Paul Revere, Messenger of Revolution, McCormick

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Paul Revere, Messenger of Revolution,  McCormick Distilling Co ... Boston, the largest city in New England in  1775,  was in turmoil. Being punished by the British Government for its part in the Boston Tea Party, the port was closed and blockaded by the British fleet. There also was a suspicion in the minds of the revolutionary clique in the city that the British Government intended to seize munitions and supplies the colonial rebels had stockpiled at Concord. The government hoped by this action to prevent fourth colonial revolt.  Paul Revere a silversmith, was to be the messenger to carry word of British troop actions to Provisional government leaders at Concord as soon as the British Route could be determined.  Paul Revere had become a silversmith, following his father in the trade. The family being Huguenot, had fled France when Protestants had faced prosecution in their home land. This probably instilled in the mind of the young man a love of liberty.  Whiskey Decanters by McCormick, Weston Missouri, McCormick and the Patriots, Ben Holladay, Bicentennial collectibles, Bicentennial Decanters, Bicentennial souvenirs, the spirit of 76, the Revolutionary war, the war of independence.

Patrick Henry, Orator of the Revolution, by McCormick

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Patrick
Henry, Orator of the Revolution, by McCormick Distilling  Company, the
American Porcelain Company ... A tense uncertainty had gripped the
British colonies in North America since the Boston Port Act had been
passed by Parliament in March 1774. The colonists had reacted to this
burdensome port closure by organizing a provincial government body
called the First Continental Congress which met in Philadelphia.
Virginia had choose the young and audacious Patrick Henry as one of that
colony's delegates. He had already gained fame as the lawyer for the
colony in the celebrated "Parson's Cause", as a member of the Virginia
House of Burgesses representing the Piedmont area, and for his part in
opposing the obnoxious Stamp Tax. He had become a favorite politician of
the back-country small farmer and attempted to justify their faith in
him.  Though the early years of the Revolution, Patrick Henry struggled
with the organization of Virginia's government while opposing attempts
of the Continental Congress to usurp the rights of his state. He also
defended George Washington from the intrigues that tried to put command
of the Continental Army in other hands. Whiskey Decanters by McCormick,
Weston Missouri, McCormick and the Patriots,  Ben Holladay, Bicentennial
collectibles, Bicentennial Decanters, Bicentennial souvenirs, the
spirit of 76, the Revolutionary war, the war of independence.

Lighting the Christmas Tree, & looking at The Pom Pom Christmas Tree

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Lighting the Christmas Tree, & looking at The Pom Pom Christmas Tree, and her Color Wheel. Aluminum Christmas trees made their U.S. debut in the mid-50s, an inspiration of the space age influence on home decor at the time. Pom Pom Sparkler the Star Aluminum Christmas Tree made by the Star Band Company Inc., Portsmoth VA.  This 1959 Aluminum "Pom Pom" Christmas tree was made by the Star Band Company which use to be in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is labeled "Pom - Pom" because if you look at the outer end of the aluminum branches they look like a pom pom. Christmas with Vintage Aluminum Christmas trees

Pom Pom Sparkler, the Star Aluminum Christmas Tree

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The Pom Pom Christmas Tree, and her Color Wheel. Aluminum Christmas trees made their U.S. debut in the mid-50s, an inspiration of the space age influence on home decor at the time. Pom Pom Sparkler the Star Aluminum Christmas Tree made by the Star Band Company Inc., Portsmoth VA.  This 1959 Aluminum "Pom Pom" Christmas tree was made by the Star Band Company which use to be in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is labeled "Pom - Pom" because if you look at the outer end of the aluminum branches they look like a pom pom. Christmas with Vintage Aluminum Christmas trees

Christmas Magic with Knee Hugger Elves, Harold Gale Santa's and Nutcrackers

Christmas Magic with Knee Hugger Elves, Harold Gale Santa's and
Nutcrackers, The Christmas Express Train, Knee Hugger Elf's ... Harold
Gale began making Display Santa's around 1946 at his home. The first
year for production of the smaller Santa's was 1957. These were the
first home display product made by Harold Gale and seems to have been
the most successful Santa in their line, the 1960's were very good for
the company. The business continued to around 1987 - 1988,

