by Old Mentz | Aug 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
My previous post about Ruth Cushman and her son Oliver was just the beginning of a adventure of sorts that would lead to the discovery of a new unknown portrait. Yes, it’s one of those stories historians hope for as we pull the backs off frames looking for clues to...
by Old Mentz | Aug 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is likely you have heard, sang, or hummed the old song “Fifteen Miles of the Erie Canal”, with the famous refrain “Low bridge, everybody down; Low bridge, for we are a coming to a town.” The Thomas S. Allen tune was written around 1911 about the time when the era...
