tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post5233783151183076885..comments2023-10-11T03:42:53.576-07:00Comments on Shades Of The Departed: Twice Told Tuesday - Marvels in MatchboxesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-19167975528762275012010-09-01T19:42:14.092-07:002010-09-01T19:42:14.092-07:00Wow. What an interesting subject and photos. I d...Wow. What an interesting subject and photos. I discovered you via the blog Eastlake Victorian and have really enjoyed my visit. I look forward to your future posts!Valeriehttp://www.wanderlustnpixiedust.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-19018809524428453552010-08-18T08:50:16.371-07:002010-08-18T08:50:16.371-07:00I would have loved to have seen that, Brett.
Unti...I would have loved to have seen that, Brett.<br /><br />Until Randy's photo, I didn't know matchbox models existed.<br /><br />Matches and boxes had their dark side being closely tied to child labor.<br /><br />Your child labor was of an entirely different and more pleasant kind. <br /><br />-fMfootnoteMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136826114954180827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-52494018930742219192010-08-18T03:11:59.368-07:002010-08-18T03:11:59.368-07:00When I was about five or six, I started making a m...When I was about five or six, I started making a model of the Empire State Building (as pictured in one of my <a href="http://www.ladybird.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Ladybird Books</a>). At that time, matchboxes were still being made out of wood, although the trays were cardboard. I was making good progress.<br /><br />Then, at the age of seven, I went to boarding school, and the school holidays never seemed long enough to do everything. Besides, the matchboxes being supplied by my Dad were now entirely made from cardboard, and that didn't work as well - well the two together didn't work, anyway.<br /><br />Sadly, the half-finished project languished on a shelf my bedroom, gathering dust, and when we moved house a few years later, I think it must have been a casualty.<br /><br />I've never seen another.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-16779742812444340832010-08-17T22:22:01.188-07:002010-08-17T22:22:01.188-07:00Randy -
This introduction to an amazing art form ...Randy -<br /><br />This introduction to an amazing art form is down to you and Edgar.<br /><br />When you read the amount of hours it took to complete these models you have to look at Edgar quite differently. Alone, yes, but occupied.<br /><br />And without question, talented. So, thank you Randy for allowing me to commandeer your family.<br /><br />-fMfootnoteMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136826114954180827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-55087326993131924822010-08-17T20:37:12.244-07:002010-08-17T20:37:12.244-07:00Thank you, fM, for telling the story of matchbox a...Thank you, fM, for telling the story of matchbox architecture. Fascinating.<br /><br />Poor Edgar Carringer never married, and was pretty much a lost soul it seems. He depended on Austin and Della Carringer for some support, although he had his own home away from their home. In 1929, Della often mentions in her Journal that she gave Edgar $5 or $10 for doing odd jobs around the property. Edgar's fame will now live forever!<br /><br />You are the best!<br /><br />Hugs -- RandyRandy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-53293694243905351522010-08-17T18:39:22.935-07:002010-08-17T18:39:22.935-07:00Thank you, Carol.
I knew nothing about this. I ne...Thank you, Carol.<br /><br />I knew nothing about this. I never stopped to think how important matches were to the lives of our ancestors. <br /><br />They didn't waste. They took a throw-away and made it an art form. Amazing!<br /><br />And thank you Randy, for introducing it to us.<br /><br />-fMfootnoteMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136826114954180827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-26367057633435251512010-08-17T17:55:54.626-07:002010-08-17T17:55:54.626-07:00It's truly a shame that in our civilization ma...It's truly a shame that in our civilization making "progress" we no longer have skilled artisans like these of old. I imagine there are some around, but using different media. Excellent and informative article, as always!Carol Yates Wilkersonhttp://ipentimento.comnoreply@blogger.com