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Vol. 24 No. 11 • “Vintage, Collectible, & Antique Wonders” • November 2014
Althea Willette Map collector Page 3
MAPS & complementary ephemeral joys
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Maps
& complementary ephemeral joys by Britt Aamodt ST. PAUL, MINN. – People flock to Althea Willette and to her collection of maps, postcards, advertising and ephemera at the Missouri Mouse in St. Paul, Minn., to locate houses, family farms, neighborhoods and old businesses on her maps. They leave behind stories. “People come in and tell me a story,” Willette said. “‘My great grandmother ran a hardware store at the Cover. Althea Willette turn of the century.’ with Como Park map. We find the map, and it She said the map is The Minneapolis Real Estate map names the buildings on the University of Minnesota campus in 1914. Red buildings are made of brick. Brown are OF stone. (Photos by Britt Aamodt) Restoring Your Home? ClipThis Ad!
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Map appeal
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The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is labeled “Auditor’s Sub-Div No. 68.” Railroad tracks seemingly trump all land configurations, cutting across streets and through neighborhoods.
In 1805, St. Anthony Falls was a wild natural area with scattered settlements along the shore. The coming of the timber and flour milling would transform the river into an industrial waterway.
Cedar-Riverside is Minneapolis’S answer to New York’s Greenwich Village. Immigrants--especially Scandinavians--populated the mostly brick and wood structures in 1914. By the 1960s, the neighborhood’s immigrants had dispersed and disappeared into the melting pot; the University of Minnesota had moved onto the West Bank, and the Cedar-Riverside intersection had become the epicenter of the hippie counterculture that emerged with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.
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Map appeal
Cont. from page 3
has the name of her business on it.” Many genealogists find their way to her for a plat map showing the family homestead—the family’s name written
Map appeal
Cont. on page 5
Andreas Atlases are prized for their quality research and engravings, as seen from this 1874 example. However, their cheap binding has made it next to impossible to find a complete atlas.
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The Real Estate Board of Minneapolis paid for the 1892 real estate map through subscriptions. There are a handful of editions, beginning in the 1880s and revised sporadically over the years, including in 1892, 1903, 1914 and 1940. A look at the 1874 map of Minneapolis shows that its lakes had already taken on recognizable identities—Cedar, Lake of the Isles, Calhoun and Harriet. Surrounding land was divided into large farms, including Lyndale Farm, owned by a Col. W.S. King.
Nicollet Island, 1874 map
Cartographers completed an ambitious project in 1874.
Map appeal
Cont. from page 4
on the century-old map, which neatly describes the allotment of acres and the neighbors who once visited, helped out, commiserated, and shared recipes with great--or greater-grandparents.
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Map appeal
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The Map of Minnesota Territory was printed in 1850, eight years before statehood. It includes information on Indian treaties and the lands ceded to the U.S. government.
Map appeal
Cont. from page 5
When people think of map collecting, they often picture yellowed parchment maps of Europe. Willette’s focus is on Minnesota maps, plat maps, real estate maps, retail maps, and streetcar maps. Here an early plat map of St. Cloud, Minn., and of Sauk Rapids, Minn., shows, by definition, who owned individual parcels of land. The curve of the Mississippi River interrupts the government’s division of the land into artificial square or rectangular parcels of property, and layers of information are piled on, distinguished by words of various sizes and typefaces; sometimes using all capital letters, sometimes not; sometimes using boldface, sometimes not; sometimes using italics, sometimes not.
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Antiques
Map appeal
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Quality Antiques & Original Art in a Gallery Setting Fridays & Saturdays 10am to 4pm (or by chance or appointment)
~ Featuring American Art Pottery ~ 23650 Forest Road Mission furniture, lighting, P.O. Box 574 cabin style antiques, Deerwood, MN 56444-0574 decoys and lures crosby/brainerd lakes area
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The City of Hastings, Lake Isabell, 1st Ward, W. Voight Lake View Farm, and Hancock & Hussells, are the most prominent features evident on this early Minnesota plat map.
