Comments | sonoran999: Longaberger Baskets

sonoran999

Longaberger Baskets

Mar 13, 2007 21:10

The Longaberger family has been making baskets for generations. Dresden, OH was a huge hand-made basket weaving town, and it died out in 1936. The Dresden Basket Company was about the only form of business back then and everyone in town worked there and learned the trade of hand-weaving baskets, including Grandpa Longaberger. His son Dave began ( Read more... )

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avalonwomon March 14 2007, 13:58:05 UTC

Nope! That photo is hilarious. I can't wait to come to Dresden to see it! Hee.

sonoran999 March 15 2007, 21:44:07 UTC

Ha Ha! I just realized that I replied to myself, not to you!

Do you realize we have the potential of seeing each other 3 times this year!?

sonoran999 March 14 2007, 19:09:31 UTC

Do you realize that we have the potential of meeting 3 different times this year?

mooncrow_song March 15 2007, 02:50:34 UTC

no - thanks...I was curious.

the giant basket is funny! I grew up in a small town called Porcupine Plain - and guess what giant tourist attraction we have???

sonoran999 March 15 2007, 21:42:17 UTC

Would it be some sort of small, prickly animal?