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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
USPS $0.08 stamp from 1971.
Photo credit from the National Postal Museum,
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Historic Plaster Repair at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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Tradespeople Build Nations: Benjamin Franklin
Figure 1: Charles E. Mill’s c. 1914 painting of a young Benjamin Franklin working on a printing press.
Celebrating Queer Visibility in the Historic Trades
The Campaign for Historic Trades has always been dedicated to making the field of historic trades diverse, inclusive, and welcoming for everyone. The tradespeople behind this work are dedicated to keeping traditions alive and literally holding history together by...
Todd Matuszewicz Announced as the 2025 Harrison Goodall Fellow
The 2025 Harrison Goodall Fellow has been selected! Todd Matuszewicz will spend the year working on his capstone project: AI Large Visual Model for Identifying Historic Properties - Pioneering Surveying and Building Identification Efforts in Denver (working title:...
Building the Future by Preserving the Past: Masonry Workshop at Sweet Briar College
On April 28th, The Campaign for Historic Trades partnered with Sweet Briar College to deliver a hands-on masonry workshop designed to connect students with the art and science of traditional building practices. Over the course of the day, thirteen engineering students...
2025 American Historic Trades Summit Recap
From April 7-9th, Chicago was the place to be for anyone passionate about preserving and progressing the field of historic trades. The 2025 American Historic Trades Summit brought together an incredible mix of educators, tradespeople, program leaders, students, and...
Philip Simmons: Master Craftsperson Highlight
The “Keeper of Gates,” “Dean of Charleston Blacksmiths,” and “Giver of Gates” are just a few of the honorific titles given to master blacksmith Philip Simmons. His ornamental ironwork is known internationally, and he spent his life sharing his craft with others....
TTAP Applications Opened!
Are you interested in exploring a career where you can work with your hands? Or dream about a worksite with a jaw-dropping view and fascinating history? If so, the Traditional Trades Advancement Program may be right for you!Every year, the Traditional Trades...
Kateri Lopez Named 2024 Harrison Goodall Fellow
Kateri Lopez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she studied Geography at the University of New Mexico with a focus on Sustainability Studies. Kateri is an aspiring adobera, or adobe brick mason, a trade commonly practiced in her family for generations....
The International Preservation Trades Workshop
The Campaign's team helped plan and execute this year's International Preservation Trades Workshop, held at Re:Purpose Savannah in early October. The IPTW is the annual conference for the Preservation Trades Network, is a 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization...
The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases Training Videos with Spanish Subtitles
The Campaign wraps up a two-year long project with its partner, El Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico (CENCOR), to translate historic trades training videos into Spanish. The project was, in part, funded by the Historic Preservation...
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