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You're In The Army Now

Collection of four promotional 8x10 photos from the US Army. The first two have some information on the reverse side, dated 1962.

 Found in "Officers and Gentlemen" by Jeffrey Simpson. Published by The Sleepy Hollow Press, 1982.

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Arrived

Postcard from Arden, Canada, postmarked July 29, 1953. Scribbles ignored, here's the best I can make out:

Arrived here about 2 PM. Had a nice trip. Having good weather.

Found in "Lead, Kindly Light" by Vincent Sheean. Published by Random House, 1949.

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Unfinished

Bookmark, no writing or printing on reverse.

Found in "Unfinished Tales" by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Classics - contest closed

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We Need To Talk

Note: "I want to talk to you about MJ's birthday."

Found in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Charles M. Schulz. Published by The World Publishing Company, 1965.

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Dream A Little Dream

Sealed envelope. I opened it up and there was a 1954 wheat penny inside.

Found in "Dreamers of the American Dream" by Steward Holbrook. Published by Doubleday, 1957.

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Best Results

1924 calendar advertisement card from Socony Gasoline / Standard Oil.

Found in "Jim Waring of Sonora-Town" by Henry Herbert Knibbs. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1918.

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Modern Library Books - contest closed

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Pressed

Dried and pressed flower and leaves.

Found in "Oeuvres Completes Du P. Bourdaloue" published by Auguste Gaude and Jean-Matthieu Douladoure, 1818.

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Stand And Deliver

Well-preserved carte de visite from the Crocker studio of Perry, NY. No date or writing on reverse.

Found in "The Life of Dwight L. Moody" by his son, William R. Moody (signed copy), Published by Revell, 1900.

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Federalist

Remains of the July 23, 1812 edition of the Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper "The Hampshire Federalist." Published about month after the start of The War of 1812.

Found in "The New Gallery of British Art: Volume One" published by D. Appleton and Co., ca 1862.

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Clipped

Newspaper clipping, dated 1864.

Found in "The Spencers: A Story of Home Influence" by Stephen H. Tyng. Published by The American Tract Society, 1869.

 

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Delicious Delights

Two typewritten and xeroxed recipes:

French-Swiss Cookies

1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 egg white
Colored candies or ground nuts

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Beat in egg yolk. Add flour and cinnamon and blend well. Roll pieces of dough into 1" balls between buttered palms. Place balls on ungreased baking sheet about 2" apart. Press out paper thin with a floured spatula. Paint with egg white and sprinkle with colored candies or ground nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 mins. Yield: 6 dz cookies

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Sand Tarts

Cream 1/2 cup butter. Add 1 cup sugar, 2 egg yolks (beaten lightly) and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat the mixture until light. Sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add to first mixture and blend well. Chill for several hours. Roll dough thin and cut with 3" star cookie cutter. Place on buttered baking sheets and put a split blanched almond on each cookie. Brush with unbeaten egg whites, then sprinkle with muxture of 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Bake in moderate oven, 375 degrees, for ten minutes.

Found in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. Published by the Junior Book Club, no date, circa 1945.

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