In the mid 1950's, the Chicago School of Watchmaking offered a course called "Master Watchmaking." It consisted of a binder of 700+ pages of lessons that trained individuals to acquire the necessary technical skills to work as master watchmakers and master repairers of watches. This course is now av...

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" and "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" are only two of the many slogans associated with advertising on television in the 1950s. There were celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre who perf...

Burke Vignettes, 1728 - 2012 (Settler Sagas from Coffers to Foleys in my Burke hometown, Fairfax County, Virginia) Corazon Sandoval Foley is Filipino American, resident of Fairfax County (along with her husband Mike, son Joshua, and daughter Melinda) since 1980, retired in 2007 after a 30-year caree...

Book by Ritchie, Michael YA?A history of television mainly in North America, but also in Europe during the years 1920-1948. Its strength is in the descriptions of early program production, specifically the physical conditions of the cramped, crowded studios; the extreme heat of the lights (Betty Fur...

A prosperous deepwater shipping port on the south shore of Long Island, Sag Harbor was in its heyday as a whaling village in the early 1800s. By 1850, whaling was unprofitable, petroleum had been discovered, and the 1849 Gold Rush led to an exodus. As Sag Harbor fell into economic decline, the arriv...

Luxury Watches - Secrets, Stories & Legends Exciting insights from the world of watches "Luxury Watches: Secrets, Stories & Legends" is the perfect evening read for any watch fan - whether collector, dealer, investor or enthusiast: wristwatches inspire more people today than ever before. But if yo...

Every year hundreds of new wristwatches are introduced. Some feature innovative designs or mechanical improvements, and others are available only in limited editions, keeping the field interesting for collectors. Following the success of the previous edition, this new annual highlights hundreds of t...

In this photographic history of Valley Stream, author Bill Florio documents vividly the long and illustrious history of this Nassau County village. Located near the south shore of Long Island at the gateway to Nassau County, the village of Valley Stream has grown from a bucolic farming community in ...

Visit historic Sag Harbor on Long Island, through whaling village to homes in the National Register and home to writers and artists. A prosperous deepwater shipping port on the south shore of Long Island, Sag Harbor was in its heyday as a whaling village in the early 1800s. By 1850, whaling was un...

Travel through time with this beautifully photographed history of 90 iconic electric watches from expert watch collector and dealer Clément Mazarian and celebrated photographer Henry Leutwyler. Presented in a foil-blocked slipcase, it's the perfect gift for watch collectors and fashion enthusiasts ...

Kick off your shoes, put on your sunglasses, and get ready for a nostalgic trip back to the heyday of portable music. Transistor radios, those quintessential '50s and '60s accompaniments for the beach, backyard, and shirt pocket, have become one of the most popular and colorful collectors' items of ...