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Willette is a Minnesota girl. She grew up on a Delavan farm. She remembers looking at her dad’s Plat map, Stillwater, Minn. copy of the Andreas Atlas and seeing her family name printed across its acreage. At the University of Minnesota, she majored in agricultural geology and got into cartography while designing maps for a professor’s textbook. Collecting maps was a natural outgrowth. She specializes in Minnesota with a large subsection devoted to Twin Cities maps. There are plat maps, streetcar maps, retail
Abbey House Antiques
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Stop and check out central Mn WeStWind! Beautiful glassware and items for furnishing that student dorm or apartment; storage sheds, Boat docks & lifts and tools for the men. there iS SoMething for everyone. Thurs & Fri: 10-5; Sat: 9-5 (Closed Sun-Wed) Closing for the season November 29th
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1874 Andreas Atlas engraving. The George Stoppel Farmstead, founded in 1856, is now owned and operated by the History Center of Olmstead County, Minn.
created its real estate maps by subscription. Cont. from page 6 They’d collect money maps and real estate until they had enough maps. to publish a new The Real Estate edition. This explains Board of Minneapolis the erratic printing
Map appeal
Althea Willette points to her family’s farm on a Faribault County, Minn., plat map. She remembers her father pointing out their farm in an Andreas Atlas to her as a girl. Genealogists prize plat maps for the information they provide on size and location of family homesteads, natural features and neighboring properties. The St. Paul Retail Map provides a snapshot of 1932. The St. Paul Hotel, whose owner is listed at John G. Ordway, shares a block with Gowns & Millinery, Interior Decorator William Eckert, Colman’s Parking and, kitty corner, Bessie E. Watson’s parking lot.
The Prairie Potholes Antiques Trails
history. Minneapolis real estate maps Eden Valley 08-11-08begin in the 1880s with Lost & Found sporadic revisions, Richmond 200 State St. N (Highways 55 & 22) Belgrade An Old Times Antiques Trail 23Map including in 1892, Cold (320) 453-5678 22 Spring 1903, 1914, and 1940. Mon-Sat 9:30 - 5:30 71 Paynesville The maps are colorIt’s Worth The Drive! 55 9 Watkins 9 Eden coded. Pink buildings Benson Valley New 4 104 Paynesville London are brick; yellow, 12 10 3 3 10 wood; brown, stone; 27 The Antique Cellar Spicer 22 and blue, stucco. The 305 Augusta Ave Willmar (320) 243-7605 12 1914 map of Litchfield 7 Days/wk: Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5 Minneapolis’s CedarClosed Mondays Jan-Apr. We Buy! 22 Riverside district 71 • Raymond shows a mostly Spicer 59 23 Montevideo residential area spread Clara City 7 Belltower Antique Mall along the West Bank, 118 Lake Ave N which had not yet been 22 4 (320) 796-5515 Granite Falls taken over by an Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5 expanding University 212 25 Dealers. of Minnesota. 212 Willmar Granite Falls The Swedish settlement, Bohemian Prairie Mercantile L&J’s Antiques Long Lake Antiques Flats, ranges in neat 110 E U.S. 212 • (320) 564-9094 614 Benson Ave SW 8879 Long Lake Road Long Lake Antiques
Map appeal
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Cont. from page 7
rows along the shore. Seven Corners sits at a nexus of early-century business establishments. By mid- to latecentury, Bohemian Flats would be converted to parking and parkland. A swath of homes and businesses would be mowed down by I-35W. At eyeball level, the CedarRiverside of then seems to have disappeared.
Willette got into collecting postcards through her interest in maps. The postcards provided a picture of what she was seeing on maps, and often from different perspectives. St. Paul’s Sherman Hotel had a series of postcards (above and right) that offered a variety of interior and exterior views.
Map appeal
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Public Baths, St. Paul, Minn.
Map appeal
Cont. from page 8
Public Baths at Harriet Island, St. Paul, Minn. Where rivers and lakes were available, public baths were a commonplace in metropolitan society, complete with concessions. Bathers could purchase post cards as a remembrance or to jot notes to friends in faraway towns.
Antiquing in
“What you learn from a map is how to read a landscape,” said Willette. “If you know what you’re looking for, you can still see it.” Homeowners change the facades of their houses. Over a period of time, the face of a neighborhood changes. A map
divulges the 1940s’ housing stock underneath the modern makeovers. Andreas Atlases are noted for quality. They go back to 1874 and reveal a young Minnesota in extraordinary detail: every schoolhouse,
Map appeal
Cont. on page 12
South-Central Minnesota Winthrop Lonsdale
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Including Fairmont, Janesville, Mankato, New Ulm, Rapidan, St. Peter, Waseca, and Winthrop WINTHROP
ST. PETER St. Nick’s Antiques
41214 - 436th St. • St. Peter, MN
St. Peter
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(Hwy. 99 west of st. Peter 6mi rigHt on Co. rd 13 for 2-1/2mi rigHt on 436tH street 1/4mi)
507-931-4180
Mankato Rapidan
Hours: Wed-Fri 11-5 • Sat 11-4 Sun Noon- 5 Antiques • Collectibles Bobble-heads Memorabilia • Twins for sale.
