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EPH Fan Wins Peggy Lee Vintage Vinyl

Charlotte Pierce — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:14:57 +0000

LOST ALBUM GIVEAWAY

Peggy Lee Album Won by EPH Fan

Guest post by by Linda Graupner-Braucht

The Platters. Roy Clark. Dolly Parton, Tom Jones. Buck Owens. Chet Atkins. Andy Williams, Peggy Lee. Ah, the turntables they’ve spun on!

I am so glad I won the Peggy Lee album from the Eikenbary-Pierce House Lost Album Giveaway! Peggy Lee was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, one year before my mom. Mom was born on a farm 40 miles northeast of Jamestown. I remember my mom talking about the old community club hall where her parents and all the homesteaders liked to party.

Mom said Peggy Lee sang there when she was known as Norma Egstrom. Norma’s family eventually lived in the upstairs of the train depot in the small town of Wimbledon, North Dakota, where she graduated from high school in 1937. At that time Peggy was already singing with a local college dance band in surrounding towns. One of those towns would have been in my mom’s hometown, Kensal, North Dakota.

That was only about 15 miles away from Wimbledon. Mom was only one year younger than Norma (Peggy Lee). As a kid, I remember my mom talking about Peggy Lee. We thought it was wise to have changed her name! North Dakota has a lot of people with crazy last names.”

One thing we’ve learned from going through this house is that “you can’t take it with you.” So we launched a contest we’re calling the “Lost Album Giveaway.” From now until the albums are gone, we’ll giving away one album for every 10 signups to our email list. To collect your album, you can either come to the historic house on Spokane’s South Hill, pick up your prize, and get a free renovation tour, or we’ll mail the album to you.

Little Free Library Charms Visitors to the Eikenbary-Pierce House

Virginia Maridel Carter surprised the crew by bringing and planting flowers to enhance the look of the Little Free Library. “This is the kind of outpouring of interest and generosity that fuels our enthusiasm and keeps us going,” said project director Henry A. Pierce III.

The quarterly Newsletter is a popular item among Little Free Library visitors. Receive a newsletter and a link to our live webcam by joining our secure mailing list.

Some visitors bring books, others borrow a book. Some stay to chat and learn more about the Craftsman home restoration, enjoy refreshments, or sign the guest book.

The quarterly Newsletter is a popular item among Little Free Library visitors. Receive a newsletter and a link to our live webcam by joining our secure mailing list.

Some visitors bring books, others borrow a book. Some stay to chat and learn more about the Craftsman home restoration, enjoy refreshments, or sign the guest book.

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Lost Album Giveaway

Charlotte Pierce — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:38:42 +0000

The Platters. Roy Clark. Dolly Parton, Tom Jones. Buck Owens. Chet Atkins. Andy Williams. Ah, the turntables they’ve spun on!

Among the many vintage items we discovered in the archaeological dig that is the Eikenbary-Pierce House are dozens of vintage LPS, or vinyl albums.

And if vintage to you means the 1960’s and 1970’s, we’re talking pre-vintage here, like post-World War II, in some cases!

But one thing we’ve learned from going through this house is that “You Can’t Take It With You.” So we’re launching a contest we’re calling the “Lost Album Giveaway.”

From now until the albums are gone, we’ll giving away one album for every 10 new subscribers to our email list, starting with the Roy Clark album (photo). Current subscribers will be included in a special drawing.

To collect your album, you can either come to the historic house on Spokane’s South Hill, pick up your prize, and get a free renovation tour, or we’ll mail the album to you.

Little Free Library Charms Visitors to the Eikenbary-Pierce House

The quarterly Newsletter is a popular item among Little Free Library visitors. Receive a newsletter and a link to our live webcam by joining our secure mailing list.

Some visitors bring books, others borrow a book. Some stay to chat and learn more about the Craftsman home restoration, enjoy refreshments, or sign the guest book.

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You Can’t Take It With You

Charlotte Pierce — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:42:27 +0000

Antique car expert Edward Joy, here inspecting the engine at the EPH, was key to identifying parts and communicating with prospective buyers.

“It has been one of my favorite accomplishments in life, to gather and pass on the 1906 Model G to the capable stewardship of Robert Daniello,” reflected EPH project director Henry Pierce III. “People who knew our father often ask me about the fate of that car, and I’m grateful that I can point to Robert’s joy of ownership and meticulous restoration.”

Redemption of the 1906 Franklin Model G

In life, we sometimes become responsible for things of value by default. They end up in our lap, and we really have to search our souls for the right thing to do. One such challenge for the Eikenbary-Pierce House (EPH) stewards was what to do with the estate’s 1906 Model G Franklin. A zippy “sports car” in its heyday, this early automobile was quite the basket case after a long repose en plein air.

The life-story of this 115-year-old automobile is a fascinating one. We don’t know much about its younger days, but the plot thickens during World War II, when Spokane antiques collector Leroy Price was pressured to dispose of his extensive collection of cars during the scrap-metal drive to support the war effort. Price turned to his friend Henry Pierce Jr., the son of Eikenbary-Pierce House owner Henry Pierce. In the nick of time, he transferred possession of the 1906 Franklin, then in a relatively assembled condition. At that time, the Franklin was a mere 38 years old!

Over the next 70 years, the Franklin’s mechanical parts lay in state of disassembly at the Eikenbary-Pierce House in Spokane. The wooden frame to the car rested for decades in the ancient orchard at the family’s California Creek farm south of the city. To protect it from further attrition by the elements, EPH stewards moved the Franklin’s vulnerable frame in the early 2000s to a secure indoor location in Idaho.

We hope you enjoy these photos of the 1906 Franklin Model G at the Eikenbary-Pierce House. Click here for more photos from the inventory of the parts in Spokane and the ongoing restoration in Massachusetts. Please use our contact form or join our Patreon for reserved access to courses on restoration techniques, sales of artifacts, and educational tours. Robert Daniello maintains a blog where he periodically posts updates of the Model G restoration milestones.

After the death of their father Henry Pierce Jr in 2009, Charlotte and Henry Pierce III came to realize that the most appropriate owner of the Franklin would by a serious restorer who could make it purr again.

An ad in Hemming’s Motor News and other appropriate collectors’ publications attracted a steady stream of vintage car buffs, including Spokane distiller Don Poffenroth. Finallly, Massachusetts inventor and engineering professor Robert Daniello said he would relish the challenge of bringing the car back to life and took delivery of the parts.

The photos accompanying this post and in the related album tell the story of how antique-car expert and family friend Ed Joy and Henry consolidated the widely scattered parts carried out a detective-level reassembly of the frame and mechanical parts in the living room of EPH. Ed inspected the roughly gathered 1906 Model G, and provided a reviews and testimonials to prospective buyers (photos).

Robert Daniello maintains a blog where he periodically posts updates of the Model G restoration milestones.

1906 Franklin Model G Restoration Blog

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