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Produced during the occupation of Japan by United States forces from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the end of the occupation in 1952, the items presented in this book have...

From the bronze age to the present, molten metal has been poured into molds to create an infinite variety of forms and to serve a variety of functions. This marriage of form and function is...

Relive the golden age of Milwaukee motorcycling with this unique book that goes beyond the rest. Read intimate accounts from company officials, dealers, and riders of classic Harley Davidson motorcyles of the 1930s. Hundreds of...

A complete guide to a mainstay of American rural life--the country store--and the many collectibles in spawned. The country store played a central role in the lives of most Americans during the nineteenth and early...

The British, American and European manufacturers who produced Flow Blue, the exhibitions that promoted it, and the people who owned it and what moved them to buy it are explored here.  America in the nineteenth...

Drop everything! (Don't worry, it's unbreakable.) It's here, it's new, it's modern, it's practical. It comes in cheery and contemporary colors, and it's good enough to use every day. This vibrant, information-packed study of plastics...

This third volume by Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins focuses on character salt and pepper shakers. Featured in this book are popular television, movie, and cartoon characters. Also included are well-known mascots or symbols, such...

The invention of the friction match in England in the 1830s helped to improve the daily lives of people in ways frequently overlooked. Match holders made their appearance by the 1850s in nearly endless, striking...

At the forefront of the Art Deco movement were metalware and sculpture, made by highly skilled craftsmen and artists. This book contains over 200 photographs and illustrations of Art Deco metalwares and sculptures, The author...

Industrial designs common to nearly every household include toasters. In this book they are presented historically and visually through an amusing text and artistic photographs. The chapters present hundreds of toasters that pinch, whirl, slide,...

Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a Cracker Jack box in this wonderful guide! Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing...

Have you every wondered where the nineteenth century country furniture found in today's American antique marketplace came from? It will surprise the reader to learn that much of it came from Quebec, Canada. Warren Johansson...