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 out of ...

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More and more parents are commemorating their baby’s first steps in an old-fashioned way. Yes, bronzing baby shoes is back in style. Patricia L. Heise of Forever Memories in Itasca recently has ...

After pounding the dents out of automobiles for eight hours a day, Gary Turner comes home to a more delicate endeavor: bronzing baby shoes. The 39-year-old father of three is trying to revive interest ...

The tradition of bronzed baby shoes drifts back in time for many generations. Bronzing special items can be traced to before the ​s​ixth ​century B.C. Originally, bronzing was done on picture ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - During the Depression, former kindergarten teacher Violet Shinbach canvassed Ohio neighborhoods looking for yards with wading pools, tricycles and toys strewn about. She knew the ...

Short of that, we’ll settle for preserving the moment, heirloom style. ‘‘Bronze baby shoes are like a trophy to babyhood,’’ says the man who runs the company where the tiny, upside-down sneakers in ...

During the Depression, former kindergarten teacher Violet Shinbach canvassed Ohio neighborhoods looking for yards with wading pools, tricycles and toys strewn about. She knew the young mothers who ...

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During the Depression, former kindergarten teacher Violet Shinbach canvassed Ohio neighborhoods looking for yards with wading pools, tricycles and toys strewn about. She knew the young mothers who ...