July 14, 2025
Tag: Curtain Rods
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Where Was It Made?
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Curtain Rods1 Comment
Edgar A. Newell was born in 1851 at New Sharon, Maine. At various times in his life he lived in Maine, New Hampshire and in Ogdensburg, New York. Newell was an adventurous, strongminded businessman always eager to try something new. When he was made aware that a small brass rod manufacturer had failed to pay…
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November 16, 2023 5 Comments
What do you get when you ask an artist and an illustrator team-up to make a set of postcards intended to illustrate the landmarks of Paris? One of the most beautiful sets of French postcards ever made! Alex Chinn, the illustrator and Catherine Klein, the artist are those people. Here is a checklist of their eighteen-card set.