the 18th Century and became the second largest city in the British Empire, were famous for their showy houses and elegant taste in furniture. In New York the rich Dutch families tended to move to country houses along the Hudson River, which they decorated with paintings both imported and local. There, in the early 18th Century, developed the first native American school of gifted-and largely selftaught-portrait painters. An example of their FERRY LANDING in Brooklyn, detail from another section of Burgis drawing, shows scowlike sailing ferry at wharf. Though colonial boats were built 114 fresh, unsophisticated and wholly charming style is shown on the opposite page. Unlike the portrait of the Mason children on page lll, which still follows a provincial English style, this painting of an Albany girl is entirely American in its use of bold, contrasting colors and its background of formalized nature. No one today knows the names of this artist or of any of his colleagues who are collectively called the ~~Patroon Painters." But the numerous pictures they left behind are proof that there was a sizable demand in at least one American colony for art of this kind. abroad or copied from European models, these ferries were local designs, the precursors of the fast flat boats that were soon sailing the American rivers. �GIRL WITH RED SHOES is said to be Magdalena Douw, of Albany, later wife of Harmon Gansevoort, great-grandfather of Herman Melville. The portrait shows colonial love of color and decoration. Stiffly posed Magdalena is almost gaudy in bright shoes and bodice. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED GOLD PAP spoon "ith bells was fashioned for a New York City child Ly Jacobus van der Spiegel. Buckle lo fasten man\, stock (doth neck piece) is a Philadelphia proJuct. Shapers of silver and gold In colonial America the silversmith was a kind of invesLmenL banker for Lhe wealthy who took a client's surplus coin and hammered it into objects of lasting value. Though designed for beauty, they were made for use. The oldest piece of colonial silverware known is the dram cup-a cocktail glass of the time-on the opposite page, made in 1651. The teapot was made in 1725, shortly afler tea drinking came to the colonies. The porringer, however, was made just Lo commemorale a horse race al Hempstead, L.I., March 25, 1688. T~ is ware was for people who demanded distinction. They got it in pieces that are austere but elegant. Colonial silverware alLernates plain surfaces with simple ornament, following timeless principles of design. Thal buyers shou]d demand such arLisLry is not surprising. BuL iL is surprising Lhat in Lhe new world they could find so many artis~ms who could supply it. YALE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, MABEL BRADY GARVAN COLLECTION �EARLIEST AMERICAN SILVER is sampled in this array. In foreground are tobacco box by John Coney, salver by Thomas Savage, dram cup by John Hull and Robert Sanderson. At left are teapot by Pieter van Dyck, plain communion cup by Coney, engraved communion cup by Hull and Sanderson. At right are sugar caster (like salt shaker) by Bartholomew Le Roux, oval mustard pot by Van Dyck, porringer by Peter van Inburgh and two-handled cup by Edward Winslow. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED BULL'S HEAD sign painted on wood hung in front of Bissell's Lavern, East Windsor, Conn., about 1760. The starkly reali tic animal portrait is in striking contrast to the exquisitely carved wood frame. Craftsmen • 1n common materials The greal forests which came down almost to the water's edge offered a seemingly endless supply of working material in early Americaoak for house framing, cedar for shingles, walnut for gunstocks, ash for ax handles, hickory splints for baskets and barrel staves. The wood turners used white pine for cheeseboxes since it had no taste or smell. Chairmakers learned to make their rockers of black walnut which did not slide easily on the floor. In all the colonies the most common utensils were made of wood, usually hard maple, which cut smoothly across the grain. Village craftsmen also used poplar and soft white basswood for ((dish timber," turning out bowls, ladles, trenchers (plales) and noggins (drink-, ing mugs) which were often small masterpieces of practical design. Because they were made for hard everyday use, these utensils were necessarily simple and hence their design graceful. Handles and lids had to balance or fit properly, which made for proper proportions. Most pieces were not painted, leaving grain of the natural wood to enhance their beauty. Decoration was indulged in only when it did not complicate the making or the using of the utensil. Only occasionally did the woodworkers soar into the realm of