https://sarahbguestperry.blog/2026/06/03/art-grilles-in-wood-that-must-have-been-stylish-considering-a-buyer-at-bostons-jordan-marsh-put-together-a-trade-catalogue-of-them-from-1895-i-grew-up-in-a-queen-anne-house-in-suburban-boston-that/ 2026-06-03T23:01:34Z Toes in a Very Different Sand en Art grilles in wood that must have been stylish considering a buyer at Boston's Jordan Marsh put together a trade catalogue of them. From 1895. I grew up in a Queen Anne house in suburban Boston that had one and remember other houses with them. I had thought that they came from the woodworking shops of Boston's South End but no they appear to have come from the store where 70 years later my mother refused to let my sister and myself buy go go boots. Who knew! 2026-06-03T23:01:34Z Blog https://sarahbguestperry.blog/2026/06/02/my-parents-werent-having-a-baby-in-1948-but-somebody-was-and-maybe-they-looked-through-its-lullabye-time-a-trade-catalogue-from-the-lullabye-furniture-corporation-of-stevens-point-wisconsin/ 2026-06-02T21:47:56Z Toes in a Very Different Sand en My parents weren't having a baby in 1948 but somebody was and maybe they looked through "It's Lullabye Time," a trade catalogue from the Lullabye Furniture Corporation of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. I assume they mailed these out to a mailing list of expectant mothers or you could walk into a furniture store and pick one up. 2026-06-02T21:46:24Z Blog