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August 31, 2020
Learn about antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway
Georgia Caraway
MORE DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH CORRESPONDING WITH ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES:
AUGUST 31, 1881. The victor of the first men’s singles tennis championship held in Newport, Rhode Island is Richard Sears. The modern version of tennis is credited to a Welsh major named Walter Clopton Wingfield, who patented the game in 1874. Tennis collectors seek Wimbledon advertising matches, sports posters, Spalding tennis balls, Grand Slam, vintage tennis rackets, metal or cardboard tennis -ball cans, player autographed photographs, trading cards and magazine covers. SEPTEMBER 1, 1859. George Pullman’s first sleeping car, a remodeled coach with 10 beds, 2 washrooms, plush upholstery, candle lighting, and heat stoves makes its first railroad run between Bloomington and Chicago, Illinois. Lanterns, tickets, menus, china and silverware, locks and keys, signs, postcards, Fred Harvey materials, and model trains are just a few of the hunted items by railroadiana aficionados. SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. Japan surrenders formally on the battleship Missouri ending World War II. Uniforms, buttons, lapel pins, medals, guns and bayonets, postcards and letters, photographs, ration books and stamps, Nazi and German memorabilia, books, and anything else associated with the war are all sought after by collectors. SEPTEMBER 3, 1833. The New York Sun is the first mass-circulation daily newspaper. Newspapers with famous event headlines are coveted and saved. Some of the top desirable headlines are: When the Chicago Tribune got it wrong: Dewey Defeats Truman; the deaths of Nelson Mandela and Princess Diana;
Man on the Moon; Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombed; Pearl Harbor Bombed; Kennedy Shot!; OJ Not Guilty; Mr. President Barack Obama; King of Pop Dead (same headline used for both Elvis and Michael Jackson); Titanic Sinks! SEPTEMBER 4, 1888. George Eastman of Rochester, NY, receives a patent for the first Kodak camera. One of the most popular items at estates sales is old camera equipment, film, and old photographs. Not only is the Kodak Brownie desired, but Argus, Canon, Minolta, Graflex, Nikon, Olympus, Bell & Howell movie projectors, slide projectors and carousels are all snapped up (pun intended). SEPTEMBER 5, 1882. New York City’s Union Square is the site of the first Labor Day Parade. Most holidays have memorabilia connected to them, but Labor Day seems to be one of the less popular holidays. Postcards, photographs of LD parades, pinback buttons, lapel ribbons and various badges, union-related items, coins and medallions commemorate and celebrate this day of the working man and woman. SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. President William McKinley is fatally shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo by a deranged anarchist. A series of 33 stereoptican cards depict President McKinley campaigning from the back of a train, his inauguration, photos of him in the White House office, cards of he and his wife, to his death by assassination, and his funeral procession. Come see us at Howe Mercantile, located in beautiful downtown Howe, Texas. We have two great restaurants right across the street, Abby’s and Gabrielas’, famous for homecooked meals. And the newest addition to our eating establishments, a Chinese restaurant, Hana’s Café and Market, located right behind them. Make a day of it, eating and shopping. Let Us Show You Howe.
The Howe Ex-Students Association met on Saturday morning to discuss the upcoming Howe All-School Reunion which takes place every five years. Due to the pandemic and the uncertainty of availability of school property use, the group decided to cancel the event and move it to homecoming 2021.
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