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Dressing Day: The Psychology Behind the Who, What, and Wear of Reproduction Clothing
...RANaway from the subscriber, a mulatto man named Tom...he had on him when he went away a blue broadcloth coat almost new, striped...

Dana Howell
Oct 18, 20215 min read


A Fence Post
The war memorial known as “Patriot Isle” is located at the Historic Four Corners in Shrewsbury, NJ. On Memorial Day 2021, a group of...

Dana Howell
Oct 14, 20212 min read


Deeply Rooted - The Taylors of Freehold
We honor our parents by carrying their best forward and laying the rest down. - Bruce Springsteen If you live around the Freehold area,...

Dana Howell
Oct 5, 20214 min read


Middletown Midden: Finding "Treasures" in 19th-Century Trash
"Anything dirty or dingy or dusty Anything ragged or rotten or rusty Yes, I love trash.” — Oscar the Grouch Late last fall, I took...

Joe Zemla
Mar 29, 20213 min read


Lost Art in Autochrome
J.B. Kerfoot, c. 1910 Every once in a while at MCHA, a dusty box reveals a truly unexpected gem. Such was the case with a donation of images taken by John Bartlett Kerfoot (1865 - 1927), a respected photographer and antiques dealer in Freehold. In 1917, Kerfoot opened what became a prestigious antiques shop on the corner of South and Elm called The House with the Brick Wall. Both the house and its wall still stand today. Many illustrious collectors were regular patrons, inclu
Dana Howell
Sep 21, 20202 min read
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