All Stars

Schedule (with some scores) from the 1928-1929 Converse High School basketball season.

Found in "Virginia Beautiful" by Wallace Nutting. Published by Old America Co., 1930.

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Giveaway winner

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Clowning Around

 Inscription:

Steal not this book
you little clown
there is a jail at Cooperstown

I love you with my heart

Your frend

Written in "New Education Readers: Book Four" published by the American Book Company, 1901.

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Mother's Day

Bookmark:

A Bookmark for Mother

Laden with love

This bookmark goes to the dearest of mothers,

From one who knows.

 - To Mother

From Jerry and Fred

On the reverse side is written "Mother's Day 1927."

Found in "The Rumford Complete Cookbook"by Lily Haxworth Wallace. Published by The Rumford Co., 1925.

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Jeanette and Mary

Photograph.

Written on the front: "Jeannette - Mary."

On reverse: "Mary Louise and and Jeanette McIntosh, Rome NY. 1945 - 7 and 9 years old. For Mrs. Mattice."

Found in "Jessie Graham" by Mary J. Holmes. Published by Dillingham, 1906.

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Spencer For Hire

Basketball card featuring Spencer Haywood of the Sonics from 1968.

Found in "A Midwife's Tale" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Published by Vintage, 1990.

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Portrait of a Lady

Small photograph.

On the reverse side is written Harriett Jackson Bennett.

Found in "Ten Boys Who Lived on The Road From Long Ago To Now" by Jane Andrews. Published by Ginn and Co., 1895.

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Puzzled

Trade card advertising Pond's Extract. This one is a puzzle card, with some hidden images in the background.

Found in "Building The Nation" by Charles Carelton Coffin. Published by Harper and Brothers, 1883.

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Danger In Boy's Town

Six Boy's Town stamps.

Found in "Danger In Paradise" by Octavius Roy Cohen. Published by The Popular Library, 1944.

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Grizzly

Crayon drawing. Written on the reverse side is "Cathy, 1972."

Found in "King of The Grizzlies" by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by Scholastic, 1970.


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