Description
Contents: Jazz – Preservation Hall (Tuba player Allan Jaffe has turned this New Orleans establishment into a refuge for elderly musicians who still play the real sound.), Horticulture – Sonnenberg Abloom (After years of neglect, Sonnenberg Gardens in New York has once again become one of the country’s premier Victorian Gardens.), Travel – Ghost Towns (They are located all over the West and can be visited with varying degrees of difficulty.), Craft – Marquetry Man (Furniture maker Ralph Henley “paints” his pieces inside and out with a dazzling array of inlays.), Preservation – Barn at Philipsburg Manor (After its old barn was lost in a fire, this restoration hired Richard Babcock to find and reassemble a new one in its place.), On Exhibit – A Century of Pressed Glass (This new exhibit at the Corning Museum displays a wide range of American pressed glass, including a variety of human error.), Books – Beard’s Guide to Boyhood (Now in a reprint, Daniel Beard’s 100-year-old Handy Book was written to encourage boys in a life of carefree abandon.), Collecting – Art on Sacks (Once used to decorate paper bags, a collection of wood blocks is now used for art prints.)
Issue: July – August 1983
Condition: Very Good