Christmas Fantasy Doll House At Museum Of The City
Henry McBride profiles a museum exhibit featuring the Stettheimer doll house, created in the 1920s by Carrie Walter Stettheimer and her sisters. The miniature mansion includes an art gallery, a working elevator, period furnishings, and portraits of Gaston Lachaise, Marcel Duchamp, Ed Steichen and others who frequented the salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of the City of New York
Stettheimers
John Noble
Noble
Florine
Ettie
Carrie
Stettheimer
Carrie Walter Stettheimer
Henry McBride
Florine Stettheimer
Museum of Modern Art
Ettie Stettheimer
Henrie Waste
Carrie Stettheimer
Gaston Lachaise
Marcel Duchamp
Edward Steichen
Virgil Thompson
Museum of the City of
New York
Stertheimer
Elizabeth Duncan
Tempting Scents for Holiday Candles
Candles fill homes with cranberry gingerbread and pine scents to boost Christmas mood. New scents like hollyberry add elegance to mantels. Tips suggest placing tapers at table lip level and blowing out flames with a finger to control splatter while preserving fragrance.
Scented Gift Pomander Ball Craft Guide
Aromatic pomander balls make elegant gifts trimmed with velvet ribbons lace and braid. Tie them from scraps in your sewing box for a pretty handmade present whose fragrance lasts long after the holidays.
Stevenson Birthdate Gift To Annie Ide Christmas Day
The article notes Robert Louis Stevenson born November 13 1850 1894 given his birthday to Annie H Ide a girl born on Christmas Day so she could celebrate twice yearly both a proper birthday and a Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Annie H. Ide
Local marriages and obituaries mark period life in 1936
In December 1936 the community notes multiple weddings anniversaries and deaths. Highlights include the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Hildebrandt and several marriages such as Ruth Poock with John Lewis and Betty Lou Neuendorf with Robert Bergmann. Deaths include J A Parsons and Dr Paul J Amlie with locals attending services and a murder suicide note in Tripoli area.
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Wm. Hildebrandt
G. H. Doty
J. A. Parsons
Carrizo Springs
Texas
Ruth Poock
John Lewis
Klinger
Lamir Kadera
Isabell
Highway 63
Tripoli
Betty Lou Neuendorf
Robert Bergmann
Western Douglas
Walter Sauerbrei
Readlyn
Ray Buchholz
Paul J. Amlie
Rochester
Bradley Buss
V.F.W
Voice of Democracy
Allan Schumacher
Thailand
Arizona
Origins and History of Greeting Cards Through Time
This piece traces greeting cards from ancient Egypt and Rome to modern times, noting inscribed tokens of good will, early prints, the first Christmas card by J. C. Horsley in 1843, and the spread of multilingual cards in today’s polyglot United States with varied languages and formats.
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Prince of Wales
Calvin Coolidge
Egypt
Europe
Christ
England
J. C. Horsley
Sir Henry Cole
Felix Summerly
Treasure House
London
W. M. Egley
Cole-Horsley
R. H. Pease
Albany
N.Y
Pease
United States
J Felices Navidades
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Tegtmeier Dilco
Afton
Carl
Harrison Parrot
Des Moines
Ford Auto School
Nancy Staack
Lowell Heinemann
Grace Lutheran Church Navy
LaVern Hay
Leonard Dettmer
Tripoli Grain and Feed
David P. Kuethe
USNR
Uss America
Lori Boeckmann
Allen
Douglas Boeckman
Suzanne Olsen
Monroe
Wis
Nancy Palmer
Waverly
Bruce Huebner
Melvin Krumm
Verne Schildroth
Arthur
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