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Henry Chee Dodge Henry Chee Dodge (Navajo, 1857 to 1947), was a prestigious political leader and businessman. While a boy, Dodge was orphaned while he and his family were on the Long Walk to Fort Sumner (1864 to 1866). In 1868, he attended school at Fort Defiance, where he learned to speak, read, and write English. Dodge quickly became known as a reliable interpreter for both the federal government and, because he lived as [...] Click here to continue reading. Staddle Stones Staddle stones take their name from the Old English stathol which means a support or the trunk of a tree. These nifty little pedestals that seem to defy the laws of physics have been used for hundreds of years as the elevating bases for granaries, beehives, game larders, hayricks, and even small barns – any outbuilding that might warehouse things prone to attracting pests. Staddle stones occasionally appear in other places, but [...] Click here to continue reading. Moravians In the late 14th century, Jan Hus, a Roman Catholic priest in Prague who had been heavily influenced by reformer John Wycliffe, began to attract followers as he spoke out about indulgences (a key practice Martin Luther would attack again in 1517) and his belief that church members should be able, permitted, and encouraged to study the Bible themselves. Hus’s continual agitation would put him at odds with the Catholic Church and in [...] Click here to continue reading. Sewer Tile Since the dawn of time, as long as there have been people, there has been sewage. And for almost as long, we’ve apparently been concerned with it. There is concrete (or clay, at least) evidence of this dating back as far as 4000 B.C.E. Babylon, known for many things – gardens, law, sin…, was also known as the birthplace of pipe, pipe that was formed of clay and baked. Nearly six thousand [...] Click here to continue reading. Asa Glascock Trading Post Asa Glascock (1898 to 1965), a native of Ralls County, Missouri, owned and operated a successful trading post located on North Third Street in Gallup, New Mexico from 1922 to 1957. He and his wife also managed a post in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, for several years during the mid-1950s. Prior to becoming a trader, Glascock volunteered for the sheriff, serving as a member of the Gallup town posse when necessary and [...] Click here to continue reading. Geyer Family Collection of Tiffany Masterworks Over a span of 40 years, Burton and Paula Geyer have assembled one of the finest private collections of works by Tiffany Studios, with a special emphasis on museum-quality lamps and fancy goods. Starting in Brooklyn as schoolteachers, Mr. and Mrs. Geyer were enthusiastic collectors of Tiffany Studios works early on, often buying pieces on installment plans from top galleries. They learned from many of the pioneers of [...] Click here to continue reading. Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 to 1900) Jasper Francis Cropsey was born in Rossville, Staten Island in 1823, and at an early age displayed talent for both architecture and art. In 1843 he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design, and founded an architectural office in New York. The following year he was elected an Associate Member of the Academy, at the age of 21. By 1845 he turned his [...] Click here to continue reading. Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome (American, 1824 to 1910) Tropical Sunset, by Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome, is a testament to the creative will in an era when women were actively discouraged from pursuing careers in the visual arts. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Jerome’s youthful drawings were destroyed by her stepmother when she was 15. She subsequently commenced her studies in drawing and painting at the age of 27. Even then her education would likely have suffered [...] Click here to continue reading. Jacquard Coverlets Joseph Marie Charles (1752-1834) never really bore the surname that has been applied to his loom. Rather Jacquard was a nickname of sorts given to his family’s particular branch of all the Charleses in Lyon during the 18th century. Despite the family’s prosperity (his father was a master weaver), Joseph had very little education and did not learn to read until he was a teenager. Joseph’s father died when Joseph was 20, [...] Click here to continue reading. Newcomb-Macklin Company S.H. McElswain founded a framing company in 1871 in Evanston, Illinois, but the name by which it is known to collectors today comes from a partnership that began twelve years later in 1883, with McElswain’s bookkeepers Charles Macklin and John C. Newcomb, who formed a partnership in order to assume command of the business. The company, which would have enough success to support showrooms in Chicago and New York as well [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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