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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you find in your trick-or-treat bag? Candies that were once popular may be controversial today. Candy “cigarettes” first appeared as a novelty…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you get in your trick-or-treat bag? Once you’ve gobbled your favorites, there are always those that sit at the bottom of the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you get in your trick-or-treat bag? Once you’ve gobbled your favorites, there are always those that sit at the bottom of the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Ruler fight? Touché! Many school supplies inside the grade school desk provided options for the creative-minded student. When the teacher wasn’t looking, that bottle of glue could…
Dorri PartainCool tools for school, useful for math class and art class too. The protractor was first used by mariners to create or read maps and navigational charts as early as…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor When the “father of the American Christmas card” needed art supplies for his young daughter, he started a campaign to bring art instruction to all American school…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Teenagers, would you like to study a 438-page textbook before you obtained your driver’s license? This high school textbook was written by the American Automobile Association (AAA)…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The 100th Anniversary of professional baseball was commemorated with this six cent stamp issued in 1969. In 1868, team promoter Harry Wright filled his10-man roster for the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Play baseball indoors, in any weather, with this special-designed dartboard. Added to the reverse of a standard numbered-wheel design board, it offers players more variety than a…
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