Janesville Waseca
NEW ULM
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28 N Minnesota St. New Ulm, MN 56073
• MANKATO
Melissa & Doug Toy’s ® *
Occasional November Sale& Dates 13-16 20-23
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Vintage * Retro * Records * Watkins * Aprons
September 13, 14 & 15 September 219&- 5 22 Thu, Fri,20, Sat: Thursday-Saturday Sun: 1 4 10 am - 4 pm Other times open by Other or times by chance Chance Appointment! or appointment
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Cell: 507-340-5794 Cell: 507-340-5794 A Lovely Collection of Light Lunch 19075 Rapidan 19075 RapidanAvenue Ave., Serving • Handcrafted items Downtown Rapidan56001 Downtown Rapidan, and Desserts • Gifts • Antiques ®
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25 PLUS Booths Available To Dealers & Collectors FEATURES Roseville • Pink/Green Depression Glass Furniture • Primitives • Carnival Glass
125 Ruth Street (Behind the Bobber Shop)
(507) 359-1090 Mon.-Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-4
RAPIDAN
507-278-4808 507-278-4808
MANKATO A ntique W Arehouse
FAIRMONT
Pond Road Antiques
Pond Road Antiques has lost their lease and will be temporarily closed while they move to their new location. Watch here for updates!
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Antique furniture, primitives, crocks, glassware, pottery, lighting, etc.
PO Box 411 • Sauk Centre, MN 56378
MANKATO
Old Town Antiques & Mercantile
521 N. Riverfront Dr. Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-1824 • Mankato
Hours: Tues - Sat 10am-6pm • Sun 12-4pm
NEW Shop! Just Opened in July!
MANKATO
Broad Street Antiques 1434 N Broad Street Mankato, MN 56001
(507) 386-0600
(507) 291-5528
HOURS:
unique multi-dealer shop M-T-Th-Fri.-Sat. 11-5:30 Alocated in the heart of Old Sun. 1-4 • Closed Wed. Town that unites the present with the past.
JANESVILLE Ms. Mac's Antiques and Coffee Shop
100 North Main Street • Janesville, MN Phone: (507) 234-2226 An "ever-changing" variety of country and primitives uniquely displayed in a century-old building OPEN: Tues. thru Sat. 10-5 Closed Sundays & Mondays
~ HOURS ~ Wed-Sat: 11-5 • Sun: 12-4 ~ GRAND OPENING WEEK ~ October 8th - 12th
WASECA
1101 N. State St. Waseca, MN 56093
Open 7 Days a Week • M-F 10-5 • Sat 9-5 • Sun 12-4 (507) 835-4000
Vintage • Furniture • Collectibles Glass & Pottery • Home Accents • Gifts 5,000 sq. ft. of shopping! PastPresentAntiquesAndGifts.com
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Chaska’s Shop 501 expands
SHOP 501 and SHOP 501 & Company dealers united for a grand opening.
--PRESS RELEASE CHASKA, MINN.-SHOP 501 has the corner on the vintage marketin Chaska, Minn., with the addition of SHOP 501 & Company in a different building on the same corner as the original shop. Both shops will be open every
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the holiday season. SHOP 501 & Company held its grand opening October 2. Like the first SHOP 501, the new venue features shops within a shop, broadening offerings and more than
doubling the size of the antiques and repurposed business at the corner of Chestnut & Chaska Boulevard. New ventures include Four Vintage, bringing a lodge/ Americana look to the
SHOP 501
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Antiquing with the
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Antiques of northfield
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416 S. Division • Northfield, MN
507-664-9599
Open 7 Days A Week M-Sat 11-6, Th 11-8, Sun 12-5
31265 County 24 Blvd. (In the Cannon Valley Mall)
Mon-Sat: 10:30-5:30 Sun: Noon-5:00
Come to see the Largest Collection of 1950’s Television Lamps in the World! Stay for the great retro and antique goodies.
507-263-5045
CANNON FALLS AnTiques boughT, sATurDAY solD, & 10am - 4pm TrADeD schAffer's Antiques thru
general line of antiques specializing in advertising, pottery, stoneware, furniture, primitives, pictures and tools. 111 North 4th St • old BaNk BuildiNg dowNtowN CaNNoN FallS • (507) 263-5200
FARIBAULT
MeMory Maker antiques
general line of antiques & Collectibles
OPEN dailY • 50 dealers
31752 65th ave., Cannon Falls, MN 55009
located midway between rochester & the twin Cities. turn east from hwy. 52 at either stoplight. Next to John deere implement.
