I've heard it called both. I still have the one my grandmother gave me in 1950 that she made. I have it wrapped and boxed. It still looks new. I was visiting her one summer in Vancouver, Washington and liked it so much, she sent it to me for Christmas that same year. A special present that still means a lot to me.

My great-grandparents actually bought the house in the 1930's and during WWII rented upstairs rooms to men who worked in the factory up the street that manufactured supplies for the war. They also owned a soda shop up the street on the corner. After my great-grandfather died in 1952, my great-grandmother moved back to Newcomerstown and gave the house to my grandparents.

I found two of those crescent moons with staircases at a garage sale a couple of years ago for $1 each. I bought both of them; they are proudly displayed in my eclectic looking living room. I had never seen them before then, and this is the first time I've seen them since. I change the display on them for the seasons. Right now they have small stuffed sheep on them for upcoming Spring.

My grandparents, who would probably have been about the same age, also had that moon with staircase! By the time I was around (the 80s), it was relegated to the basement.

We had that plywood crescent moon, with its staircase for displaying knickknacks, on our living room wall in the '60s. I think we had two plywood stars, too. For the life of me I have no idea what we displayed on them, though.

This is a sweet photo, and I'm glad to hear your grandparents have lived in the same house for 55 years.