While the term home front traces its origins to the early 1900s, it is most commonly associated with World War II. Its historical context defines the life and times of Americans who endured the grim years of the early 1940s.

Answers to readers' questions from the Antique Detective, Anne Gilbert.

Art Nouveau jewelry brings with it a radical representation of emotions, natural elements and ideas. An innovation in art when the movement began at the turn of the 20th century, its appeal is unquestionable and timeless.

Terminology, in the world of political Americana, is very important, as it is in most specialty collecting worlds.

As we begin our journey into the 21st century, there are many things we now take for granted that were of great importance to our forebears. One of them is the home canning jar or fruit jar.

The last show of The West Palm Beach Antiques & Collectibles Show’s 2008 season will be from June 6-8 at the Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds,

Where there’s a collectibles questions or antiques inquiry there is an answer in Antique Trader® Antiques & Collectibles 2009 Price Guide. More photos, more prices, more of the information you need to make savvy collecting decisions.

“Oh for the carefree days of yesteryear when grandmother spent her days cheerfully ironing the all cotton clothes of grandfather and their 12 children.” Such a nostalgic portrait of the past can only be painted by someone who wasn’t there and has never ironed clothes.

Remember the old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention”? Those words certainly ring true when you’re speaking of Joshua Lionel Cowen (a.k.a. Joshua Lionel Cohen). In 1901, he developed the first Lionel train

Those growing up in the mid-1900s probably recall springs when marble bags came out of hibernation. “Knuckling down” wasn’t getting busy with homework, but getting your knuckles on the ground, ready to shoot.