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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Through the mousehole . . .

      I will be adding more crafts for mice in mid to late November here, 2024.

How to Craft Mouse Dolls:

How to Craft Mouse House and Furnishings:

Read Mouse Stories Online:

Mouse Book Read Alouds at YouTube:
  1. ''There's a Mouse in My House'' read aloud by green grass story
  2. ''Chrysanthemum'' read aloud by Storytime with Ryan and Craig
  3. ''If you give a mouse a cookie'' read aloud by 5 minutes with Uncle Ben
  4. ''Mice'' read aloud by pure star kids
  5. "Mouse Soup'' read aloud by ReadingAllowed
  6. ''Fierce Grey Mouse'' read aloud by Hubble & Hattie
  7. ''Run Home Little Mouse'' read aloud by Meredith Plummer
  8. ''Welcome Home, Mouse'' read aloud by Storytime with Judy
  9. ''The Mother's Day Mice'' read aloud by Storytime Magic
  10. "Mice and Beans'' read aloud by San Joaquin County Office of Education
  11. "Goodnight Mice!'' read aloud by The Reading Nook
  12. "A House For A Mouse" read aloud by Bed Time Buddies
  13. ''A Mouse Called Julian'' read aloud by cawcawbooks
  14. ''Brave As A Mouse'' read aloud by Doing It Right
Read Mouse Poems and Rhymes:

Mice that star in short films:

Mouse Clip Art:

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Sunday, July 7, 2024

Maui Souvenirs and Snacks Shack

           As we recreate our own version of a Hawaiian family market, we will post pictures, instructions and links to product crafts and furnishings included in our Maui Souvenirs and Snacks Shack here.

Hawaii General Store and Souvenirs:

Tropical themed, window seat display
 
       To make this window display, acquire a box measuring approximately 19'' x 13'' x5'' deep. Cut a grid from additional light weight cardboard for the window and paste it to the back of the box. Cut also a from a thicker cardboard, a ''seat'' to glue inside the box 4 1/2'' from the base of the open box. I then cut additional pieces of cardboard to support the seat from underneath and make a short wall. 
       Then decoupage the inside grid ''window'' using an outdoors scene. A decorative paper of clouds or a view from a magazine (page) are easy to find and paste carefully between the mullions or panes of a window to make it look like a real window. Also decorate the interior walls of the window display using tropically themed wrapping papers and faux wooden papers on the exterior. Press on tiny hooks where you think it best to hang merchandise.
This grocery counter is made from a recycled desk supply catty and box ''stand'' beneath.

        Above and below are detailed photos of another display counter included in this doll shop playset. I decoupaged the large front shelf using a cheerful printed lemon paper, the exterior sides of the box stand using a textured woven canvas and finally the interior of the stand using a Shabby Chic wooden paper print. This is where our dolls display tropical fruits to sale inside the snack shack.

The top opens up for more storage and the bottom box ''stand'' can be easily removed.


The spinning eyeglass display case on and off stand.
       To craft this ''spinning'' display stand for sunglasses, you will need a tall spool (thread cone) with a stand combined. Plus a toilet paper cardboard roll and an additional large, recycled cap off of a juice carton. Cut sunglasses or sunshades from fashion magazines and also purchase tiny, white head stick-pins to fit beneath the nose piece under each pair of eyeglasses on the carousel display.
       It is important to make the carousel display one uniform color at the top and bottom. You could paint these components if you can not find them in the same color. Mine were already originally green. The toilet paper tube may be any color. I needed to cut the tube lengthwise in order to fit it snugly up inside the cap at the top. I then secured it with tape and additional glue.
       Glue the sunglasses or eyeglasses directly onto the tube, equally spaced. Stick the tiny pins at the nose piece for each pair of eye-wear to look like these are balanced on ''hooks.''
       The top tube piece is not permanently attached to the serger spool so that when it is put over the cone it may be easily to spin the display by the attached cap. Now your dolls can pretend to purchase twelve different  styles of eye-wear if they choose.

