Collecting in the Heartland

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2009 - They are wonderful little time capsules of Halloweens past, novelty catalogs filled…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 4, 2009 - From the 1930s through the late 1950s, breakfast food giants including Kellogg's,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 11, 2009 - (With apologies to Ogden Nash)Ice cold milk and Mountain Dew,Fancy wine and Falstaff…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 11, 2009 - They can be as simple as a little cardboard cut-out of cartoon grasshoppers ("I'll Be…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 19, 2008 - They are the reminders of Christmases Past: delicate celluloid Santas, long cotton…