I won this for $55!
Samantha and Grandmary lived in a grand and glorious
house in Mount Bedford, New York. Wealthy Victorian families thought
of their homes as showpieces, so "busy" houses--with many shapes
and details--were popular during this time. Trees, shrubs, and flower beds surround Samantha's
house just as a frame surrounds a painting. The house was called
a gingerbread house because of all the fancy details.
Mrs. Hawkins's kitchen was always bustling
with activity. On any day, the butcher, the baker, the milkman,
or the iceman might be making deliveries, while the scullery
maid clattered dishes in the sink and pots bubbled on top of
the range. Even in this well-equipped kitchen, the meals took
a lot of time, planning, and hard work.
Every detail of Samantha's room was fine and
fanciful, from the curvy brass headboard on her bed, to the
lacy bedspread, to the swallows swirling and dipping along the
top of the wallpaper. Samantha liked to imagine that she was
a princess resting in a magical kingdom all her very own.
In many ways, Samantha's classroom looked just
like the room of a fine private home. That's because that is
what it was--a room in Mrs. Crampton's own house. She stocked
her classroom with modern equipment and cultural objects.
At the turn of the century, ice cream parlors
like Tyson's were the height of elegance and glamour. With their
gleaming marble counters and tall columns, many ice cream parlors
seemed more like Roman temples than soda fountains. No meeting
place was more fashionable or respectable.
To Samantha, Grandmary's summerhouse in the
mountains was the most magical place in the world. Days at Piney
Point were active ones. Rain or shine, Samantha and her cousins
never ran short of things to do.
I use several pages from this over sized book in my Doll Room. You can unlock the spine and use individual pages.
You can see a VIDEO of each page
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