(507) 263-0352
MANTORVILLE
350 22nd st. - Zumbrota
(507) 732-5321 specializing in investment-quality antiques.
Located behind McDonalds
Red Wing- 23 mi.
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60 Faribault- 29 mi.
52 Rochester- 23 mi.
Open Daily: Mon-Sat 10-5 • Sun 12-4
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Old RiveR valley antique Mall Over 20 Quality Dealers
3727 Commercial Drive SW Rochester, MN 55902 Mon-Sat: 9:30-5:30 • Sun: 12:00-5:30 (Closed most major holidays)
507-208-4505 and www.OldRiverValleyAntiqueMall.com
ROCHESTER
old rooster antiques
Keepers
106 N. Broadway • rochester, MN 55906
ANTIQUE STORE
224 Central Avenue • Faribault, MN
507-334-7673
A Complete Line of General Antiques HOURS: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
ALBERT LEA
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Follow the I-35 /Hwy 52 / I-90 Loop
After Hours
218 S Washington Ave • Albert Lea, MN
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AUSTIN
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50422 262nd Street • Austin, MN 507-437-3343 or 507-438-7070
Hours - By Chance or appointment Call first to make sure we’re open!
Directions: 4 mi. N of Austin on Hwy 218 to 262nd St., then 2.5 mi west. Watch for signs.
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30+ DeaLers — oPen DaiLy Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 • Sun 12:00-5:30 (Closed Mondays - December - March)
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Specializing in quality antiqueS & collectibleS for everyone
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Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm Sat-Sun: 10am-5pm Over 20 quality dealers featuring pottery, glassware, china, stoneware, furniture, doll repair, & lamp parts.
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Map appeal
Cont. from page 10
Public Baths, Mississippi River, St. Paul, Minn. The popularity of public baths peaked in the early 20th century, before air conditioning became commonplace.
St. Paul public playgrounds Visit Historic Downtown
courthouse, lake, stand of trees, house, and farm. Along with maps, they included engravings of important homes and buildings. These days, it’s nearly impossible to locate an intact Andreas Atlas. “They were famous for the good quality of their research and the poor quality of their printing,” said Willette, who has examples from across Minnesota. The books tended to fall apart. She got into postcards by way of maps. She’d see a hotel listed on a map and then want to see what it looked like. Fortunately, many businesses produced postcards as a means of
HASTINGS
Period photos of Lake Minnetonka fill in visual cues not visible on maps of the popular resort area.
advertising. Everybody, from a large railroad station to a humble watchmaker’s studio, had cards printed. Willette could win the prize for the largest
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collection of Twin Cities postcards, and for the most organized. Her postcards are arranged by city and then further divided by category. Surprisingly, or not
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so surprisingly, many of Willette’s customers are recent arrivals to the Twin Cities. They’ve bought a house in a neighborhood and they want historical context. A map is a means of grounding themselves in their new setting. “Sometimes it’s like running a library. People come in and just look,” Willette said. “The more you know about your local environment, the more you feel at home. It gives you a sense of place.” 2014 has brought freelance writer Britt Aamodt new recognition: Her radio piece on the Socialist Opera House in Virginia, Minn., won a Society of Professional Journalists award. Her
Map appeal
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New fall Metro Show premiers in November -PRESS RELEASE ST, PAUL, MINN.-Lonne Piche of Prime Promotions is proud to announce his newest show, the Metro Antiques & Collectibles Fall Show, to be held for the first time in the Lee & Rose Warner Coliseum at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, Minn., Friday, November 21; Saturday, November 22; and Sunday, November 23. The show runs a full day Friday. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This new show promises to bring browsers, buyers, and collectors the same
Shirley Beck, from Mediapolis, Iowa, Antiques Spectacular, Spring 2010
Map appeal
Cont. from page 12 poem, “Dog Tag Blues (Or a one-year hardship tour to Osan Air Force Base, South Korea)” was selected by poet Nor Hall to be one of two runners-up for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ event The Hero’s Sacred Journey. A
different poem took second place in the Dylan Days poetry contest in Hibbing, Minn. She premiered a story at the Northlands Storytelling Network conference in Lake Geneva, Wis., and served a term as writer in residence in New York Mills, Minn.
breadth of artifacts and quality as Prime Promotions’s fall and spring Antiques Spectacular Shows regularly offer. The Warner Colliseum is located at 1784 Judson Ave. Enter the fairgrounds at the main gates on Snelling Aveue, three miles north of -94 and two miles south of State Highway 36. A new winter show is also on the books for the same location Friday, January 16 through Sunday, January 18. Prime indoor dealer space is available for both shows. Call 612961-3401 or visit www. MNAntiqueShows.com for more information.
