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Marbles In Appalachian “Haint” & Ghost Stories
Stony Man Overlook on Skyline Drive, Northern Virginia[1] Who Dat Haint? Toys and marbles carry heavy symbolic weight in ghost and haint stories. “Haint” is a…
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Our Codd Bottle Collection
Introduction: Hiram Codd — Engineer, Inventor, and Carbonation Pioneer Hiram Codd (1838–1887) was an English mechanical engineer whose inventive mind reshaped the global soft‑drink industry worldwide.…
Marble Play And Social Cohesion in Plantation Communities
The Myrtles, St. Francisville, Louisiana Image Courtesy of The Myrtles Marbles, Memories, and Watermelons[1] William Ballard and the other slave children used to play hide-the-switch, marbles,…
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Marble Stories
Marbles In Appalachian “Haint” & Ghost Stories
Stony Man Overlook on Skyline Drive, Northern Virginia[1] Who Dat Haint? Toys and marbles carry heavy symbolic weight in ghost and haint…
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Our Codd Bottle Collection
Introduction: Hiram Codd — Engineer, Inventor, and Carbonation Pioneer Hiram Codd (1838–1887) was an English mechanical engineer whose inventive mind reshaped the…
Marble Play And Social Cohesion in Plantation Communities
The Myrtles, St. Francisville, Louisiana Image Courtesy of The Myrtles Marbles, Memories, and Watermelons[1] William Ballard and the other slave children used…
Continue Reading Marble Play And Social Cohesion in Plantation Communities
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
Magpie Marbles
All Photographs by Jo Garrett Just take a look at this! Ever seen anything else like it? Neither had we! We…
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…
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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This online magazine is sponsored by the authors of The Secret Life of Marbles and Marbles that Traveled Time and Place.
Marbles don’t just roll. They roam. Across porches and pastures, schoolyards and cemeteries, riverbanks and battlefields, these small spheres carry stories far beyond the hands that once held them. There is a history behind each one. These books invite readers into a world where everyday artifacts become powerful witnesses–linking generations and revealing the quiet archaeology of everyday lives.
