Issues → October 1957 →
Tasha Tudor's Storybook Farm
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Tom's life at the farm is mainly taken up with the operation of The Ginger and Pickles Store, which is located at one end of the large farmhouse. This store, named for Beatrix Potter's book of that title, contains all the books written and illustrated by the McCreadys, Christmas cards, postal cards, note paper and stationery designed by Tasha, as well as a hodgepodge of imported toys and miniature animals. All these are for sale at the store as well as through mail order, which Tom hopes will become an important part of their business. Then there is the Doll Museum, which is really a huge doll house inhabited by Capt. and Mrs. Ethan Shakespeare. The doll house is twenty-five feet long and five feet high and contains most of Capt. Shakespeare's family, including numerous relatives. The furniture is in perfect scale, and some of the items are priceless, such as the Steuben decanters made especially for the Shakespeare household. The doll house is a result of Tasha's love for dolls. This she has passed on to her children. She and the children have spent many painstaking hours dressing the dolls, collecting the antique furniture and decorating the Shakespeare home. The result is a display guaranteed to enchant even the most callow visitor and there are thousands of visitors every year!
The Ginger & Pickles Store is open May 30th to December 20th, daily from nine to five. To get to it, go to the Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Post Office and ask for directions. Better yet, write for the Ginger and Pickles Store catalog which contains a map.
Editor's note: This story is a reprint from 1957. The Ginger & Pickles Store is closed. For more about Tasha Tudor, please go to tashatudorandfamily.com
Reader Comments
Comment from Bonnie Mercaldo on August 3, 2008
I am sorry that Tasha Tudor has passed away. The world would be a better place if they lived like she did. I find it interesting that she lived in New Hampshire as I thought she lived in Vermont.
Comment from mary whitney on August 5, 2008
she didlive in s.e. vermont
Comment from joan orrall on August 19, 2008
She was always "young" at heart, I enjoyed her stories about her family and the corgi dog, along with her beautiful flowers and plants, I always remember her in a long skirt walking bare-foot amongst her plants and flowers. She will forever be a happy memory.
Comment from joan orrall on August 19, 2008
I remember watching a segment about her on tv, showing her in her lovely garden with her Corgi dog, walking barefoot in a long skirt. Her lovely puppets, and shows that she and her children put on when they were young...She never was old, she always had a sense of wonder.
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