Description
Contents: Travel – The Fricks at Home (Clayton, Henry Clay Frick’s Pittsburgh mansion, provides an intimate look at Victorian family life – down to hairpins and shopping lists.), Children – Make Way For Ducklings (At the annual celebration of a classic children’s book, young Bostonians make their way along the history rich route immortalized by Robert McCloskey’s mallard family.), Collecting – Buttons (Written by two devotees, a handsome new book traces the running thread of history joining them all, from silver dazzlers to plastic novelties.), Bicentennial – Gem of the Northwest (Robert Gray’s 1792 foray into the Columbia River staked America’s claim to vast territories. His voyage is recalled this spring in exhibits and conferences, flotillas and festivals.), Food – America’s Native Bounty (From sea to shining sea – and on the fruited plains – succulent wild berries have always been an ineffable summer delight.), Restoration – FDR’s Ship Has Come In (After years of rough sailing, the presidential yacht Potomac is shipshape again and ready to chart a new course as a museum.), Exhibit – First Ladies Re-emerge (Their gowns come back, refreshed, and the Smithsonian highlights history as well as hemlines.)
Issue: April 1992
Condition: Very Good