By Bonnie McMeans
For The Philadelphia Inquirer
Reprinted with permission

When Christian Sanderson was a student at West Chester Normal School in 1898, he wrote to his mother asking her not to throw away a dried-up orange she might find in his bedroom dresser. “It was the last orange Papa ate,” he explained.

Sanderson saved a lot more than partially eaten fruit. The teacher, historian, fiddler and radio personality collected thousands of » Continue reading “Museum Houses Historic Oddities: A Man’s Lifelong Collection is on Display”