fine art, as an unknown carver did in the sacred cod at left, above. For many people fine metalwork was out of the question, gold and silver being much too expensive. Tin also was ((dear" but came into growing use by colonial craftsmen for such, handsome decorations as the chandelier at left. �OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE , MASS. WOODEN UTENSILS above were made from a variety of native woods. The object at upper left is a bed wrench, used for Lightening rope springs of m early bed; a whimsical artisan has given it a man's head. The pail with a hole in the handle is a piggin, used as dipper for water or for carrying food to the hens. At lower left is a trencher. The other utensils (top to bottom) are burl bowl made from a hard knot of chestnut, a funnel, mortar and pestle, butler paddle. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED NEED LE WORK, a skill colonial girls were supposed to acquire, was amateur art of the period. This fanciful portrait of Adam and Eve was embroidered in 1760 by Mary Sarah Titcomb, of crewels (twisted threads) on linen. It serve in place of paintings as colorful wall decoration, also helped keep out draft �SCULPTURED GRAVESTONE in Dorchester, Mass. cemetery marks the plot of John Foster who did woodcut below. z g U) g s Art of the amateur u 0 U) .J < u ii: g U) :i: • and the artisan U) ~ w U) :::, I u < U) U) < I WEATHER VANES were usually a sideline for metalworkers. First specialist was Shem Drowne of Boston whose 4-foot-6-inch-tall copper Indian with a glass eye swiveled atop the governor's residence. Drowne also made the famous grasshopper which crouched above Faneuil Hall. Handsome vane below was made in Pennsylvania in 1670. As the colonies grew in population and wealth, skilled artisans emerged as the third most important class, next after farmers and merchants. Many of them proved to be artists as wel1 as successful businessmen. The men who made the two weather vanes at the left were producing objects of special utility to a people who e lives depended much on the weather. They were also expressing a picturesque sense of humor and a feeling for the kind of design which looks well against any skyline. John Foster, who carved the pioneer American woodcut below, was a printer who did the portrait as a frontispiece for a book which he published. A strong image of the Puritan priesthood in its heyday, it is also a human portrait of a man whose life was given to plain speaking and a powerful purpose. Foster also may have sketched the design for his ow11 gravestone above, a grinning figure of Death snuffing out Life's candle, while Father Time tries to stay his skeleton arm. In works like these, and in Miss Titcomb's needlework on the opposite page, colonial craftsmen were able to satisfy then- artistic impulses without displeasing their practical-minded friends and neighbors. z 0 f- l/) g .; Jw ti 0 g rl :::, U) ~w ..J < u ii: ~ g i i:::, U) :i: U) ~ w U) :::, U) I :::, I u ~ < 0 0.. U) U) :::, 0 I < PURITAN PORTRAIT, the first American woodcut, depicts Richard Mather, ancestor of 80 New England preachers. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 121 �COLON IAL W ORLD CONTINUED GARDEN OF EDEN, pictured in iron, decorated a Pennsylvania German stove. The inscription reads : "The snake betrayed Adam and Eve. " Stovemakers cul pattern in wood, pressed wood into sand mold, then poured in molten iron. CAJN KILLING ABEL was s hown on anot her Colon ial s love. Stove plates also laug hl the Command men ts, the miracles of Chr ist and teachings of the Prop hets. Religious pictures la ter gave way to fl oral and secu lar designs. Scenes on stoves and Ben Franklin's big improvernent .- -,,..------t....... - . . ___ , THE FRANKLIN STOVE, invented in 1742, saved much wood, produced better heat, and rid small rooms of moke and other "filthy vapors." The ancestor of modern stoves, it also presaged the products of modern American indu s try: it was designed to be mad~ of s tandardized parts which could be easily assembled in any fireplace. At right is Franklin's design. Above is a modern drawing showing how it worked . Fresh air was drawn through a floor duct into a separate chamber where it was heated by the surrounding fire and passed into the room through vents on either side. Smoke was drawn over the hot-air box and up the regular chimney. Franklin 11-rectly boas ted that his invention was more ef£cien l than the German stoves which healed only by radiation and not air circul~tion, or the open fireplace, whereby, said Ben "a man is scorched before, while he is froze behind." 