Folk art is art from everyday life that was made for entertainment or display, often by amateur artists. Collectors have focused on game boards, carousel figures, cigar-store Indians, tramp art and ...
LANSING, Mich. (WHDH) — People were cleaning out a family member’s house in Lansing, Michigan when they came across a unique discovery last Saturday. The group found what they believed to be a live ...
The Flats were initially established as a residential area for a heavily Irish population in the mid 1800s. Many of the workers that built the Ohio and Erie Canal, which jumpstarted the development of ...
Question: Could you please tell us something about the oak chair seen in this photo? It was in my husband's family for years and passed from his sister to us. When she had the chair, she kept a pillow ...
The 1900s was an architecturally fascinating period, birthing modern design movements, reactionary home building styles, ...
Many figural tobacco jars were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s, marked with just the letters “JM” or the letters and the printed word “Bohemia” or “Czechoslovakia.” The jars held loose pipe ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Each summer visitors are transported back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s when immigrants first settled along the shores of Lake Michigan. The farmlands that are now ...
FOCUS ON HISTORY – An Irish immigrant woman who lived and worked in Amsterdam became a national union leader in the 19th century. Leonora Kearney Barry wrote. “Day after day, I sat sewing men’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Chinese businessmen belonged to the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association, whose local headquarters were at 115 N. Laredo St ...