Every time I find myself wandering the grounds of Denio’s market in Roseville, I realize it’s a very good thing that we live in a small house — one that’s already pretty well packed with mementos of our lives. If I had space for even just a few of the cool items I see for sale during the weekends, I would soon be living inside my own personal weird and wonderful museum of American nostalgia. Thank goodness these photos take up much less space!

Patent drawing reproduction of Gatling gun, 1865