Lovely color illustration, reverse is blank. Could have been part of an old greeting card or advertising card.
Found in "The Calling of Dan Matthews" by Harold Bell Wright. Published by A.L. Burt, 1909.
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Giveaway winner
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SS Île de France
Postcard featuring the French ocean liner SS Île de France. No writing or postmarks on reverse.
Found in "Stories Behind the World's Great Music" by Sigmund Spaeth. Published by Garden City Publishing, 1940.
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Found in "Stories Behind the World's Great Music" by Sigmund Spaeth. Published by Garden City Publishing, 1940.
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NKOTB
New Kids on the Block bookmark.
Found in its original home, "New Kids on the Block: Backstage Surprise" by Seth McEvoy and Laure Smith. Published by Archway, 1990.
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Found in its original home, "New Kids on the Block: Backstage Surprise" by Seth McEvoy and Laure Smith. Published by Archway, 1990.
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Portrait
No name or writing on reverse, printed studio is "Instructor Co., Dansville NY."
Found in "The World's Greatest Books: Volume XIX" edited by Lord Northcliffe. Published by McKinley, Stone and Mackenzie, 1910.
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Pickle Me This
Recipe for tomato pickles:
1 pk. tomatoes diced
1 cup salt
Stand overnight, drain
Boil tomatoes in 2 qts water and 1 qt vinegar 15 minutes
Drain, then take
5 qts vinegar
2 lbs brown sugar
1/2 lb white mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons ground mustard
2 green peppers cut in strips
Put all into a porcelain kettle and cook 15 minutes, put spices in loose.
Found in "Lowney's Cook Book" prepared by Maria Willett Howard. Published by Lowney's, 1921.
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Sweet
Coupon for seven cents off Sweet Tarts or Pixy Stix (offer expires December 31, 1974).
Found in "Billy Bathgate" by E.L. Doctorow. Published by Harper, 1989.
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Portrait Of A Lady
Photograph, no date or writing on reverse.
Found in "Gloria Victis" by J.A. Mitchell. Published by Scribners, 1897.
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Excused
Note:
Prof. Verrill,
Please excuse Bertha's absence from school yesterday and oblige.
V.E. Birch
Apr. 11th '90
Charles H. Verrill
Found in "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" published by A.L. Burt.
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