Roseville, Weller, Red Wing, and Haeger. Pat Kessler of Pine City, Minn., 2010
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Shop 501
In the original SHOP 501, Mustard mix; The Tinker’s Moon, Objects & Art, Ware specializes in Petunia’s, s.a.r.a., and rustic farm and textiles; When We Were Young and both Stages and continue their mission When Pigs Fly focus on to bring complementary primitives. wares to the fore. Cont. from page 11
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We didn’t tell a single lie by Joan Sween It was 10:00 a.m. at the mall and no customers yet. We had a second cup of coffee and a couple customer cookies. My work partner, Julie, paged through an old magazine; I stared into space. “We could dust our shelves,” I said. Julie didn’t say anything; she appeared to be involved in an article. “We could get out the step ladder and get that big cobweb over booth 12,” I said. “How many feet are in a complete circuit of the mall?” she said. “Huh?” “If you started right here in front of the counter and followed the aisle all the way around until you were back here, how many feet do you think that would be?” “Two hundred?” I guessed. “Did you count making a full circle of Fred’s island?” “Okay, 240 feet.” “And there are 5,280 feet in a mile, so
“Are you sure it wasn’t circle 12?” “We’ve got to have a counting system,” she said. “All right,” I said, “let’s split the difference and say we’ve completed ten circles.” I reached for the cookie tray and made two piles of cookies, 12 in each By Joan Sween pile. “There. Now every time we pass the counter, we eat a 22 times around the cookie. When the mall would be one cookies are gone, we’ve mile,” she said. “This done 22 circuits.” article says that if We started walking. people walked a mile three times a week, We were near they would lower the the back of risk of heart failure by the mall when 60 percent.” We started walking. the front door We were near the bonger back of the mall when bonged. We the front door bonger raced to the bonged. We raced to the front. Stan, the front. mailman dropped a couple envelopes on A number of cookies the counter. “Have a later, we heard a vehicle good day,” he shouted pull in off the road, and we dashed to the front. as he left. “Where were we?” Peering eagerly out the front door, we I asked. “Halfway through discovered the weekly garbage truck had circle eight?”
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emptied our trash containers and was trundling away. Julie stepped outside, staring at the expanse of our empty parking lot. “How many feet do you think the perimeter is? Five hundred?” “No, more like 600,” I said, going back in, but let’s finish the system we’ve got going.” Inside, two mice sat on the counter, surrounded by crumbs, tugging at what appeared to be the last piece of cookie. One of them gave a sharp tug and jumped into the box of wrapping tissue with the cookie. The other followed. We looked at each other dispiritedly. “We could dust shelves,” I said, “now that we’re heart healthy.” “We could,” said Julie, going back to her magazine. I made a fresh pot of coffee. Lunch time came and went without any customers. Afternoon dragged on. No customers.
We’d had slow days before, but this was ridiculous. Half an hour before
We’ve made a second batch of coffee, the customer cookies are all gone, and we’ll have to get out a new box of Inside, two wrapping tissue. We even went outside and mice sat on the size of the the counter, checked parking lot after one surrounded by truck loaded up. “We wanted to get crumbs, our shelves dusted tugging at today, but just never what had the time. And we appeared to haven’t even begun to think about adding any be the last sales slips. Oh, well, piece of maybe things will be slower next time we cookie. work, so we can have a closing, the phone rang. breather.” Julie answered it. “Oh, © 2014 Joan Sween hi, Lyle,” she said. Lyle had an Joan Sween, a antiques shop around former English teacher the corner and two and dramaturge, is an blocks down. He antiques dealer in Minnesota always called just southeastern who has written three before closing to books: Nice Girls Don’t obnoxiously gloat if he Bite, a paranormal had had a better day mystery featuring two than us. Minnesota Nice antiques “Did we have dealers; a collection of visitors!” Julie said. her columns titled “Two of them even got Dealer’s Choice; and into a tussle over an Deathblow: The Encore item they both wanted. Killer Always Returns. We’ve lost track of how many times we’ve dashed around the mall.
