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The Beat Goes On

by Sean Conneely

Noble & Cooley maintains drum-making tradition

first appeared: 10/22/2009

Bottling the Shagbark

by Jackie Sheckler Finch

An Indiana couple extracts hickory syrup from an age-old recipe

first appeared: 10/15/2009

Artistry in Glass

by Sheryl Kayne

J&R Lamb Studios creates stained-glass windows

first appeared: 10/8/2009

Wooly Willy

by Marti Attoun

Attracting smiles for 50 years

first appeared: 9/24/2009

America's Oldest Brewery

by Richard McVey

A Pennsylvania family celebrates 180 years of beer making

first appeared: 9/17/2009

Candy for the Ages

by Sean Conneely

Massachusetts family maintains a sweet tradition

first appeared: 8/6/2009

Roaring Reptiles

by Kristen Tribe

Billings Productions brings dinosaurs to life

first appeared: 7/30/2009

Cleaning up with Clotheslines

by Phyllis Edgerly Ring

A Vermont family revives a practical, backyard apparatus

first appeared: 5/10/2009

Baking with a Twist

by Marti Attoun

Pennsylvania pretzel-making family entwined with nation's history

first appeared: 4/5/2009

Humming and Buzzing

by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

Kathy Rice, a 15-year tour guide at the Original Kazoo Co. factory and museum in Eden, N.Y. (pop. 8,076), watches as a visitor picks up a kazoo.

first appeared: 3/1/2009

Concocting a Cherry Confection

by Diana Lambdin Meyer

In the early 1970s, Barry Yantis went to his boss at the Chase Candy Co. with an idea to redesign the wrapper of Cherry Mash

first appeared: 1/18/2009

Crafting Classic Toys

by Vivian Wagner

Brian Rudovsky, 40, blows air through a train whistle he's made from hand-sanded birch and sassafras wood, cleaning out sawdust and testing the whistle's sound.

first appeared: 11/16/2008

Crafting Cutlery since 1889

by Laurie Mercer

The W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. is located in Bradford, Pa.

first appeared: 11/9/2008

Crafting Fishing Rods

by Marjie McGraw

Myrna Hilgart, 55, carefully inspects a fishing rod at her worktable at the St. Croix Rod Co. in Park Falls, Wis.

first appeared: 8/13/2008

Knitting Novelty Socks

by Diana Lambdin Meyer

As a fifth-grade teacher in Helmsburg, Ind., Sharon Rivenbark was determined to create ways to help her students learn, feel good about themselves and become successful.

first appeared: 4/27/2008

Crafting Classic Watercraft

by Virginia Wright

Workers pour buckets of red thermoplastic powder into kayak-shaped molds, preparing them for the 20-foot-long cylindrical oven at Old Town Canoe Co. in Old Town, Maine (pop. 8,130).

first appeared: 3/16/2008

Animating Time, Inspiring Smiles

by Marti Attoun

When the Kit-Cat Klock debuted in 1932, its wide grin, rolling eyes and wagging tail brought a moment of joy to Depression-weary Americans.

first appeared: 3/9/2008

Preserving Pinball

by Marti Attoun

Lonnie Ropp pulls back the spring-loaded plunger on a pinball machine parked beside his desk at Stern Pinball in Melrose Park, Ill.

first appeared: 3/2/2008

Customizing Billiard Tables

by Margaret Schroeder

Today, the A.E. Schmidt Billiard Co. is the oldest family-owned billiard table manufacturer in the nation.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

Making MoonPies

by Nancy Henderson

Inside Chattanooga (Tenn.) Bakery, a legendary snack comes to life as thin circles of dough enter an oversized oven and leave three and a half minutes later as cookies.

first appeared: 1/13/2008

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