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A Christmas Gift Tradition - A Sled Jim Trautman
In Canada the Sears Department Stores still give out free for the asking the Christmas Wish Book catalog. I pickup my catalog each September to look at all the decorations and toys that are available during the holiday season. The Christmas catalog has and continues to be the avenue for boys and girls to peruse and then make lists for Santa Claus to find for toys wanted to be found under the tree. Almost every child has wanted to see a sled under the tree. Then to hope for snow to put the sled through its paces.
Famous Monsters of Playtime
By James Burrell
Children have always loved monsters. There’s a fascination with those misshapen, sometimes scary, other times wretched, pitiable creatures that even when they’re afraid of one “being under their bed” or “in their closet”, little boys (and girls) still love to watch movies, read books and of course, play with toys based on them.
As hard as it is to believe nowadays, prior to the 1960's there were next to no monster-related toys or collectibles available on the North American market. With the exception of early 1950’s EC horror-based comics like Tales from the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear and The Vault of Horror (which were not specifically marketed at children, but being read by them), monster and horror entertainment was thought of as adult-only fare. Eventually, these comics were to come under fire as being psychologically damaging to children, and the final nail on their coffin was the release of a 1954 book entitled Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Fredric Wertham. In it, the prominent psychiatrist cited horror comics as a cause of juvenile delinquency, leading to concern from parents and educators. As expected, the publications were quickly pulled from newsstands. With EC Comics losing money, the books soon stopped being published.
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The History of Coca-Cola Helen Nash
The product that has given the world its best-known taste and led to a memorabilia craze was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca Cola® and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was placed on sale for 5 cents a glass at the soda fountain. Carbonated water was added to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing," a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca Cola is enjoyed...
Dawn of The Desk Marnie Andrews
The French word for a furniture craftsman is "ébéniste" from the early but short-lived practice of using ebony wood for veneers. Despite the switch to other woods, the label stuck.
Chippendale inlaid Mahogany, reverse-serpentine chest of drawers with ball-and-claw feet from essex County, Massachusetts. c.1780–1800
"An inclining table for the use of writers or readers, made commonly with a box or repository underneath it," Samuel Johnson, defining a desk in the Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.
As a piece of furniture, the desk has had a short history. This did not affect its eventual establishment as an essential piece in a gentleman's home, but it was, perhaps more than any other furniture, a creation that was dependent on advanced civilization. For a long time, a bed, a table, a chest and maybe a chair were the rudiments of furniture for everyone. Even the nobility of the Middle Ages did not possess much more though they had them in greater number. It took a combination of events that led to a dramatic rise in the European standard of living to create the right climate for the most learned of furniture: the desk.
The Game of Chess
By Floyd Sarisohn
As the game of chess evolved, so too did the shape and design of the chess pieces and boards. With the games growing popularity in the Western World, it was inevitable that artists and others with imagination would try to create more decorative and artistic chess sets.