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It’s A Mad, ‘Mad’ World
Barware of the Swinging ’60s
A selection of cobaltand white “Ships” barware by Hazel Atlas. A Depression favorite, “Ships” again soared to popularity in the ’60s. Ashtray, $75100; shaker, $40-50; tumblers, $10-15 each.
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it: you’ve succumbed “African Safari” ice buckets, tumblers, and cheese boards, from the Georges to Mad Men mania. Briard catalog, 1960s. You’re happily inspired by Donald-Brian Brylcreem. choice in home décor. by the retro revival Johnson You’re a gal. Pencil Accenting all that look of this hit TV Are you a Mad skirts have renewed uncluttered sparseness: series, set in an earlyManiac? appeal. Bouffant updos the occasional glass or 1960s ad agency. And, Here are the signs: don’t seem nearly as ceramic ashtray, although Mad Men You’re a guy. objectionable as they abstract in shape, and ends its eight-year run in 2015, the vintage You’ve developed a once did. gigantic in size. penchant for skinny And no matter who Does this sound ties, body-hugging you are, Danish Modern cool to the point of icy Smack Dab business suits, and is now your go-to perfection? Then face Cont. on page 20
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Riding high atop a retro two-wheeler The Original Recyclables!
Joff Summerfield Cyclist
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Riding high atop a retro two-wheeler
Joff Summerfield, a former race engine builder from the British Isles, sports a British army pith helmet, packs7 a water bottle marked “CANADA,” and Rush carries all necessities with him atop the City penny-farthing bicycle he built himself. (Photos by Jan Lasar)
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by Jan Lasar BOWLUS, MINN.-Joff Summerfield has a better view 8of the 8 world. Turtle Lake Since 2006, he’s seen a lot of it atop his battered, green, highwheel bicycle, and he was on his second trip around the globe when I met him on the SOOLine Trail in Bowlus,
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Intricate lug work. A lug is a multiple socket into which two or three different parts of the bike are joined together as the frame is assembled. This lug, far more decorative than usual, is cut out of metal and applied to the fork, which holds the front wheel. Note also the stickers below the lug; they extend all the way down the fork of the bike to the hub of the wheel. Each sticker shows the flag of a country where Joff Summerfield has ridden his penny-farthing.
He plans to reach the tip of South America in Cont. from page 18 October 2015. and Australia; besides It’s hard to plan being robbed in his sleep in a campground in Prague and a bout with dysentery from drinking tainted water in Turkey, he emerged unharmed and loaded with great memories. “When you’re on the road, you remember every day, and that’s how I want to live.” he said. This time around the globe he started in Cover. Next of kin to a Toronto, Canada. “ I boneshaker, this twoam only 1,200 miles wheeler has been called into it,” said a high wheel, a high Summerfield when I wheeler, an ordinary, met him in August, and a penny-farthing. “My best experience so Wiki says it was the far has been discovering first two-wheeler to be the bike trails in the called a bike. No U.S. and all the lovely gearing or chain existed the pedals and people I’ve met. between the wheel when it was Everyone is so invented, which meant friendly.” that one rotation of the By now he has pedals produced one followed the Northern turn of the wheel. If the Tier Route down the front wheel had been SOO-Line, Lake smaller, the cyclist Wobegon, and Central would have had to Lakes Trails, and left pedal like mad to Minnesota far behind. achieve the same speed.
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MAJOR ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES SHOWS / SALES / MARKETS OCTOBER 20, 2014 - OCTOBER 26, 2014 MINNETONKA, MN: MFC 40th Annual MINNEFEST Coca-Cola Collectibles & Antique Advertising Show & Sale. Saturday, October 25th, 9am - 1:30pm. Sheraton Hotel - Mpls West, 12201 Ridgedale Drive . FREE Admission. Sponsored by MN First Chapter of the CocaCola Collectors Club. Info.: http://MNCoca-ColaClub. tripod.com. Page 14 (Oct). OCTOBER 27, 2014 - NOVEMBER 2, 2014 OCONOMOWOC, WI: Lake Country Antique Show (formerly the Delafield Antique Show). October 31st, November 1st, & 2nd; Fri. 5pm-9pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-4pm. Olympia Resort & Spa, 1350 Royal Mile Road (I94 Exit 282, then 1 mi. N on Hwy 67). Admission: Adults $8; Children (15 and under) FREE. Tickets valid all three days. Catered Food, Desserts, Gourmet Coffees. Info.: (262)9684913 or www.AntiquesCenterAtWales.net. Page 15 (Oct).