122 I �FIELDSTONE HEARTH-4½ feet high and 9 feet wide-is an ornament of Hyland house in Guilford, Conn., built in 1660. Massive, the fireplace still gains rude grace from its balanced proportions. Roughly made, it gains textural beauty from unfinished wood, hand-cut stone, plaster and brick. Andirons made by a local blacksmith have curved feet, with popular gooseneck upright.Trammel rods on which pots hung were notched so height of pots could be adjusted. Designing the ways to keep warm In the northern colonies heat was the basic problem in designing a home. English houses were heated by fireplaces which sent their smoke up through separate flues. The Americans, in a stroke of ingenious design, brought all the flues together into one hug (ltlimney, or stack, which soaked up heat and radiated it through all the rooms. Such a chimney had two or more fireplace openings. Its central position determined the compact design of most American homes for 150 years. In the main fireplace (above) the wife did her cooking, using a built-in oven and a variety of utensils. At first she hung pots in the fire from a green wood lug pole running crosswise above the hearth. Such poles often charred through and spilled the soup, so trammel rods and swinging iron cranes were substituted. In the 17 40s Benjamin Franklin invented a new apparatus (opposite page) which was to end the need for fireplaces and led eventually to the American kitchen stove. This, in turn, changed American diet: biscuits, muffins, corn pone and flapjacks all came in when the stove's quick heat replaced slow-baking masonry. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ��COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED RICHARD JACKSON HOUSE built around 1664 in Port mouth, N.H. is believed to Le the oldest in the state. The owner followed the common colonial trade of shipbuilding. Lean-tos are additions to the original structure. The\\ indows shown here rC'place<l early leaded pane types. The first functional homes The first settlers of New England brought with them in their minds l"wo basic house designs "hich were typical of their homeland. One ,, as the two-story medieval house of East Anglia, with its overhanging gable ends, leaded casement windows, center entrance and ornamental outside woodv,ork. The other was the simpler Flemish cottage, one story high with a loft on top and a steeply pitched roof to shed the North Sea rains. Such cottages were built in large numbers by Flemish weavers who flocked to England from the 14th Century on; the Puritans saw them everywhere in the counties they came from. Both of these early New England types are illustrated here by photographs of surviving examples. The Jackson house (above) is basically a Flemish cottage with additions. The Parson Capen house, at the left, is purely English; it would look as natural in the hamlet of Toppcsfield, in English Essex, as it does today in Topsfield, Essex County, Mass. It was built in 1683 for the parson of the Congregational Church and was the finest house in the village. The medieval overhangs along the front and at the gable ends, the dark clapboards and weathered shingles give it a look of quiet dignity and strength. Contrary to legend, the projecting overhangs, or jetties, were not intended as defenses against Indians . The same construction was common in ancient English towns where Indians were no menace but v.rhere overhangs served either as protection from rain or just as decoration. For the builders of the Capen and Jackson houses it was natural to follow traditional patterns. Colonists are always homesick; they always try to rebuild the world they knew. But American conditions soon forced them to change their methods. Old England had a permanent shortage of wood; the walls of Tudor houses, between the timbers, were often enclosed with nothing but plaster or porous brick ~~nogging." The colonists tried this, but it did not keep out the weather. So they nailed strips of wood over the brick and plastC'r. Soon they found they could make a better house wall from rough wood sheathing, covered with overlapped clapboards . From all this emerge<l a house of clean lines and compact look, the decoration either omitted or simplified. Considering the materials available-much wood, little glass and hand labor- the New England home was for its time a magnificent example of functional architecture- in every sense of this word so often applied to modern building. From the two houses shown here evolved two styles now most popularly associated with New England. The Parson Capen house with its small entrance hall-instead of the later large center hall- is a predecessor of the Cape Cod house. The Jackson house with its long roof slanted down over an added lean-to is the ancestor of the salt box. Oddly enough, none of the early English colonists built log cabins, which were introduced by the Swedes on the Delaware. Instead, in New Englaud, they did a typically American thing : they mechanized their lumber industry. In 163 1l, a "atf'rpowered sawmill was erected on the Piscataqua, bet•.reen Maine and Ne½ Hampshir<'. At that time there was no such mill in Englau<l, PARSON CAPEN HOUSE was built in 1683 at Topsfield, Mass. Casement windows, each with 30 glass panes, were a relative luxury al Lime house was built. Pilastered chimney, borrowed from English manor house design, was also unusual. