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First no mint on the pillow for mikielikesigns2, now no friendly guy to pump your gas and clean your windshield. Whats up with that anyway? I don't get it.
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
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Design
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Culture
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls of a …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Collectibles
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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PetrolianaPetroliana, or antiques related to gas stations and the oil business, is a …
Did the customer bell still ring when you ran over the hose?
This is a very cool old building:)
"you say your car stopped running after you filled up here? Well it must be your car."
they just keep getting better packrat! I feel for you, its got to be hard to find places that are more "classic" with each post. Thanks , Mikie
I stomped on that darn hose for an hour, then I got tired and left!
Thank you very much mrmajestic1, Manikin, BELLIN68 , jbcollector & miKKoChristmas11. You know, Going out and finding these things to photograph is a hobby of mine, I am always on the lookout. This is what I love to do and I am glad you all enjoy them.
your blessed packrat, a man who gets to do what he loves. How many people can say that.
Wow that place looks pretty picked over.
mikielikesigns2, I have paid my dues, my friend. I earned every moment of this. Life is good, and I am very thankful to be here, a story for another time.
Yes, not a lot left for us pickers.
Thank you very much pw-collector & musikchoo
Look's like two places to hit with a metal detector! Lol
Thank you very much EJW-54, PhilDavidAlexanderMorris & officialfuel. May by in Dec. or Jan. when the rattlesnakes are hibernating. A friend if mine got bit and they had to take his finger off at the second knuckle.
this place is just in a slump, business will pick up anytime now.
As soon as they get new gas pumps and and the highway comes back their way.
details , details
I know, I know, don't sweat the petty stuff.
Thank you very much ozmarty
Thank you very much PhilDavidAlexanderMorris