Nutcrackers, Christmas Decorations, & the Old Victorian

Christmas Stockings, & Santa and Mrs. Claus, Knee Hugger Elves, and
Nutcrackers, Vintage Christmas,  Harold Gale Santa, ...  Harold Gale
began making Display Santa's around 1946 at his home. The first year for
production of the smaller Santa's was 1957. These were the first home
display product made by Harold Gale and seems to have been the most
successful Santa in their line, the 1960's were very good for the
company. The business continued to around 1987 - 1988, Decorating for
Christmas, Holidays, Stocking for Christmas ... The twelve days of
Christmas

Putting up Christmas Lights on the Old Victorian

Putting up Christmas Lights on the Old Victorian ... Christmas lights
(also known as fairy lights) are lights used for decoration in
celebration of Christmas, often on display throughout the Christmas
season including Advent and Christmastide. The custom goes back to when
Christmas trees were decorated with candles, which symbolized Christ
being the light of the world;[1] these were brought by Christians into
their homes in early modern Germany. Christmas trees displayed publicly
and illuminated with electric lights became popular in the early 20th
century. By the mid-20th century, it became customary to display strings
of electric lights as along streets and on buildings Christmas
decorations detached from the Christmas tree itself. In the United
States, it became popular to outline private homes with such Christmas
lights in tract housing beginning in the 1960s. By the late 20th
century, the custom had also been adopted in other nations, including
outside the Western world, notably in Japan and Hong Kong. Throughout
Christendom, Christmas lights continue to retain their symbolism of
Jesus as the light of the world

Christmas Decorations, on the Old 1959 Curtis Mathes Stereo

Christmas Decorations, on the Old 1959 Curtis Mathes Stereo ... a  1959 Curtis Mathes High Fidelity Stereo Model 6029B, Curtis Mathes 1959 HiFi Stereo Model 6029B ... Curtis Mathes Electronics Company was born in the late 1950s at the birth of the high fidelity age. This is the age of the reproduction of sound, usually music, with minimum variation from the original. The wording "high fidelity" is commonly used in reference to many of the early Curtis Mathes stereos and televisions consoles. These masterpieces had electronic amplifying and recording systems designed to reproduce radio programs and recorded material with the highest quality commensurate with the current engineering techniques of the late 1950s. To do this, the system was to be built and capable of handling all sounds within the range of the human ear, from about 30 to 15,000 vibrations, or cycles, per second. This spectrum of sound, which is approximately the range of tones produced by a symphony orchestra, must also be reproduced with a minimum of distortion, that is, be free from any harshness or deviation from the clarity of the original performance.

Moved the 1959 Curtis Mathes Stereo into the Victorian Last Night

Moved the 1959 Curtis Mathes Stereo into the Victorian Last Night, we
wanted to have some Christmas Music downstairs, playing a Centerville
Tennessee Radio Station on the FM Stereo Radio ... a 1959 Curtis Mathes
High Fidelity Stereo Model 6029B, Curtis Mathes 1959 HiFi Stereo Model
6029B ... Curtis Mathes Electronics Company was born in the late 1950s
at the birth of the high fidelity age. This is the age of the
reproduction of sound, usually music, with minimum variation from the
original. The wording "high fidelity" is commonly used in reference to
many of the early Curtis Mathes stereos and televisions consoles. These
masterpieces had electronic amplifying and recording systems designed to
reproduce radio programs and recorded material with the highest quality
commensurate with the current engineering techniques of the late 1950s.
To do this, the system was to be built and capable of handling all
sounds within the range of the human ear, from about 30 to 15,000
vibrations, or cycles, per second. This spectrum of sound, which is
approximately the range of tones produced by a symphony orchestra, must
also be reproduced with a minimum of distortion, that is, be free from
any harshness or deviation from the clarity of the original performance.