''fresh'' silk flowers, you-pick from old crayon catty

Dollar store wash clothes make easy beach towels.

''Aloha'' dollar store sign

Bolts of Hawaiian print fabrics wrapped around cardboard
cut-outs, 6 1/2'' x2 1/2 inches. These were made to fit into
a merchandise cabinet display.
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Friday, July 5, 2024

Dollville Hospital

''Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.'' Hippocrates

       Below I will keep a current listing of those crafts, articles, fashions and other artifacts about hospitals and doctor's offices for pretend play.

Modern doll scrubs for a nurse or surgeon.
Our artifacts for any little girl's Doctor/Nurse doll:
  1. What Do Modern Doll Scrubs Look Like? - description and explanations
  2. X-rays for Your Doll Doctor's Office - free printable for children
  3. Medical Supply Clip Art from 1915 - for student journal projects
  4. Body Diagrams and Atlas Charts for Doll Physicians - print them out for your own doll hospital or doctor's office...
  5. My pinboard for doctor and nurse costumes, crafts, dramatic play areas and toys
  6. Search the Red Cross Tags at my Victorian Ephemera Blog - vintage clip art for the American Red Cross
  7. Search the Red Cross Tags at Christian Clip Art Review  - more old-fashioned clip art for the Red Cross
  8. War Against Polio - childhood polio history
  9. Practice Deep Breathing - learn to settle your own nerves and anxiety
  10. Once you turn ten, learn to use your EpiPen - how children should learn to use their own EpiPen in an emergency!
  11. Free Printable Food Posters for your doll sized doctor's office - health and food printables for doll medical clinics and classrooms
  12. Measles, A Contegious Killer - a brief history of the Measles
  13. What is A Food Allergy? - Students, know your food allergies!
  14. Some Kids Have Type 1 Diabetes - understanding childhood Diabetes better
  15. Printable Eye Chart for Dolls  - a free printable for doll eye-doctor visits 
  16. Medical/Clinical Topography Coloring Sheets  - so far how our bodies work and deadly venomous snakes!
  17. Dolly's Doctor - poem
  18. Red Cross Nurse Doll for Coloring - Color a vintage Red Cross Doll for your paper doll collection.
  19. At the Doll's Hospital by Anne P. L. Field
  20. Doll-Size Medical Prescription Pads - print, cut, and assemble tiny prescription pads for a doll doctor's office
  21. Betty Bonnet paper doll collection has a red cross nurse as well...
  22. DIY a doll size, freestanding water cooler... - made using recycled materials only!
  23. Sick dolls certainly need pretend tissues to blow stuffy noses... - Go here to see how we made boxed tissues.
  24. Make you own test tubes for a doll doctor or science lab... - these are wooden versions
  25. Craft a Stethoscope for A Doll Nurse or Doctor Doll
  26. DIY AG doll sized hypodermic needles - plus a storage box marked with a red cross icon
  27. Craft a medical waste can for a doll doctor's office - Don't throw away medicine in the ordinary trash or flush it down the toilet, read more...
  28. Make a doll-sized hot water bottle... - from fun craft foam!
  29. Craft a heating pad for dolly's neck pain! - made from plastic poly pelletes and a white baby sock
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

The Doll Crafters and Young Puppet Masters Art Camp

Sample photos of novelty dolls and puppets from this craft camp for summer fun.

        Our doll/puppet crafter's camp is full of unique and interesting dolls/puppets that young students will enjoy making over the summer break. However, it will take a little time to upload all that I have for this summer camp folks, so please be patient . . .everything is on it's way!

