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WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, September 1 - Lambertville, Mercer County 29th Annual Plowing Match Howell Living History Farm will hold its 29th Annual Plowing Match on Saturday from 9:30 am until 4:00 pm. The public is invited to watch and participate in the event, which features old-fashioned plowing and log pulling competitions, crafts and pony rides for children, and lots of food, music and old fashioned fun.  A dozen teams of draft animals from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York are entered in the match, which tests the performance of farmers, their horses and oxen, and their plows as they turn furrows.  Judging will take place from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon.   Members of the general public aged 16 and older can try their hand at plowing in the Visitor Plowing Events at 11:00 a

WEEKEND ESTATE SALES Click on each link for more information on the estate sale! Find something neat at an estate sale? Let us know! Hosting an estate sale? Send me an  email  to be featured in our weekly post! Be the first to know about these sales on  Facebook ! Untouched accumulation.. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604     Vintage hats and furs East Brunswick, NJ 08816   Antique Clocks & Rugs Dunellen, NJ 08812   Vintage Baseball Cards Stockton, NJ 08559 Find more Estate Sales near you at  estatesales.net

Reinventing the Old Mill: Allentown, NJ Written by NJ Historian Owners of historic buildings are often faced with the question of how their structure can be utilized. Some may decide to tear it down and start new, others may decide to gut it, a select few will try to donate it to a historic group to be preserved in perpetuity, and the truly dedicated will preserve it on their own. Preserving a historic structure, while adapting it for modern uses and making it profitable, is not an easy task. Historic buildings require more maintenance, custom materials, and specialized treatments than your typical building. Yet if you can reinvent your structure and attract sensitive, yet desirable tenants, there is a good chance that the building will persevere. Since the original structure was built in 1706, the Old Mill in Allentown, New Jersey has been continually reinventing itself, adapting to its circumstances and the needs of an ever-changing world. Corky Danch bought the Old Mill in

Every Monday, I will now highlight a non-profit related to history or the arts, a historical society, preservation group or friends group whose main objective is to promote the historical and artistic history of New Jersey.  This week, I am featuring the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. The mission of the Cultural and Heritage Commission is to develop county wide programs and promote public interest in local and county history, in the arts, and in the cultural values, goals, traditions of the community, the State and the Nation. The Commission undertakes the restoration, operation, maintenance and preservation of the Cornelius Low House and East Jersey Olde Towne Village in Piscataway. The Commission is authorized to establish museum and cultural programs, exhibits and displays including the fine and performing arts, engage in archaeological, genealogical and historic research, publish reports and engage in such related activities to promote and develop public

Items up on eBay this week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on  Facebook . Vintage Lighthouse Needles Nickel-plated Needles San Francisco 's Great Disaster California and Vesuvius! 1906 Book Young Denys A story of the Days of Napoleon Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal Poetry - 1896 Soldiers' French Course WWI Memorabilia John Halifax Gentleman by Miss Mulock 1897 Antique Novel 1969 Antique Show & Sale Booklet Branchburg, NJ 1968 Agreement Between Midland-Ross Corporation and Middlesex Lodge   Bamberger's Bedding and Sleep Furniture Pamphlet Vintage Pamphlet Black & Decker Sander Booklet Deluxe Dual Action Finishing Sander   Vintage Bokar Coffee Tin A&P Coffee Services Vintage Paramount Popcorn Style Cottage Cheese Tin Manufactured in PA! Vintage Ex-Lax Chocolate Lax

Vintage Toastmaster Automatic Pop-up Toaster Nice Chrome! Toastmaster Products, McGraw Electric Company, Elgin ILL Made in USA Serial # A0315988 - Manufactured between July 1947 and September 1948 Model 1B14 1200 Watts Curved Bakelite Handles, Chrome Darker/Lighter Dial Toaster is in very good cosmetic condition consistent with normal wear and age (scratches, no dents or dings, please see photos) Cloth cord is very clean with no burns  No signs of abuse Video of toaster:  http://youtu.be/YAO_8sIhqss This toaster has been SOLD! Thanks for looking!

WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, August 25 -  Byram Township, Sussex County Canal Heritage Days at Waterloo Come visit Waterloo Village between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm for a day in this historic Morris Canal town. First-person interpreter Richard Pawling will portray canal boat captain John Hummel. Other events include: Boat rides on the Morris Canal, Smith's Store - a furnished canal-era store with hands-on activities, blacksmithing, see the operating gristmill, the Canal Museum - with exhibits and videos, featured exhibit: Canal Era in America, and guided walking tours of the village. http://www.canalsocietynj.org/heritagedays.pdf ----------------------------------- Saturday, August 25 - Hoboken, Hudson County Vintage Baseball in Hoboken This Saturday, the Hoboken Nine vintage baseball club returns to