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED The Old World furniture POTTERY JUG from Maine, was made in 1667, has pious inscription, "If God be for us-ho [who] can be againc [against] us." Colonial furniture, like colonial houses, followed fashions from abroad. Wealthier families, especially in the South, imported what they needed. But in the northern and middle colonies were American craftsmen who showed great skill in imitating English styles, often adding small touches of their own and working gradually toward lighter forms, easier and cheaper to produce. This was especially true when they used native woods and produced the humbler benches, cupboards and beds for everyday use. 17TH CENTURY PARLOR from Oyster Bay, Long Island home is enlivened by red turkey work, a popular form of embroidery, on the chair behind the tahle, and also by the colorfully painted and carved Ipswich chest. j w 0 i :::i :r r a: w r z ~ ~ :::i w <r. :::i ~ r z 0 0.. :::i 0 SPICE CABINET (left) made at Ipswich, Mass. in 1679 shows early use of ball feet. Paneled door bears the carved initials of owner, Thomas Hart Jr. TRESTLE TABLE was made in New England about 1650. Just under 12 feet long, it does not have a wa ted piece of wood in it. At right is Brewster chair. �with New World touches What they accomplished in about 100 years is indicated in the two period rooms belo". The elegant 17th Century parlor is almost purely English in appearance, tholl.gh the colorful polychrome chest and the Carver chair beside it are characteristic of ew England. In the kitchen at right the tall lat-back chairs, made in the Dela\\are Valley, are distinctly American in their slim lines and boldly curved backs. The scalloped open cupboard which holds the pottery i also an American design. ORNATELY CARVED box ma<le in Massachusetts, dated 1650, was used to store vahiable papers, as well as to hold family Bible. 18TH CENTURY KITCHEN paneled in pine is furnished mostly with item from Pennsylvania. In cupboard at left is comb ware pottery. Beside fireplace is ettle bed where guest slept, warmed by fire but uncomfortably upright. DOWER CHEST (at right) belonging to Mary Pease of Connecticut was probably made by her father, who with loving care carved and painted it. : CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE �COLONIAL WORLD CONTINUED OLD SHIP MEETINGHOUSE at Hingham, Mass. has been continuously used for worship since it was built in 1681. Its interior is shown at right. Proportion and patterns The distinctive patterns and architectural details with which the colonists embellished their lives have mostly been rubbed out by time. But here and there they can still be seen, in the fading tracery of an old brick wall, or the thrust of massive timbers. The most remarkable survival is the Old Ship meetinghouse at Hingham (above and right), erected in 1681 when Massachusetts was still a Puritan commonwealth. I ts builders designed an exterior both sturdy and graceful, its square mass lightened by the slender tower which points toward heaven. The cavernous interior is saved from gloom by its perfect proportions and the soaring sweep of the tremendous beams and rafters, some of which are 45 feet long, the equal of the widest Gothic cathedral nave in England. Inside, it resembles nothing more than the hull of a greqt ship overturned to make a house of worship (to get the effect, turn picture upside down). The Old Ship meetinghouse is the only example left of the first purely American contribution to architecture-the four-square meeti~ghouse of 17th Century New England. The Puritans invented it because they hated the word ''church" and would not build one in America. They permitted no cross or spire; instead there was a central tower which held the bell and supported a useful weathervane. �PENDILL OF WOOD, main New England building material, hangs from Parson Capen house. The ornament was designed and carved by the carpenter who built the house. WALL OF STONE, a very popular material of the early middle colonies, gleams in lively contrast to painted door and shutters. This is the Van Deusen house in Hurley, N.Y. DESIGN OF BRICK, material of South, though laid in 1663, still glows in wall of "Make Peace" in Somerset County, Md. Masons used glazed brick which sparkled in the