Category Archives: Content

After 100 years in business, Holzman Furs closing down on Historic Mitchell Street – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Conrad “Connie” Holzman and his family business Holzman Furs on Historic Mitchell Street are admittedly old school. “Made In America” is the only sign of quality he wants to see.And he hates online shopping.“Nowadays, what you buy is crap,” Holzman said. “The reason you’re buying online is because you’re lazy.”  source

Petition drive to keep Brockhouse taxidermy collection in Sioux Falls fails – thedakotascout.com

A citywide vote to decide the fate of a collection of rare taxidermy mounts slated to be shipped out of state won’t happen.Concerned Citizens for Sioux Falls has come up thousands of signatures short in its attempt to refer a decision by the City Council to offload more than 100 specimens known as the Brockhouse […]

Need a wolf fur? A puffin pelt? All you need is a library card and a visit to the ARLIS library – Anchorage Daily News

Need to borrow a polar bear fur? Or a walrus skull complete with tusks? Or how about a beluga whale vertebrae or piece of baleen?All you need is a library card and a trip to the Alaska Resources Library and Information Services on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus.The library — better known as ARLIS […]

Of Skeletons And Skins: Meet Sri Lanka’s Only Female Taxidermist – Roar Media Archive

AboutBrand PartnershipsContent PolicyContact EnglishSinhalaTamilBanglaWalking into the taxidermy division of the Colombo National Museum is both fascinating and unnerving at the same time. A leopard snarls in greeting just inside the door, elephant skulls line the small aisle ahead. A pair of giant squirrels perch on a stand, nibbling fruits in tableau, redolent of a life […]

Heritage: Salem clothing merchants had Syrian roots – Statesman Journal

“Way Over in Syria Was Business Career of This Salem Merchant Started. N.C. Kafoury Has Had Enough Experience to Make an Interesting Novel.”So started Olive Doak’s 1930 article in Salem’s Oregon Statesman newspaper about Nadir Coury Kafoury.While I agree with Doak that the Kafoury family’s story is interesting, I would argue that the facts are […]