Crafting Novelty Dolls for Summer Fun:

  1. How to make egg-carton mermaids - made from recycled materials and patterned scrapbook papers
  2. String a soda straw doll - this little doll is made using very simple art supplies
  3. Assemble accordion fanfold paper dolls - use origami papers and simple fan-folding technique
  4. Craft my envelope babies for fun! - These babies come with templates and also utilize simple envelope folding process.
  5. How to make ballerina clothespin dolls - One of many clothespin doll costume designs; if you love making these dancers there are many more thematic clothespin doll designs on our blog to try!
  6. Cut a paper-doll-chain to hang in your room - Learn two different folding techniques for this old-fashioned paper doll craft.
  7. Make a bead doll necklace - this project combines both beads and buttons...
  8. How to make an enchanted fairy doll... - These dolls are for outdoor play in the garden of course!
  9. DIY a Bead Bottle Lupita - to store your favorite beads for jewelry crafts and to also display small bouquets of flowers...
  10. How to craft adorable folk art spoon dolls - These folk dolls have been crafted by children and their parents for over 100 years...
  11. Sculpt a clay doll from a pinch pot - using traditional classroom sculpting techniques...
  12. Learn to sew an Edith Flack Ackley cloth doll - text and here are the materials you can use to stuff a doll body - This doll is more difficult and requires adult help.
  13. Craft your own vintage kerchief dolls... - printable, vintage 1950s ladies
  14. DIY a toy soldier candy container - from Thrifty Scissors blog, Fill him with your favorite candies!
  15. Learn to sculpt a newsprint African folk doll... - My version of this novelty craft includes a baby in a sling too!
  16. Paper dolls for the sewing basket - A great way to organize laces and ribbons in your trim collections.
  17. Braid and tie a modern yarn doll... - pom-pom doll head
    Cute And Tiny Dolls to Craft or Collect for Your 18'' Dolls:
    1. How to sew pillow dolls for 'sweeter than ever' dolly dreams - pillows with personality
    2. Make a princess doll themed birthday cake - for your American Girl dolls, My Generation dolls etc... 
    3. How to make a Raggedy Ann Doll - free 6'' pattern -
    4. How to make a tiny sock monkey for your larger dolls to play with - Traditional sock themed monkeys look so cute hanging from a doll's four-poster bed or rocking in a chair in her bedroom's corner. 
    5. Twist and wrap a chenille stem doll - These dolls are only slightly larger than traditional worry dolls. But, they are perfect for your 18'' dolls to dress and play with...
    6. Picking tiny baby dolls from resale... - mini doll collections 
    How to Sew Traditional Rag Dolls:
    Craft Miniature Dollhouses: coming soon.

    Make Miniature Puppets and Puppet Theaters for 18'' Dolls:
    Puppet Crafts and Collections for Drama/Theater:

    Recommended Books for Kids:

    Stanley cover, first edition.
    The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers by Mary Norton     - Mary Norton, was an English writer of children's books. She is best known for The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of contemporary human civilization. Read more about her 'Borrower books'...

    The Borrower Films at YouTube:
    1. The Original Borrows Film from 1973 - Watch for free from The Film Detective here
    2. The Remastered Series ''The Borrowers from 1992 - All episodes here 
    3. The Borrowers Film starring John Goodman, 1997 - trailer and behind the scenes here
    4. The Borrowers staring Eccleston and Wood, 2011 - Pod's Adventure on British T.V. and behind the scenes here
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    Thursday, September 14, 2023

    Hispanic and Latino Heritage

    Far left, poster celebrating Cesar Chavez. Center left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor as a
    young girl. Center Right, cover from children's author, Alma Flor Ada. Far Right, award
    winning actress, dancer and singer Rita Moreno.
     
           "National Hispanic Heritage Month is a period from 15 September to 15 October in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. 
           Hispanic Heritage Month began as Hispanic Heritage Week. Hispanic Heritage Week was established by legislation sponsored by Rep. Edward R. Roybal of Los Angeles and was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. In 1988, the commemorative week was expanded to a month (September 15 to October 15) by legislation sponsored by Rep. Esteban Edward Torres (D-Pico Rivera), amended by Senator Paul Simon and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the commemoration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Hispanic countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, who all declared independence in 1821. In addition, Mexico, Chile, Belize and Puerto Rico celebrate their independence days on September 16, September 18, September 21, and September 23 respectively.
           Hispanic Heritage Week was first proclaimed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 in Presidential proclamation 3869. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan gave annual proclamations for Hispanic Heritage Week between 1969 and 1988. National Hispanic Heritage Month was first proclaimed by President George H. W. Bush on September 14, 1989 in Presidential Proclamation 6021. Since 1989, all Presidents have given a Presidential Proclamation to mark Hispanic Heritage Month." Wikipedia

