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Travel has been practically non-existent this year, and for those with serious wanderlust, there is a solution. Shop our selection of unique travel-inspired antiques.
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Gifts for the Military Veteran
Shop the top gifts for military veterans, active duty, and military families this season.
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This week, discover some of our favorite gifts for the history buff in your life.
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The Best Stocking Stuffers 2020
Spread the holiday cheer! The holidays are fast approaching, as decorations come out and gift shopping begins. This week, discover some of our favorite stocking stuffers!
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Our military discount is just one of the small ways we like to say “thank you” for your service. We also love to seek out military memorabilia and antiques, to share and celebrate the stories found...
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Our November Catalog is chock-full of incredible patriotic and presidential memorabilia. From original presidential signatures to authentic campaign materials, these items are pieces of history.
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Events in today’s presidential campaigns are televised, live-streamed, and tweeted out to the world within a matter of seconds. Campaigning is so crucial to the presidential election nowadays, thou...
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Samuel Augustus Mitchell and 19th Century Map Publishing
While working as a schoolteacher, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. became frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school geography textbooks of the period, and thus set out to rectify this pr...
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Four Western Surveys and the Romance of the Wild West
Between 1867 and 1879, Congress authorized and funded four significant surveys of the West, the Powell Survey, the King Survey, the Wheeler Survey, and the Hayden Survey. These published maps, trav...
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Stephen Douglas touted his Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 as a peaceful settlement of national issues, but what it produced was a prelude to the Civil War. The conflict over slavery in the territory o...
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