On the Wings of an Eagle

Oh, my home is in the mountains

I am free, I am free

I am one with wind and eagles

I am free

Given wings to sail in gracefulness

The sky, the sky

Given voice to sing in breathlessness

I find that I can fly

John Denver, 1998

This majestic and massive eagle is hand carved from wood, capturing the grace and power of this magnificent bird.

This vintage sculpture was carved in the Philippines, which has a history of woodworking dating back over two millennia. Miguel López de Legazpi, who arrived in the Philippines in 1565 and established the first Spanish settlement in what was then known as the East Indies, praised the skills of the Philippine wood carvers and carpenters.

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Dapper Dan

Ev’ryone knew Dapper Dan

Knew him for a ladies man

Never cared to settle down

Had a girl in ev’ry town

1921, lyrics by Lew Brown, music by Albert Von Tilzer

If you are in need of an elegant instant ancestor, you cannot go wrong with this skillful and striking pencil sketch of a well-dressed gent. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "dapper" can mean, a neat and trim in appearance, very spruce and stylish, or alert and lively in movement and manners, and this meticulously dressed man meets all three criteria.

The drawing is by Graziella Jacoby, an artist renown for her colored pencil drawings, especially her portraits, which captured the character of her subjects. Born in Illinois on 1885, Jacoby studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as with famed art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha in Czechoslovakia and American realist painter George Wesley Bellows in New York City. She moved to Pasadena, California in 1928, where she was active in local art circles. Jacoby passed away on July 20, 1980.

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Wagon, Ho!

This wonderful wooden wagon harks back to a time when deliveries were by dray horses, not Uber drivers, and houses and apartments had coal cellars to store the fuel used to fire up the boilers and heat homes. 

This terrific antique toy is large enough for a small child to ride on and in fact there is a handle that allowed a little rider to steer the horses as he or she perched on the wagon. 

Inside the wagon is the label of Jacrim Manufacturing Company of Boston for its "Drive Em" horse and wagon line. Jacrim was founded in 1922 in Malden, Massachusetts. It first produced beautifully crafted and detailed toy wooden ships and sailboats, but soon expanded its line of sturdy wooden toys to the “Ride ‘Em" wagons and carts, forts, trains, and other vehicles. In 1934, Jacrim merged into Keystone Manufacturing Company and was legally dissolved.