Collections is series from The Show devoted to devoted to the things we acquire and treasure.
Janet Traylor’s collection of ancient apothecary and medicine bottles is kept in an old wooden ammunition box under the grand piano in her midtown Phoenix home.
Her collection came to her already completed and filled with memories. It’s a gift from her late father, with whom she collected these blue and green and clear glass containers when she was a child. KJZZ contributor Robrt Pela visited Traylor to learn more.
Collections
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Joe Dampt has loved guitar ever since he started playing when he was 10 years old. A few years later, after buying and selling a guitar for the first time, Dampt realized something: He could play as many rare vintage guitars as he wanted if he bought and sold them. -
Sherry Dewane began collecting postcards nearly a decade ago. Her family owned the Stagecoach Motor Hotel in Phoenix. Years after the inn was sold and turned into a parking lot at Sky Harbor Airport, Dewane started searching for old postcards of her family’s demolished hotel. -
Artists who work with found objects are notorious for having strange collections of random items waiting to be turned into art. An installation by two local artists spotlights their unusual collections and chronicles their time making art in the Valley. -
High school teacher Teri Woods has been collecting Fiestaware since the 1980s, and she tells The Show why she started, and why she keeps going. -
Kayla Long and E.P. Bradley are collectors — and not just of one thing. But if you look closely at the eclectic collection, one recurring theme dominates: Pigeons.