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ST. PAUL, MN: Twin City Postcard Club Fall Show. Saturday & Sunday, November 1st & 2nd; Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-3pm. Bloomington Armory, 3300 West 98th Street (2 blocks E. of France Ave. on 98th Street OR use the 98th St. exit from I-35W and turn west). Admission: $4; (Club members- $3); Info.: Dave Johnson (651)4263573 or www.TwinCityPostcardClub.com. Page 15 (Oct). MOUNDS VIEW, MN: Antique To Modern Dolls, Bears, & Original Artists Show & Sale. Sponsored by C Promotions Plus. Sunday, November 2nd, 10am 3:30pm. Mermaid Event Center, 2200 County Road H (Just off 35W on County Road H & Highway 10). Admission: Adults: $5; Under 12: FREE. Info.: (612)6691613 or www.CPromotionsPlus.com. Page 15.
ST. PAUL, MN: The Minnesota Museum of American Art features the following: New Visions: Works from the Permanent Collection, ongoing. The Minnesota Museum of American Art is located in St. Paul’s historic Landmark Center, 2nd floor, 75 W. 5th St. Hours are 11am - 4pm, Tues-Sat, (‘til 7:30 p.m. Thursday), 1-5 p.m. Sun, (closed Monday). For more information, call 651-292-4355 or visit www.mmaa.org
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 - NOVEMBER 23, 2014
TWIN CITIES, MN: The Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization (TCFAO) is a resource on arts and events for the community. It is a nonprofit membershipbased organization that galleries, museums and art centers may join. TCFAO is made up of Galleries, museums and art centers, Artists and Arts advocates. Museum & gallery and events calendar info.: www. TwinCitiesFineArts.org.
ST. PAUL, MN: Prime Promotions’ BRAND NEW Metro Antiques & Collectibles Fall Show. Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 21st, 22nd and 23rd; Friday and Saturday 10-6; Sunday 10-4. ALL INDOORS at the Historic Warner Coliseum at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (on Snelling Ave. 3 mi. N of I-94 and 2 mi. S of State Hwy 36). Admission: $6. For information call: (612)961-3401 or visit www.MNAntiqueShows.com Page 28.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: The Minnesota Vintage Jewelry Association, meets four times a year on the first Thursday in March, June, September and December. Meetings are at the Minneapolis Textile Center from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. The next meeting is December 4, 2014. No membership dues, come and learn about vintage jewelry with us! Call Lorinda at 952 201-7614 or email vintagejewelry@comcast.net. See our website at MNVJA.com.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2014 - NOVEMBER 16, 2014
HOLMEN, WI: The Coulee Region Toy Collectors Club meets quarterly in addition to hosting one annual show in December. The club focuses on all facets of toy collecting, old to new, appraising, buying, selling, trading, etc. Guests always welcome at meetings. For more information, call Rick Christenson, club director, at (877) 783-4143 or email: couleetoys@aol.com.
SHAKOPEE, MN: How Quaint - A 4-Day Market held each month. November 13th, 14th, 15th & 16th. Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 11am4pm. 714 1st Ave E (Hwy 101). Info.: (952)465-3887 or www.How-Quaint.com. See the “Spend A Day in the Country” ad for a more complete listing of shops in and around Shakopee - Page 8. CARVER, MN: Historic Downtown Carver ‘Once-AMonth Market’. November 13th, 14th, & 15th. Thurs: 10am-5pm; Fri & Sat: 10am-4pm. Info.: (952)361-3000. See the “Spend A Day in the Country” ad for a more complete listing of shops in and around Carver - Page 8.
The Old Times Auction & Estate Sale Calendar is a listing of auctions and estate sales advertised in The Old Times. The listing includes the location of the sale, the company name, the type of auction or sale and the page on which the advertisement can be found in this issue. (If no page is listed the advertisement appeared in the previous month’s issue.)
ROCHESTER, MN: Mayo Civic Center Flea Market. Sunday, March 24; 10am-4pm. 30 Civic Center Dr. Admission: $2; FREE parking at all meters and ramps. R. Townsend, Mgr. Info: (641)832-2700 or (507)2691473 Website: www.IridescentHouse.com.