Christmas Stockings, & Santa and Mrs. Claus

Christmas Stockings, & Santa and Mrs. Claus, Knee Hugger Elves, and
Nutcrackers, Vintage Christmas, Harold Gale Santa, ... Harold Gale
began making Display Santa's around 1946 at his home. The first year for
production of the smaller Santa's was 1957. These were the first home
display product made by Harold Gale and seems to have been the most
successful Santa in their line, the 1960's were very good for the
company. The business continued to around 1987 - 1988, Decorating for
Christmas, Holidays, Stocking for Christmas ...

Vintage 1930's Nativity Scene, Made in Italy

Vintage 1930's Nativity Scene, made in Italy ... A nativity scene (also
known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/krɛʃ/or /kreɪʃ/, or in Italian
presepio or presepe) is the special exhibition, particularly during the
Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth of Jesus.[1]
While the term "nativity scene" may be used of any representation of the
very common subject of the Nativity of Jesus in art, it has a more
specialized sense referring to seasonal displays, either using model
figures in a setting or reenactments called "living nativity scenes"
(tableau vivant) in which real humans and animals participate. Nativity
scenes exhibit figures representing the infant Jesus, his mother, Mary,
and her husband, Joseph. Christmas, the real meaning of Christmas,
Vintage Nativity,

Christmas Magic with Harold Gale Santa's and Nutcrackers

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Christmas Magic with Harold Gale Santa's and Nutcrackers, The Christmas Express Train, Knee Hugger Elf's ...  Harold Gale began making Display Santa's around 1946 at his home. The first year for production of the smaller Santa's was 1957. These were the first home display product made by Harold Gale and seems to have been the most successful Santa in their line, the 1960's were very good for the company.  The business continued to around 1987 - 1988,

John Hancock, 1976 Bicentennial Decanter Made by McCormick

John Hancock, 1976 Bicentennial Decanter Made by McCormick. John
Hancock made his Signature very large.It was July 4, 1776. Philadelphia
steamed with more than the sticky heat of midsummer as the delegates of
the thirteen colonies to the Second Continental Congress assembled.
Having herd the succinct but brief statement of philosophy and
grievances, they crowed forward to put their signatures to the document.
The first signature, with its great flourish, was that of the President
of the Congress. Tradition has it that as he signed, John Hancock
commented, "Let King George read my name without his spectacles, and let
him double the price he has on my head!"Bicentennial collectibles,
Bicentennial souvenir, the Revolutionary War, Declaration of
Independence, The Spirit of 1776, McCormick Distilling Company, Ben
Holladay, McCormick and the Patriots, Weston Missouri, Bicentennial
Celebration, History of the United States, Collectible Decanters,
Whiskey Decanters, The American Porcelain Company ...

Harold Gale Santa's & our Splendor Aluminum Christmas Tree

Harold Gale Santa's and our Splendor Stainless Aluminum Christmas Tree in our Man Cave upstairs, The tree was made by in 1960 by the R.O. Kent in New York, made in the USA. Vintage Christmas, Firestone Your Favorite Christmas Music ... With Rise Stevens and Brian Sullivan. 01) Medley: Joy to the World; Away In A Manger; We Three Kings of Orient Are; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing 02) What Child Is This 03) O Come All Ye Faithful

Part Two, Grantley Waters putting up our Splendor Stainless Aluminum Chr...

Part Two, Grantley Waters putting up our Splendor Stainless Aluminum Christmas Tree in our Man Cave upstairs, The tree was made by in 1960 by the R.O. Kent in New York, made in the USA.

Part One, Grantley Putting up our Splendor Stanless Aluminum Christmas Tree

Grantley Waters putting up our Splendor Stanless Aluminum Christmas Tree in our Man Cave upstairs, The tree was made by in 1960 by the R.O. Kent in New York, made in the USA.

Time to break out the Firestone Your Favorite Christmas Music

Firestone Your Favorite Christmas Music ... With Rise Stevens and Brian Sullivan. 01) Medley: Joy to the World; Away In A Manger; We Three Kings of Orient Are; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing 02) What Child Is This 03) O Come All Ye Faithful

Charley Brown, Snoopy, and Linus Taping the Holidays In ...

