This month’s column brings an original kerosene lantern from an American LaFrance Fire Engine found at an estate sale and a favorite basket from a reader’s art glass collection. Well-cared-for family ...

Our modern attitude towards gender is sometimes a curiously paradoxical one. We're aware in the not too distant past our culture included some rather rigid definitions of the proper roles of men and ...

Whether you have inherited an old sewing machine or picked one up at the local thrift shop, it's totally normal to be curious about its value. Antique Singer sewing machine values are determined by ...

T19326 Object Name Sewing Machine, Toy sewing machine, toy See more items in Home and Community Life: Textiles Sewing Machines National Museum of American History Record ID nmah_1071113 Metadata Usage ...

Gibson Girl plates Q. I have these three 10 1/2-inch plates that were given to me by my mother. I believe they originally belonged to my grandmother. They are different in design on the front, but all ...