    Internet Educational Resources:
    Doll Play Artifacts:
    Famous Latinitas For Girls To Read About and Study:
    1. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - The First Great Latin American Poet at EDSitement
    2. Juana Azurduy de Padilla - Fought for Bolivian independence...
    3. Evelyn Miralles - Engineer from Venezuela who inspires...
    4. Policarpa Salvarrieta - The Revolutionary Teen Spy from Puppet History 
    5. Susana Torre - An Argentine/American Architect
    6. Rosa A. Gonzales - An exemplary nurse from Puerto Rico 
    7. Teresa Carreno - A pianist and opera singer
    8. Hermelinda Urvina - A pilot from Ecuador
    9. Antonia Navarro - A topographic engineer and teacher from El Salvador
    10. Matilde Hidalgo - First girl in Ecuador to graduate from high school. She became a doctor...
    11. Eva Peron - First Lady of Argentina
    12. Julia Alvarez - her biography from Chicago Public Library
    13. Gabriela Mistral - She won a Nobel Prize in Literature, 1945.
    14. Juana de Ibarbourou - important Uruguayian Poet
    15. Dr. Ellen Ocha - works for NASA, astronaut
    16. Pura Belpre - an award named after the first Latina librarian who worked for the New York Public Library
    17. Mercedes Sosa - famous performer, singer, musician...
    18. Sandra Cisneros - story writer and author
    19. Mirabal sisters - "the Butterflies" who helped topple a dictator
    20. Gumercinda Paez - Elizabeth Mischke reads about this beloved teacher...
    21. Isabel Allende -  Acclaimed author, visit her website here...
    22. Sonia Sotomayor - Supreme Court Justice
    23. Frida Kahlo - famous portrait painter 
    24. Julia de Burgos - Puerto Rico poet
    25. Rigoberta Menchu Tum - a hero for Native People's Rights
    26. Gloria Estefan - a famous singer, here is her foundation's page: The Gloria Estefan Foundation
    27. Chavela Vargas - performer, musician and singer 
    28. Alicia Alonso - Cuban Prima Ballerina
    29. Victoria Santa Cruz - Professor of Drama PH.D.
    30. Mercedes Doretti - a Forensic Anthropologist 
    31. Claribel Alegria - a poet and novelist from Central America
    32. Celia Cruz - The Queen of Salsa and Good Morning America and Latin Grammy Award Winner!
    33. Sonia Solange Pierre - a Human Rights Activist
    34. Dolores Huerta - Political Activist, Her Foundation
    35. Rita Rosita Moreno - from Puerto Rico - actress, dancer and singer
    36. Veronica Michelle Bachelet - Executive Director of UN Women
    37. Maria Auxiliadora da Silva - self taught, 'outsider' painter from Brazil
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    Friday, September 1, 2023

    School Supplies for Dolls Entering 4th -7th Grade

           The following contemporary school supply or craft supply may be needed for the beginning of the new school year. Check with your doll's homeroom teacher for each assigned classroom list. 