Charley Brown, Snoopy, and Linus Taping the Holidays In ... Peanuts
Christmas decoration, Charlie Brown Christmas Tap Dance - 50th
Anniversary, Hallmark Charlie Brown Happy Tapper Peanuts 50th
Anniversary, Happy Tapper Peanuts 50th Anniversary

Mr. & Mrs. Claus and the Knee-hugger Elf's Home at the Victorian

Mr. & Mrs. Claus and the Knee-huger Elf's Home at the Victorian ... Christmas season is coming upon us soon, and Santa and Mrs Claus Have joined the Knee Huger Elf's ... Many of the now popular vintage Knee Huger Elf’s were made by Napco,and Yuletide Company of Japan throughout the 1950s and 1960s. They did an excellent job with their Elf’s and became very popular in the United States and Canada during this era. The Yuletide Company of Japan was one of those amazing companies that were part of the rebuilding of Japan peace time manufacturing after World War II. Companies like Napco, Yuletied and Dakin with the help of the United States government during the occupied period were able to retool and build new peace time manufacturing centers in Japan. The new Christmas holiday based Japanese factories that manufacturing of toys and novelties such as Napco, Yuletide and Dakin were part of restoration of Japans economy during this era.
The first year for production of the smaller, made-for-the-consumer Santas was 1957. The 15 inch Santa Claus made in 1957 was the first item Harold Gale ever aimed at Christmas shoppers, rather than department store displays that he made. The smaller 15 inch Santa dressed in red satin with white go-go boots and a white belt is today one of the most widely listed Santas for sale on eBay. And amazingly seems to have been the most successful Santa in the Harold Gale line of products. At first these smaller Santas were sold at Sears and Roebuck, and as bonuses or awards for many items, including Stanley Home Products, Parker Pens, 7 Up, Teleflora, & Knox Hats. But by 1963, most department and gift stores were carrying them in their Christmas decorations departments during the holidays, and they were hard to keep on the shelf. Remarkably in the year 1960, Harold Gale was producing over 100,000 Santas, from the large, department-store size, to the smaller made for consumers. The number of the smaller Santas that are seen on eBay suggests volume got bigger every year throughout the 1960s, with the mid 1960s being the best years for the company.
Holidays, Christmas Decorating,

Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Revolution, by McCormick

https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/Bicentennial-Vintage-Patriots-Series-Decanters-by-McCormick            Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Revolution ... In the same year Thomas Jefferson was elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses, beginning a political career that was eventually to  carry him to the Presidency. Here he became an intimate of Patrick Henry, and it  was at this time the he wrote "A summary View of the Rights of British America." which  was to become a cornerstone of the ideals of the American Revolution.   Though well-know as a writer, Thomas Jefferson had a reputation as a poor speaker. So even as he came to be know as "the silent member" of the House of  Burgesses, and of both the First and Second Continental Congresses, his outspokenness and decisive actions in committees was legendary, especially in matters of colonial rights and independence. American Porcelain Company, Ben Holladay, McCormick and the Patriots, McCormick Distilling Company, Bicentennial Souvenirs, Bicentennial collectibles, the Revolutionary War, Declaration of Independence, The Spirit of 1776,  McCormick Distilling Co. Weston, Missouri, American Porcelain Company ...

George Washington, Aristocrat Turned Rebel, McCormick Decanter

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George Washington, Aristocrat Turned Rebel, McCormick Decanter, George Washington of the Continental Army, First President of the United States of America, the man who could possibly have been king but refused, has come through  two hundred years of American History as "The Father of His Country" ...   George Washington was General Washington in command of a hodgepodge of untrained, undisciplined, and often unwilling militiamen with  terms of service due to expire in six months of less. Yet he took theses green troops to relieve the Massachusetts Militia in their siege of Boston, and moreover, was able to hold seasoned British regiments in check until the colonists could organize themselves for the ordeal to come. American Porcelain Company, Ben Holladay, McCormick and the Patriots, McCormick Distilling Company, Bicentennial Souvenirs, Bicentennial collectibles, the Revolutionary War ...

