Forgotten Bookmarks: January 2015

Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Jennifer Markus, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, I will see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: Eight Matched Classics - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Sketchy

Two pencil sketches.

Found in "The Modulor" by Le Corbusier. Published by Harvard University Press, 1956.

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It's In There

Recipe for spaghetti sauce:

Saute:

1/3 c olive oil
1 onion chopped fine
2 chopped garlic buds

Add:

1 lb ground beef, brown and add
1 can tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1 can (4 oz) mushrooms + liquid
1/2 tea salt
1/2 tea oregano
1/2 tea basil
bay leaf
thyme
parsley
chopped green pepper
1 c chopped celery

Cook 2 hours or until right consistency

Found in "A Legacy" by Sybille Bedford. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1957.

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Impulse

Photograph, no date or writing.

Found in "SF Impulse, Volume 1 #12" published in February, 1967.

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This week's winner was Jane Masters, who entered here on the site. Jane, I will try and get in touch but you can reach me at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

Thanks to all who entered, see you again next week!

Friday Giveaway: 12 Vintage Classics - contest closed

I'm giving away these twelve classics this week.

Wright - Native Son
Tarkington - Gentle Julia
Clemens/Twain - Tom Sawyer
Kipling - Debits and Credits
Durant - Story of Philosophy
Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit
Lamb - Poems/Plays/Essays
Boswell's Life of Johnson
Irving - Bracebridge
Twain - $30,000 Bequest
Longfellow - Hiawatha
Annals of English Lit (Oxford)

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Maggie

Greeting card - the purple ink on the inside is quite faded, I tried my best to make it stand out:

Hi Maggie,

Busy too. End of the year stuff galore. I'm going to Ithaca the 2nd week too Is Grace?

Can't wait to see you and only 10 more days left of school!

See you,
Jordan

Found in "The Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress" by Joseph Delaney. Published by Greenwillow, 2010.

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Shadows

Two silhouette cards.

Found in "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith. Published by Coates & Co., no date.

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I Love You

Small note, written in pencil:

I love you Jim

Found in "Little Folks of Far Away Lands" by Lizzie S. Whittum. Published by the Education Publishing Company, 1907.

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Portrait

Two photographs, no writing or dates on reverse sides.

Found in "First Harvests" by F.J. Stimson. Published by Appleton, 1906.

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Giveaway Winner

This week's winner was Julie Doornbos, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all of you who entered, see you again next week.

Friday Giveaway: 13 Vintage Classics - contest closed

contest now closed, winner announced shortly.

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Shave And A Haircut

Wallpaper sample, reverse side indicates that it's from the Glenstyle Co., catalog number S-94441. If you're interested, the border is catalog number 93441B.

Found in "How To Judge Architecture" by Russell Sturgis. Published by Baker and Taylor, 1903.

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Pinwheel

These bookmarks come from Forgotten Bookmarks reader Eve:

In a copy of May Bartlett's Stepmother, copyright 1890, by Nora Perry, instructions on how to arrange satin ribbon pinwheels to place over a little black felt toque in your hair. Sweet.

A social card issued in 1939, and a draft status card from 1945. I've tried to track this man down, in Kentucky, to no avail. Title of book is Pioneer History Stories of the Mississippi Valley/Charles McMurrey PHD copyright 1891.

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His Excellency

A special treat today, but first a bit of background information. My grandfather collected just about everything. Stamps, model trains, coins, autographs, you name it. One of his favorite pieces in the collection was a document from 1862 signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

I was recently contacted by the Papers of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois about the letter, they had seen it up for sale on eBay. They requested a high quality scan of the document for their collection, so while I had it here in the shop, I thought I would share it with you:

To His Excellency The President of the U.S.,

The Undersigned request the appointment of William A. Warren of Iowa as a quartermaster in place of Capt. Rankin of Iowa, March 26th, 1862.

James F. Wilson, (Iowa Senator)
James Harlan, (later Secretary of Interior)
Jas. W. Grimes (former governor of Iowa)

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Let the appointment of William A. Warren, as per this requested, be made.
A. Lincoln
March 27 1862

The Adjutant General will make the nomination.
Edwin M. Stanton
in place of J.W. Rankin, in red
(Nominated April 12, 62)