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Ohajiki: “Looks Like Flat Marbles to Me!”
Photograph: Belongs to A.Davey, 1 September 1914, This file is licensed under the Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license[1]. We really like this…
Manzanar: A Second Look at Camp Marbles[1]
In “Windswept”, which is the last section of our story Amache Marbles (https://thesecretlifeofmarbles.com/amache-marbles/) we noted that one man left two buckets of marbles in his camp…
Lundberg Studios Marble
Earlier in September we visited the monthly estate sale at the Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery, LLC, in Mobile, Alabama. We really enjoyed this but they are…
Marble Stories
Ohajiki: “Looks Like Flat Marbles to Me!”
Photograph: Belongs to A.Davey, 1 September 1914, This file is licensed under the Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license[1].…
Manzanar: A Second Look at Camp Marbles[1]
In “Windswept”, which is the last section of our story Amache Marbles (https://thesecretlifeofmarbles.com/amache-marbles/) we noted that one man left two buckets of…
Amache Marbles
Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress[1] Ever heard of Amache? What about the Amache Internment Camp or the Granada Relocation Center…
Collector's Corner
The Wearable Marble
When we were living in Kissimmee, Florida several years ago, we camped all over the state. One of our favorite trips was to the Florida Everglades where we were
It All Started In the Garden
Fifty years ago, when I got married, I moved in with my parents-in-law. Living with family was normal back then and it still is in Belgium.
Marble History Flashback: Privy Marbles
It’s hard to believe that you had to use an outside toilet not so very long ago. It’s even harder to believe that anyone would go
Faces and Places
Lundberg Studios Marble
Earlier in September we visited the monthly estate sale at the Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery, LLC, in Mobile, Alabama. We really enjoyed…
Notes From A Gifted Marble Polymerist[1]
Stéphane Balasa, Cergy-Pontoise, Ile-De-France, France I have been a polymerist for about 10 years in France. I was influenced by the work…
Is This A Marble?
The magazine editors received a message recently from a reader, Edward, with a question about this very unusual stone sphere. Here is…
Fun With Marbles
Fun With Larry Alley’s Menagerie
Every marble collector that we know has at least a handful of Alley Agate swirl marbles. Over the years we have found…
Museum and Other Resources
Looking for some museum resources for marbles? We’ve got you covered with our top museum resources in this post. Each of these museums contributed to our book The Secret Life of Marbles
How are Marbles & Civil War Prison Art Connected?
We started thinking about marbles & civil war art recently when we first learned about the prison art of Private John Jacob Omenhausser
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If you think you know everything about marbles…..well, you don’t! Ever held an old marble in your hand and wondered about its history? There is a history behind each one, and sometimes it’s a dark or unbelievable story. This second printing offers the reader references and documentation at the end of every chapter.
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