October 23, 2014 Thursday 5:30 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 October 27, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Fine Art & Estate Auction– P 24 October 30, 2014 Thursday 5:30 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 November 3, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Estate, Antique, & Collectible Auction– P 24 November 5, 2014 Wednesday 6:00 pm Center City, MN– Moe Auction Service Estate & Consignment Auction– P 25 November 6, 2014 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 November 10, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Estate, Antique, & Collectible Auction– P 24 November 13, 2014 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 November 19, 2014 Wednesday 6:00 pm Center City, MN– Moe Auction Service Estate & Consignment Auction– P 25 November 20, 2014 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 November 24, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Fine Art & Estate Auction– P 24 November 27, 2014 *THANKSGIVING DAY* Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions ** NO AUCTION TODAY ** – P 25
APPLE VALLEY, MN: Haupt Antiek Market: “Make It Merry”. November 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd. Thurs: 9am8pm, Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 11am-4pm. 7570 147th St W, Apple Valley, MN. Info.: (651)3293871; or Deb@HauptAntiek.com, or www.HauptAntiek. com. Page 15.
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 - NOVEMBER 23, 2014
FARMINGTON, MN: Vintage Marketplace - A 4-Day Market held twice each month. November 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd. Thurs, Fri, & Sat: 10am-7pm, Sun: 11am-5pm. 302 Oak St., (Downtown Farmington). Info.: (651)463-3401; or www.VintageMarketplace.org. Page 15.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: The Minnesota Art Pottery Association meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm at the Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake Shore Drive. For more information, contact Anita Macias-Howard, secretary, at (952) 920-3266 or email: MNArtPottery@gmail.com. ARCHER CITY, TX: The National Toothpick Holder Collectors’ Society promotes and supports the collecting of toothpick holders, and provides education for both members and non-members by providing research, written documentation, new articles, and by participating in other collector-related events. NTHCS is open to anyone interested in the collection, research, and preservation of toothpick holders. For membership Info: email: Membership@NTHCS.org; visit: www.nthcs.org; or write: NTHCS Membership Chairman, P.O. Box 852, Archer City, TX 76351 MINNEAPOLIS, MN: The Minnesota State Button Society meets monthly at the Textile Center of Minnesota, 3000 University Ave. SE. Meetings are at 10 a.m. with program and coffee. Guests are always welcome. Calendar of events information: check our website at www.MNButtonSociety.com or contact Sue Kilgore at (715)235-7181 or email: zanzibar@charter.net.
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 - NOVEMBER 30, 2014 FARMINGTON, MN: Vintage Marketplace - A 4-Day Market held twice each month. November 28th, 29th, & 30th. (NOTE - No Thursday market this week - Happy Thanksgiving from Vintage Marketplace!) Fri, & Sat: 10am-7pm, Sun: 11am-5pm. 302 Oak St., (Downtown Farmington). Info.: (651)463-3401; or www.VintageMarketplace.org. Page 15. APPLE VALLEY, MN: Haupt Antiek SPECIAL Market: “Small Business Saturday”. Saturday, November 29th, 10am-4pm. 7570 147th St W, Apple Valley, MN. Info.: (651)329-3871; or Deb@HauptAntiek.com, or www. HauptAntiek.com. Page 15. SPECIAL EVENTS / MEETINGS / CONVENTIONS EXHIBITS / MUSEUMS / GALLERIES ST. PAUL, MN: Twin City Postcard Club has an informal meeting, program and trading, etc., usually the third Wednesday of the month, 6:15-9:15 p.m. For location and more information, see our website at www. TwinCityPostcardClub.com or write to 25145 Chippendale Ave, Farmington, MN 55024.
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swizzles, and a paper umbrella or two, all served up in over-thetop “souvenir glasses.” Since barware of the ’60s was massproduced and intended for extensive re-use, much of it remains readily available today, relatively affordable, Bird, balloon, and butterflies: three gold-flecked Briard martini mixers. $20-25 each. (Photo by Leslie Piña) Briard bar trays, green and blue glass mosaic on anodized aluminum. $40-50 each. (Photo by Leslie Piña)
Recipes at the ready: cocktail shaker and glasses, inscribed with “how-to” mixing instructions. The coasters are recycled 78 rpm record centers. $60-75/shaker set. Coasters, $2-3 each. 2 ps t Sho Grea to get to y Eas almost from here! Anyw
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Skewer some fruit. And don’t forget those little paper umbrellas. Donald-Brian Johnson is the coauthor, with photographer Leslie Piña, of numerous Schiffer books on design and collectibles. He favors a “Brandy Old Fashioned, Sweet.” More on Couroc and Briard can be found in Dr. Piña’s book, Designed & Signed. Please address inquiries to donaldbrian@msn. com
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