About Us

Hello All, welcome to our store!

 We are Levi and Faith Sherman and are excited to share with you our love of history and historical material culture. As the new owners of Amazon Drygoods we look forward to providing you quality historical goods at reasonable prices. Levi started his journey of selling historical goods in 2013, going into business as a historical tailor and later selling 18^th century fabrics with his friend Gabriel Everson. The Sherman family reenact over 8 different time periods ranging from Classical Greece to WWII.

Amazon Drygoods started in 1983 around the kitchen table of Janet Burgess, the original owner and founder. Along with Eric Brookhart she also started the Amazon Drygoods Collars and Cuffs business.  They purchased the old presses, dies, etc. from the Gibson Lee Collar Company, the successor to The Reversible Collar Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

When Levi started Civil War reenacting in 2008, Amazon Drygoods was still a catalogue only business and by the 2010s it was past due for an update. In August of 2011 Kevin and Samantha Hickle, former customers, acquired Amazon Drygoods, and moved the business from Davenport, Iowa to Osgood, Indiana.  It was they who transitioned the company from a catalogue business to an online one, allowing the company to grow throughout the 2010s.

In 2023, Samantha met Levi and Faith Sherman, and they bonded over a shared love of history and reenactment. It was a providential meeting as the Hickles were looking to sell the business and Levi and Faith were looking for a way to expand their historical fabric business.

The deal was finalized at the end of 2024 and the business moved to Florence, Kentucky. Levi and Faith look forward to providing the same quality products and customer service that Amazon Drygoods has become known for while expanding the business to offer new products and service other historical time periods.

We look forward to serving you,

 Levi and Faith Sherman