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Hail to the Shelf
The White House needed new closets. Lady Bird called us
Jul 17
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Jason Toon
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Who drew these gnomes?
Help us solve a mystery from our archives
Jul 10
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Jason Toon
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The Personal Submarine cost how much?!?
Guess the prices of these Hammacher classics
Jul 3
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Jason Toon
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June 2026
When Hammacher coined our own money
The semi-legal tender that got us through the Civil War
Jun 26
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Jason Toon
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Joe Versus the Volcano
Our Hollywood cameo and what might have been
Jun 19
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Jason Toon
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On Her Majesty's Customer Service
The Queen Mother shops at Hammacher, 1954
Jun 12
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The Hammacher '70s Diet
A calorie-counting calculator and a meal-slowing fork
Jun 5
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May 2026
Our Gnomic Gnamesakes
Once upon a time, two wee little carpenters became advertising icons
May 29
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Jason Toon
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Summer of '76
Flipping through a Hammacher catalogue from 50 years ago
May 22
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Jason Toon
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Hammacher on Broadway
A tongue-in-cheek 1929 showtune pledges undying love for us
May 15
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Jason Toon
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Post-apocalyptic luxury
The Hammacher Schlemmer fallout shelter, 1962
May 8
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Jason Toon
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Our new logo and how it got that way
An interview with designer extraordinaire Louie Mantia about our new wordmark
May 1
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Jason Toon
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