Yes, bronzing baby shoes is back in style. Patricia L. Heise of Forever Memories in Itasca recently has noticed an upturn in orders. Heise has been serving Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin as a ...

She knew the young mothers who lived in those houses were prospective customers for her fledgling entrepreneurial enterprise: bronzing baby shoes. Despite the hard times, the business took off and ...

She knew the young mothers who lived in those houses were prospective customers for her fledgling entrepreneurial enterprise: bronzing baby shoes. Despite hard times, the business took off and ...

and bronzed baby shoes. Tiny worn shoes have been saved for generations. In 1929, Violet Shinbach, a Cleveland housewife, came up with the idea of bronze-plating baby shoes. She founded the Bron ...

Preserving baby shoes, toys, keepsakes or soothers, a bronzing service is a surefire winner. Low investment, low overhead, and little competition means big profits for you. To get started in a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Years ago, it was common for young parents to send off their baby's first shoes for bronzing as a forever keepsake. But like many popular commodities, bronzed baby shoes fell ...

Bronzing is commonly associated with baby shoes, but now customers send all sorts of items to the bronzing vats. Food items are difficult to bronze, but not impossible. One company, The Bronzery ...

This early postcard shows bronzed baby shoes, the specialty of American Bronzing Co. Courtesy of Boston Public Library/ Flickr Back in the 1930s, a Columbus kindergarten teacher had a dream. Violet ...

She knew the young mothers who lived in those houses were prospective customers for her fledgling entrepreneurial enterprise: bronzing baby shoes. Despite the hard times, the business took off and ...

His bronze booties fall into a companion category. Have I ever gone through the mental exercise of asking “What would Johnny do?” regarding the disposition of his baby shoes? No. And I’m not ...

She knew the young mothers who lived in those houses were prospective customers for her fledgling entrepreneurial enterprise: bronzing baby shoes. Despite the hard times, the business took off and ...