    Supply Per Student: 4th - 7th Grade Doll Classrooms
    1. Lunch box and thermos may be needed if your doll brings food from home
    2. Laptop (provided by school for check-out)
    3. Backpack
    4. Binders and Folders and Subject Dividers
    5. Calendar/planner
    6. highlighter markers
    7. Notepads and Index cards
    8. Calculator (optional)
    9. Rulers, hole punch, templates, Scissors
    10. Pencils, Pens, Erasers, Pencil Case, Highlighter, Pencil Sharpener
    11. Crayons, Watercolor set and or Colored Pencils
    12. Glue sticks, Bottle of white school glue
    13. Book Covers
    14. Combination Lock for a school locker
    15. Bandages, small bottle of hand sanitizer 
    16. Dry Erase Board and Dry Erase Markers
    17. 3 boxes of facial tissues
    18. 2 boxes of sanitary wipes
    19. shorts, tennis shoes, socks, tees and gym bag for sports
    20. personal hygiene: deodorant stick, hair brush, soap and soap box toothbrush and toothpaste
    21. Student ID Card, Library Card, Lunch Card

           A School Locker may be assigned to your doll, it is a loan from the school. The locker may be decorated only with things that are easy to remove at the end of the school year. Students are held responsible for the care of school property. Food and/or waste must be removed from the locker at the end of each day in order to prevent insects and rodents from being attracted to the contents of your locker. Lockers will be inspected from time to time to insure the rules are followed. Do not use this school property to store any illegal substances.

    A desk will be assigned to your doll at the beginning of the school year.

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    Sunday, July 23, 2023

    "Little Blossoms" Doll Summer Camp

    Sample crafts for the "Little Blossoms" Doll Summer Camp: flower crown,
    daisy flower bed, backyard pond, and watering can.
     
    Lessons For "Little Blossoms" Doll Camp: Our flower camp for dolls includes lessons below by Chandler a teacher who lived and taught and wrote several science readers for the Primary Grades based upon the flora and fauna of California.
    1. Buttercup: Lesson 1  - Ranunculus californicus, commonly known as the California buttercup, is a flowering plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is a native of California, where it is common in many habitats, including chaparral and woodlands.
    2. Buttercup: Lesson 2 - You can also find California buttercups in Oregon and on islands between British Columbia and Washington.
    3. Parts of the Flower - A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. Identification chart, parts of a flower.
    4. California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico.
    5. Cream-Cup - Platystemon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the poppy family containing the single species Platystemon californicus, which is known by the common name creamcups.
    6. Baby-Blue-Eyes: Lesson 1  - Nemophila menziesii, known commonly as baby blue eyes or baby's-blue-eyes, is an annual herb, native to western North America
    7. Baby-Blue-Eyes: Lesson 2  - ''Baby-Blue-Eyes has several sisters, natives of California...''
    8. Wild Hollyhock  - Iliamna is a small genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, endemic to North America. It is related to the bush mallows of California.
    9. Filaree  - ''The Filaree gets its green rosette placed early in the year. Then, it can send out its flowers early...''
    10. Miner's Lettuce  - Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America. How Native Americans cooked this plant.
    11. Wild Portulaca  - ''Some people call Wild Portulaca, Red Maids‚ because she wears such a beautiful red dress, but I think more people know her by the name I use..."
    12. White Forget-Me-Not  - This flowering plant is native North America, Alaska, Canada and the United Kingdom.
    13. Wall Flower - ''If you wish to study a flower that looks like a party and smells like a party, just take a wild Wall Flower...''
    14. Shooting Star  - Primula hendersonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.
    15. Trillium - 'Trillium was called the Wake-Robin in the East because soon after it blossoms there, the robin begins to sing..."
    16. Iris: Lesson 1 - Some people call this flower the Flag, but as Iris, she is known to all the World.
    17. Iris: Lesson 2 - "What an odd flower Iris is! She has caught the curves and the colors of the rainbow and has brought them down to earth...''
    18. Blue-Eyed Grass  - ''"Blue-Eyed Grass'' we call these plants because their leaves seem so grass-like...''
    19. Fritillaria - The flowers are usually solitary, nodding and bell-shaped with bulbs that have fleshy scales, resembling those of lilies. They are known for their large genome size and genetically are very closely related to lilies. 
    20. Soap Root - Botany facts and how this unique plant was once used by minors, pioneers and Native Americans...
    21. Azalea - Wonderful odor but toxic to eat...
    22. Johnny-Jump-Up: Lesson 1 - ''Every boy I have ever known, whether his age was seven years or seventy, seems to have a tender spot in his heart for this golden beauty...''
    23. Johnny-Jump-Up: Lesson 2 - ''Not many insects visit Johnny-Jump-Up. Perhaps they find her honey too hard to reach...''
    24. Farewell to Spring - pollinated by butterflies
    25. Wild Cucumber  - Root system the size of a man!

