When we were having the shell of our present home built the builder called us and said it was hard to work because of the cold weather. He told us he had an air tight wood stove he would install for a ...

A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

We recently bought a house and there was a cast iron stove in the back yard on the deck. While the thing looks nice we have no use for it. We would like to get rid of it and, hopefully, at a fair ...

Despite the technological and manufacturing advancements of the 19th century, many artists of the time looked to the past for inspiration. Visual artists developed the Pre-Raphaelite style.

Nearly a century ago, a family likely depended on this Majestic Manufacturing Company stove to cook meals, boil water and provide heat during chilly winter days. Now a relic, this wood and coal range ...

The Vault is Slate’s brand-new history blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatevault. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Little misses in the first decades of the ...