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- Hallmark "Nostalgic Houses and Shops Series: Bookstore" Christmas Ornament, 2007 - Hallmark's "Nostalgic Houses and Shops" ornament series reflects a centuries-old Christmas tradition of placing small buildings under the tree to create tiny "villages." It began in 1984 and is one of Hallmark's longest-running series. Hung on the tree, these ornaments--depicting homes, stores, and other buildings--evoke small-town American life in days gone by.
- 2007
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Hallmark "Nostalgic Houses and Shops Series: Bookstore" Christmas Ornament, 2007
Hallmark's "Nostalgic Houses and Shops" ornament series reflects a centuries-old Christmas tradition of placing small buildings under the tree to create tiny "villages." It began in 1984 and is one of Hallmark's longest-running series. Hung on the tree, these ornaments--depicting homes, stores, and other buildings--evoke small-town American life in days gone by.
- Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023 - Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- March 11, 2023
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Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023
Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Letter from Arthur Conan Doyle to George M. Holley - George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle's lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence. Spiritualism was a frequent topic as they traded recommendations of mediums, bemoaned skeptics like Harry Houdini, and discussed the state of belief on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Letter from Arthur Conan Doyle to George M. Holley
George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle's lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence. Spiritualism was a frequent topic as they traded recommendations of mediums, bemoaned skeptics like Harry Houdini, and discussed the state of belief on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023 - Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- March 11, 2023
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Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023
Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- "Sidetrack Bookshop #DRAGISNOTACRIME" T-Shirt, 2023 - On March 11, 2023, Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, MI hosted a drag queen storytime event. Despite threats of a large conservative protest, those opposed were in the "dozens" according to news sources, far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community. These shirts were sold as a fundraiser and worn to show support for drag performers.
- 2023
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"Sidetrack Bookshop #DRAGISNOTACRIME" T-Shirt, 2023
On March 11, 2023, Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, MI hosted a drag queen storytime event. Despite threats of a large conservative protest, those opposed were in the "dozens" according to news sources, far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community. These shirts were sold as a fundraiser and worn to show support for drag performers.
- Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023 - Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- March 11, 2023
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Sidetrack Bookshop Drag Queen Storytime Event, March 11, 2023
Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted a drag queen storytime event on March 11, 2023. Despite threats of a large protest -- part of a larger national movement by right wing conservatives opposed to these events -- their presence was in the "dozens," far outnumbered by counter-protesting allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- "Catalogue of the Psychic Bookshop, Library, and Museum," 1925-1930 - George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle’s lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence, particularly around spiritualism. Doyle sent Holley this catalog from his Psychic Bookshop, Library & Museum, where one could find books on all manner of spiritualist topics.
- 1925-1930
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"Catalogue of the Psychic Bookshop, Library, and Museum," 1925-1930
George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle’s lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence, particularly around spiritualism. Doyle sent Holley this catalog from his Psychic Bookshop, Library & Museum, where one could find books on all manner of spiritualist topics.
- City Bookstore, Lansing, Michigan, circa 1870 -
- circa 1870
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City Bookstore, Lansing, Michigan, circa 1870
- "The New Woman's Survival Catalog, A Woman-made Book," by Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie, 1973 - This book is a directory of grassroots resources for women in the 1970s: female-owned bookstores, collectives, women's health, birth control, pay equity, self-defense, crisis support, and single parenting. These types of pre-Internet publications share common ground with today's web--as information clearinghouses, business directories, connecting communities across a large geographic area.
- 1973
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"The New Woman's Survival Catalog, A Woman-made Book," by Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie, 1973
This book is a directory of grassroots resources for women in the 1970s: female-owned bookstores, collectives, women's health, birth control, pay equity, self-defense, crisis support, and single parenting. These types of pre-Internet publications share common ground with today's web--as information clearinghouses, business directories, connecting communities across a large geographic area.
- Trade Card for Drake's Book Store, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
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Trade Card for Drake's Book Store, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.