sun. ��The durable house of Cape Cod RIVALS of Cape Cod style in early New England were the four house shapes shown above: one-room L1 RIDGE CLAPBOARDS NAILED TO CORNER POST A triumph of colonial technique was the snug Cape Cod house, whose familiar block shape and low symmetrical roof still dots the U.S. landscape. The ground-hugging Cape Cod style was developed along the coast to resist hard winters and Atlantic storms. It has endured because its simple design is not only pleasant to the eye but comparatively easy and cheap to build. Like a modern skyscraper, the Cape Cod's outward appearance was determined entirely by its wooden skeleton, or frame. Colonial carpenters used 10 types of handhewn Limbers, and the names they used then are still current today (see diagram at right). The sills lay on the foundations to support the whole structure. The posts were the main vertical members; they carried the crosswise girts, on which rested the second floor. The summer beam was an especially large timber which spanned the middle of a room and was dovetailed into the girls. All other joints were fastened with -wooden pegs, or "trunnels" (tree nails). Joists were small beams which carried the floor boards. Plates were horizontal timbers on which rested the notched, slanting rafters. Purlins crossed the rafters to support roofboards and shingles. The ridge ran along the top. Collars were braces for the rafters. .· I IJ , .. 1 " r·.· . ,, .~ i~ :[1 ~ ~4 ' :~I /v ~~~ .· ,J · ~ --/2 . CLAPBOARDS CUT FROM LOG FLOOR JOIST CONSTRUCTION of Cape Cod house is shown in diagram of basic frame. Corner drawings at left *- CHIMNEY cottage, two-story English overhang, lean-to salt box and full two-story house with widened eaves. (opposite page) of Cape Cod house pictured above rises through center of house and combines flues from three fireplaces into a central stack. show mortises and tenons cut and fitted by hand. Clapboards(right, above) were split from long oak log. SHINGLED CAPE COD built in 1792 at South Orleans, Mass. was variation on clapboard style. Shingle idea may have come from New Amsterdam Dutch. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 131 �SNIPE DECOY ABOUT 1860. $35 IRON DOORSTOP ABOUT 1870. $12 U.S.CRAZE FOR THINGS PAST Worldwide sampling of antiques serves as a basic buyer's guide In West Barnstable, Mass. a tiny colored glass compote fetched $250 at an auction sale a few months ago. When made in 1890 it sold for $1.25. In Marshalltown, Iowa, Dr. R. F. French began collecting hitching posts 20 years ago, usually paying from $5 to $25 a post. His collection, the largest in the U.S., numbers 400 posts which are now worth$ 100 to $250 apiece. In Versailles, Ky. , Garrett's Attic, a small antique shop, has done such booming business that the owner has posted a notice, "Gone to England, Scotland and Holland. Back in August"- to reopen with the European loot. 1n Georgia thieves have been making off with the old iron furniture from rural cemeteries to sell to dealers. In Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. May Straub, who runs the Den of Iniquity antique shop, says, "I'm clean out of rocking chairs and looking all over for them. Everybody wants a rocking chair and a marble-topped washstand." The antique business in the U.S. is rollicking. At a conservative estimate $250 million a year is being spent for yesterday's belongings. Thirty years ago there was only one yearly antique show in the U.S.; today there are over 1,500. Thirty years ago there were half a dozen books on antiques; today there are over 500 that sell well. Currently there are 10,000 to 15,000 antique dealers, double the number 15 years ago. This still-growing craze for furniture and accessories made in the past is based on several things. People today travel more than ever before, see more antique furniture in Europe, learn more about craftsmanship and style. There is a growing desire for furnishings that will give individuality to houses that are too often just like the neighbor's. With antiques a householder can express his personal taste. And, since age enhances the beauty and the value of antiques, they are a good investment. Some of the antiques that are most in demand are shown here and on the following pages in a worldwide sampling of styles that can serve as a basic guide to buyers. Similar pieces can be found at higher prices or- with luck-for much less. It is wise to shop around for antiques. If a dealer has gotten a good buy himself, his selling price will be lower. Besides, it is fair and sensible to haggle and bargain when buying antiques. There are no fixed prices. Curiously the best buys in antiques today are technically not antiques at all. The U.S. Customs says that to enter the U.S. duty-free as an antique