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The AmericanHeritage.com Guide to the Best of the Web
This is a critical guide to the World Wide Web's very best sites about history and about topics of historical interest, from the editors of AmericanHeritage.com and compiled by Jillian Sim. We want it to be comprehensive and definitive, so please send any comments, corrections, or recommended additions to comments@americanheritage.com.

Best of the Web \ Buying Into The Past: Re-enactment, Hobbies, Shopping

http://roxen.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/moreamm.html Become a Mountain Man.
http://www.33rdband.org/links/index.php?category=cwsutlers&max_results=10&page=1 he Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band's links pages. Sutlers galore! See also the band's main site: http://www.33rdband.org/.
http://www.acws.net/ Southern California Civil War re-enactment groups.
http://www.alhfam.org/ "The organization of people who bring history to life." See the links page for reputable living-history organizations and sites: http://www.alhfam.org/alhfam.links.html.
http://www.brigade.org/ RevolutionaryWar re-enactment.
http://www.buffalobrothers.net/ Accessories for cowboys.
http://www.burrows.com/events.html Lovers of the nineteenth century unite!
http://www.bustledress.com/dress.links.html Antique and vintage clothing links on the Web.
http://www.candyusa.org/Candy/candybars.asp Learn the history of American candy at the National Confectioners Association website. The pharaohs of Egypt ate licorice, the Spanish Conquistadores drank chocolate, conversation hearts have their roots in the Colonial Era, and lollipops were named after a racehorse. After you’ve finished learning your history, you can have dessert. Purchase hard-to-find favorite retro candy (50’s-80’s) here: http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_store.asp
http://www.civilwarnews.com/links2.cfm?grp=Reenacting%20%26%20Living%20History The Civil War News's long page of links to re-enactment units.
http://www.connerprairie.org/ Living history on the prairie. Indiana.
http://www.costumepage.org/tcpinfo2.html#history Costume history links. Terrific.
http://www.cottonbalers.lynchburg.net/links.htm The Cottonbaler Regiment site, or, the Company A, Seventh Regiment of United States Infantry Living History Association. Links to War of 1812 re-enactments.
http://www.dixiegun.com/ Buy a field cannon here.
http://www.earlyvegas.com/ Ring a ding ding! Here you can purchase poster-sized prints of fabulous vintage images of Las Vegas.
http://www.ebay.com Bid on the past, day or night.
http://www.geocities.com/~livinghistory/ The Living History Association. Vermont. Learn safety regulations for playing in your favorite time period.
http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/ The annual Gettysburg battle re-enactment.
http://www.hlchina.com/ Home of the highly collectable Fiestaware china.
http://www.howellfarm.org/ Howell Farm takes you back to New Jersey, circa 1900.
http://www.jackandfriends.com/ Retro, nostalgia, vintage, home décor and more. Outfit your Atomic Age kitchen with enamelware and a boss-looking Crosley Corsair radio.
http://www.lhf.org/ Play nineteenth-century farmer at one of several "Living History Farms" in Iowa.
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/ Wessel's Living History Farm. Nebraska. Innovations in Great Plains farming, from the 1920s through the 1940s.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/lhs/historicrecipes/ Links to sites about historical food and recipes. Enhance your living-history experience.
http://www.lostnewyorkcity.com/ Buy reproduction architectural elements of New York City's demolished nineteenth-century buildings.
http://www.napoleonguide.com/index_reenact.htm Americans acting out the Napoleonic Wars, with re-enactment groups around the world.
http://www.navyandmarine.org/ The Navy & Marine Living History Association. Re-enactors spreading awareness about American naval history.
http://www.ncwa.org/ The National Civil War Association. "Keep history alive by living it." In northern California.
http://www.oldandsold.com/ More antiques and auctions.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/ Learn all about antiques; find auctions and appraisers, read the stories. This is the companion Web site to the popular PBS program Antiques Roadshow. Find a list of reputable auction houses at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/series/houses.html.
http://www.periodcorsets.com/ Historic ladies' undergarments, and more.
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/ The National Postal Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution. For stamp collectors.
http://www.reproductionfabrics.com/ Claims to have the largest selection of reproduction fabrics, from 1775 to 1970, online. Feedsack prints.
http://www.retroplanet.com/ Retro Planet provides links to online purveyors of nostalgia.
http://www.riverjunction.com/ Buy a genuine vintage Saturday-night cowboy tub here, or choose from a variety of reproduction nineteenth century dry goods.
http://www.rubylane.com/ Huge online antiques mall, fully searchable.
http://www.scripophily.net Historic and authentic stocks and bonds for purchase. Also autographs, vintage fruit and cigar labels and postcards.
http://www.shasta.com/suesgoodco/newcivilians/index.htm Helpful hints and timely hints for re-enactors who want to be as authentic as possible. For ladies and gents. Includes a glossary of re-enactment terms.
http://www.tikitaki.com/ Try Tiki Taki for all your Exotica Era party and interior décor needs.
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=collectors_corner Let the U.S. Mint show you the wonders of coin collecting.
http://www.victoriana.com/library/museum.html The Victorian era online. Links to the nineteenth century.