Vigo County Historical Society
Historic Treasure Articles - 1988
 

Postcards began as less colorful notes

Some mounted campaign for sidesaddle

Drums gave continuity to Indian dances

Craftwork eased lives of Plains Indians

Few pellets a day designed to keep doctor away

Valentines reflect history

Link to Terre Haute unearthed in Colorado

Victorian art could be hairy matter

Photos windows on past

‘Fit like a glove’ meant very tightly

Cans reminders of local businesses that packaged foodstuffs for customers

Home movie captures Cox company

Greentown glass style gained its fans

Bright memories are etched into silvered glass treasures

Cruft more than a Terre Haute street

Scurrying, scampering mice may escape traps by only a whisker

Trinket boxes held Victorian dainties

Come into my parlor.  Love seat scene of couples’ courting

Nothing could stop immigrant

Here comes the bride--in a breathtaking gown
“And the bride was radiant in a gown of . . .”

Senior cords a fad of innocence

Dollhouses can tell much about the culture and habits of a society

Lithography made pictures possible before photography

Mother’s gift survives over time

Stool part of area musical history

Wheel whirred with woolen threads

History of museum’s glass vase not clear

Quilts piece together picture of past

Prints tell story for the curious

Newsboys’ poem praises progress with some self-interest tossed in

Paper doll traces origins to 1880s

Pencil pushers lured kids with premium

Arrowheads head of ancient collection

Quilts’ quality to be shown at Fowler Park

Lydia’s cure-all popular Rx

Cornhusk dolls were cheap and easy toys to make

It’s the pits--Device eased removal of cherry stones

Indians crafted jet jewelry--Queen Victoria favored black gem

Book chapter provides some shocking stories

Advertisers played card game with buyers

Since 1789, the U.S. mail must go through

Stitchery of years past created colorful quilts

 

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