Betsy Ross, We want You to Make a Flag for Us

Betsy Ross, We want You to Make a Flag for Us ... Betsy Ross 1752 to 1836, McCormick Distilling Co. Weston, Missouri, American Porcelain Company ... Early in June of 1776, Betsy Ross, A young Widower Keeper of a small upholstery shop in Philadelphia, received three distinguished visitors. Towering authoritatively, over six fee tall, was George Washington. Almost in his shadow came Robert Morris, Know for his liberal financial aid to the cause of independence; and ushering them in them in, the florid Colonel George Ross, member of the Continental Congress, eager signer of the Declaration of Independence, and uncle of Betsy's late husband John. It was his influence that had brought this secretly empowered committed to Betsy Ross's parlor.
With greetings and introductions completed, the three men came to the point of their visit. "We want you to make a flag for us." Betsy told the story to her grandchildren many years later how George Washington produced a drawing of what he and his committee thought the flag should be. She related how she had studied it and made suggestions: the stars should have five pints, not six; and all the stars should be equal in size and position .. in a circle ... so none of the newly united states should be jealous of, or claim superiority over the rest. Betsy's thought were accepted enthusiastically, and George Washington, pencil in hand, sketched the new flag as she described it. Thus the stars and stripes ere born! s Bicentennial collectibles, Bicentennial souvenir, the United States Flag,

Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick

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Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick, George Washington 1732-1799, Betsy Ross 1752-1836, Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 ... McCormick whiskey decanters from the Bicentennial Patriot Series from 1975-1976.  Betsy Ross McCormick Bourbon Whiskey Decanter, Thomas Jefferson Whiskey Decanter, and George Washington Whiskey Decanter ...  McCormick Distilling Company, Home base of the 1976 McCormick Patriots Decanters, Holladay Distillery, McCormick Distilling Company, Weston Missouri American Porcelain ... Back in the year 1976 the United States was two hundred years old. This was a huge Bicentennial year full of celebrations and many observances during this era, many companies like McCormick’s paid tribute to historical events and the people that were important in leading up to the creation from the thirteen colonies to the United States of America winning its independence and becoming its own republic, and the Whiskey Decanters by McCormick was a huge success I this marking strategy. The Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick had as its focus the central events of 1776 and the memory of the American Revolution. Bicentennial Collectables, Bicentennial Souvenirs ....

Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars, book review...

Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Decanters by McCormick

Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick, George Washington 1732-1799, Betsy Ross 1752-1836, Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 ... McCormick whiskey decanters from the Bicentennial Patriot Series from 1975-1976.
Betsy Ross McCormick Bourbon Whiskey Decanter, Thomas Jefferson Whiskey Decanter, and George Washington Whiskey Decanter ... American Porcelain

Barney In Concert, Part Three, 1991

Bicentennial Vintage "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick "Patriots Series" Whiskey Decanters by McCormick, George Washington 1732-1799, Betsy Ross 1752-1836, Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 ... McCormick whiskey decanters from the Bicentennial Patriot Series from 1975-1976.
Betsy Ross McCormick Bourbon Whiskey Decanter, Thomas Jefferson Whiskey Decanter, and George Washington Whiskey Decanter ... American Porcelain

G. I. Joe inside his Mercury Space Capsule return to Earth

G. I. Joe and his Mercury Space Capsule return to Earth. After his
extended tour of duty at the Vanderbilt University "The 1960's at 50
Display" he has landed in Bon Aqua for some well-deserved rest and
relaxation. G. I. JOE ACTION PILOT, OFFICIAL SPACE CAPSULE, AND
AUTHENTIC SPACE SUIT, Hasbro © 1966. The inside control panel has
detailed sticker showing dials, gauges, screens, etc. He is a 1964 G. I.
Joe. In 1966, Hasbro (Hassenfeld Brothers) introduced the G.I. Joe
Mercury Space Capsule. This was a very nice replica of the spacecraft
the first American Astronauts flew into space. GI Joe Air Force Space
Capsule Astronaut Set.

Christmas Planing, The Holidays are Coming