a piece must have been made before 1830, roughly the date that divides handmade goods from machine-made. But most people consider anything made in the 19th Century an antique and have found that the later the date the better the buy. IRON SCISSORS 19TH CENTURY. $45 CARRIAGE LAMP ABOUT 1880. $150 TRIPOD POT 19TH CENTURY. $25 KEY TRADE SIGN ABOUT 1830. $60 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Color Lithograph of Girls playing with a dolls house. Illustration for Warne's Picture Puzzle Toy Book, Printed by Kronheim, [ca. 1880] Description An account of the resource The image shows three girls playing with a dollhouse, printed by Kronheim, [ca. 1880] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph Martin Kronheim (1810–1896) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [ca. 1880] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Color Lithograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/8eed669c406ded0062431198ad4079ca.jpg 82bf9b8fe8a0848cea321f2d0af17aba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mrs. Fisher Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [ca. 1940s-1950s] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/79bc2e71c80efff01aff387f0c544e3f.jpg 083b639322824db0f316c545212edde8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Left Hand Corner View of the Penthouse, created by Mrs. Fisher, [ca. 1940s-1950s] Description An account of the resource The image shows the left hand corner of Mrs. Fisher's Penthouse. 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Title A name given to the resource “New, individual homes for sale,” advertisement, 1951 Courtesy of Park Forest Public Library Description An account of the resource The picture depicts an advertisement from 1951 for the "new individual home for sale in forest park." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource American Community Builders Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/631da57adb0e55261208b1a90e1295b1.jpg d42c34db4b5871eab9195820462b475d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Gothic Revival Library, Balmville, Newburgh, New York, 1859 Description An account of the resource This library, on view in Gallery 740, comes from a red-brick Gothic Revival villa built for banker Frederick Deming (1787–1860) and his family in the hamlet of Balmville, a residential area in the southeastern section of Newburgh, New York. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Roseland Cottage in the Gothic Revival Style, Woodstock, Connecticut, sourced from Veranda, ACD 2025. Description An account of the resource The image displays a sitting room in the Rosalind Cottage at Woodstock, CT, designed in the Gothic revival style. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Veranda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ACD 2025 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/160aee73ae0fabfa6c1fe338c006da79.jpeg 8f1b1cd28d165c67e4506ee66b7527a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Stones of Venice (3 vols., London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1851-53, including engravings after Ruskin’s own drawings) Description An account of the resource The image shows an engraving by Smith, Elder & Co, after a sketch of Venice gothic architecture by John Ruskin for his writings, The Stones of Venice. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Ruskin (drawing); Smith, Elder & Co, (engraving) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [ca. 1851] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/abb88b0fc9a7d3c9f732159c4cf3a7b7.jpeg 91ffb201352f365d3a0fe08029887af0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Photograph of John Ruskin, (1819-1900), by Unknown, [ca. mid-late ninteenth century] Description An account of the resource The image shows John Ruskin, dressed in a white undershirt and dark jacket with a cravat. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [ca. mid-late nineteenth century] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/2da51ac31e9c496344b79da19b88c6c7.jpg 470d10abce374798edc77997500dfe19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital exhibits for the Dollhouse Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Newspaper Clipping from Christie's Column, titled “Miniatures at Ritter’s Store,” [19]53 October 28. Description An account of the resource This newspaper clipping was found within a Scrapbook, part 1, created by Fisher in the mid-late twentieth century. The date in the top left corner appears annotated later, plausibly in her hand. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mrs. Fisher Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 28, [19]53 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Clipping