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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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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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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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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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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 …
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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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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