    Flower/Garden Themed Doll Crafts:

    The Flower Children Garden Crafts and Flower Dolls - Miniature pages for young ones to download and print out a book for their dolls to read aloud, in simple verse. Plus new crafts, poems and stories about flowers are also included among these posts as I find them in the archive.

    More Flower Poetry:

    Flower Songs for Young Children:

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    Saturday, July 8, 2023

    Pioneer Doll Days Camp For Dolls, 2023

    Above are just a few examples of the doll crafts under our Pioneer Doll Days
     Camp for Summer. Learn to sew a bonnet, craft lunch pails, make a butter
      churn and put together doll sized washboards for doll play.

           In the summer of 2023, I will be building a collection of articles and activities for our young visitors to teach their dolls about American pioneers. This was a time when immigrants from all over the world settled uncharted territory across the North American Continent. They came with the hope of starting a new life and having land that they could farm and live on with new generations for many years to come. It was not always a time of peace; pioneers experienced calamity, struggle, poverty and survival.

    Pioneer Doll Days Artifacts:

    1. How to make a lunch pail for a Pioneer doll...  - Learn to construct using paper rolls and clothespins
    2. Candle Making Mold for Dolls  - recycle and create with golf tees and cardboard
    3. How Mary and Laura made butter... - use wooden craft sticks and paper mache butter, yum...
    4. I found a doll sized kerosene lamp!  - hunt in for things that pioneers would have used inside a flee market or resale shop!
    5. DIY washboards for your pioneer dolls... - It was hard work just to stay clean on the trail or living in a cabin!
    6. Pottery and cookware for pioneer kitchens you can collect - What do you think your pioneer dolls would use in a kitchen?
    7. How to Braid a Doll's Rug - Keep your doll's toes warm inside their play cabins...
    8. Piece a Simple Patchwork Quilt for Your Doll's Bed  - Begin to keep a great pioneer obsession alive!
    9. Cut and paste your doll's campfire - No matter where your doll sleeps, by a campfire, in a log cabin, sod house or out on the prairie he or she will need to know how to craft a campfire.
    10. How to make soap for Pioneer dolls... - or any other dolls
    11. How to make Mary's doll, Nettie and Laura's doll, Susan
    12. Currier & Ives Prints for The Dollhouse - Pioneer homestead print 
    13. How to craft old-fashioned wooden spoon dolls - You can dress these folk figures to look like pioneers if you like.

    More Pioneer Doll Camp Crafts:

    More About Manufactured Pioneer Dolls:

    More Folk Dolls Made by Pioneer Children:

    Pioneer Camp Days: Articles and Stories for 5th grade readers thus far.

    1. Pioneer Home Life  - How did the pioneers "keep house?"
    2. A Pioneer Church  - Charming times and music from that old country church.
    3. A Pioneer School  - In pioneer days, as now, four things were essential to a good school...
    4. Going to Mill  - In the "good old days'' they had to resort to various expedients in preparing the food for the table. Perhaps no phase of it is more interesting than the story of how they ground their corn and wheat.
    5. Buck-Skin Breeches  - A humorous tale of young love and well...awkwardness
    6. Money of the Good Old Days - How to survive without cash.
    7. A Trapper's Predicament - How not to trap a turkey, and wolf, and a crazy man...
    8. Pioneer Vocabulary - Words which originated out of the necessities of pioneer life

    Poetry:

    Books/Video for Young Students - The Pioneer Days:

    Learning about American Pioneers at YouTube: Advanced Skill Sets of living master craftsman!

    Crops In The 18th Century:
    General Histories of The Old West:
    Current Personal Histories of The New-Old West:
     

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