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CALENDARS primarily the province of scholars, in

Continued from Page 1 need of details on phases of the moon,
liturgical observances, and the like.
Maybe it was that heart tugging And then, in 1440, along came the
illustration of a freckle faced lad with printing press, and calendars could
a frisky puppy... or the promo for be printed. A later development:
a once-familiar, now long vanished broadside printing, which meant
local business... or even the coy calendars could be printed on a single
glance of a perky pin-up girl, on the sheet of paper. By the late 1800s
calendar that once held pride-of-place calendars were within almost every
over Dad’s workbench. The days may budget, and businesses took note. If
have disappeared, but the memories folks were going to hang calendars
lived on. with a pretty picture on their kitchen
Calendars have been around for walls, why not calendars that also
awhile. A long while. The oldest thus included, in addition to that pretty
far recorded dates from 8000 B.C., picture, a prominent ad for the
discovered during an archeological local gas station or funeral parlor?
dig in Scotland. Of course, that one It would, after all, be up all year,
was carved in stone. Paper calendars subtly implanting a message ready
had to wait until the discovery of to emerge when the time was right.
paper (or, at any rate, papyrus). (Need a new Frigidaire? Who to call?
Who’s tagging along? September “back to Even then, the tedious task of hand- “Fresh & Frisky”, cover dogs for 1965 Berg Well, how about “Berg Hardware”?
school” page from the 1958 Standard Service lettering meant that calendars were Hardware calendar, Fountain, MN. Continued >
University Pkwy
calendar, Preston, MN. 70 17
75
301 Lockwood Ridge Rd
MLK Hwy South West Florida Vintage Dealers
Sarasota
Central
10th North Port - Port Charlotte - Nokomis
Fruitville Honore Ave

41 Tuttle Ave Vintage Finder’s
Warehouse “llc”

72  Dean & Diane Castellano Cherry Hill Duvelleroy brisé horn fan with painted
Where Fun & Design Come Together 70 flowers from private collection.
1075 Innovation Avenue 17
Unit 106 Antiques, Art, Vintage, Decorating Decor, First Midwest Regional
Famous Marc Art, New & Recycled
North Port, FL 34289
75 941-228-8112 2811 Tamiami Tr. Unit C FANA Conference
941-228-7804 Port Charlotte, FL 72
(Between Port Charlotte Blvd. & West Tarpon) Springfield, IL— Fan Association
Osprey Priced to Sell 941-286-8617 of North America (FANA) held its first

& Dealer Friendly Fri. & Sat. 10-4 or Appt. Midwest Regional meeting recently
(We love appointments - one or a bunch - always fun)
41 See Our New Store in Springfield, IL. The conference
Exclusive Retailer (Same Mall - Different Store front Unit C) provided members opportunities to
Dixie Belle Paint New Store - New Look - New Products
www.vintagefinderswarehouse.com see numerous fans in the collections
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75 Library and Museum, and the
Nokomis Illinois State Museum Research
3 and Collections Center. One of the
Venice Ave
Venice North Port highlights of this “Fans of Lincoln
Center Rd River Rd 1 Toledo Blade 75 Land” 17 conference was viewing fans
NOKOMIS Price Blvd owned by the Lincoln family, including
Mary Todd Lincoln’s fan that she held
41 North Port when Abe Lincoln was assassinated.”
3 Generations Hillsborough Blvd Because most museum curators
Selling Antiques 41 Port Charlotte are not too familiar with fans, the
group also served as a resource by
Veterans Blvd Tamiami Trail Midway Blvd helping to identify many fans in their
EUGENIE’S ANTIQUES Olean Blvd collections.

104 Nippino Trail East Edgewater Blvd Members were also treated to
777
Nokomis, FL 34275 El Jobean Charlotte Harbor View Rd a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Englewood Harbor Sibley Bay Dr 75 17 Dana-Thomas House, known for its
776
OPEN Wed-Sat 11-4 McCall Rd 2 magnificent windows.
or by Appointment Florida The next national conference of
771 Taylor Carmalita FANA will be held in Seattle, WA, May
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members who may join by visiting
“I never met an antique FANA’s web site, fanassociation.org
I didn’t like.” 3 Also check out fan discussions on
Facebook at “Hand Fan Collectors”.