Forgotten Bookmarks: 2019

Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Carolyn Scott-Nimitz, who entered here on the site via email.

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Friday Giveaway: Signed Copy of HANDWRITTEN RECIPES - contest closed

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I Hardly Know

Postcard, dated September 14, 1906:

Albany NY

Dear Cousin,

I hardly know what to say to you about coming out next week for I don't know yet as I can get away from my work. I don't think I can come before Wed. anyway but will try and let you know.

Found in "The Volcano's Deadly Work" by General McAlister. Published by W.E. Scull, 1902

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That Time Of Year

I wanted to share a few of the holiday postcards I've found over the years.

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The Lesson

Trimmed illustration.

Found in "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" published by Houghton Mifflin, 1882.

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Giveway winner

This week's winner was @Lionnesss, who entered on Twitter.

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Friday Giveaway: Signed Copy of FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS - contest closed

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Pay To The Order

Cancelled check from the Farmer's National Bank of Deposit, NY dated April 20, 1921.

Found in "The Nature of the Beast" by Ruth Crosby Noble. Published by Doubleday, 1945.

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The Thread

Trade card advertising J & P Coats Thread.

Found in "Flat Iron For a Farthing" by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Published by Donohue and Co., no date.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Alice Cole, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Children's Books - contest closed

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Distressed For Success

Not a creature was stirring, except the mouse who was chewing the corners off this book.

Cheer

Thanksgiving postcard.

Found in "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens. Published by Chapman and Hall, no date; ca. 1910.

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Trade card advertising H.A. Fisher Pianos and Organs, Oneonta NY.

Found in "The Realm of Music" by Louis C. Elson. Published by The New England Conservatory of Music, 1892.

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Park It

Page from a AAA safety coloring book, dated 1947.

Found in "Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. Published by Random House, 1946

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Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was suethebookie, who entered on Instagram.

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Friday Giveaway: Grimm's Fairy Tales - contest closed

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Nostalgia, Part 23

Panel from a plastic Nintendo Entertainment System game sleeve.

Found in "Sweet Valley Twins #1: Best Friends" by Francine Pascal. Published by Bantam-Skylark, 1987.

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Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was Dillon Lambert, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Six Poetry Books - contest closed

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Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was Robert August, who entered here on the site via email.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Children's Books

I am giving away these nine vintage children's books today.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or via email.

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10 AM Eastern. Good luck!

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Ontario

Small black and white photograph.

Written on reverse side:

In Ontario - Canada
June - 1939
The small boys are wading for pennies being thrown from our boat when we docked

Found in "The Secret Cache" by E.C. Brill. Published by Cupples and Leon, 1932.

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Lucky, Part 87

Four leaf clover.

Found in "By Nippon's Lotus Ponds" by Matthias Klein. Published by Revell, 1914.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was liverly_lives, who entered on Instagram.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine SciFi/Fantasy Books - contest closed

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Mr. Dunning Goes To Utica

Photograph, reverse side reads:

Frank H. Dunning
Michigan

Found in "Sidney Lanier" by Edwin Mims. Published by Houghton, Mifflin, 1905.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Leighton Phillips, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Seven Classics - contest closed

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Round Robin

Trimmed illustration of a robin.

Found in "Hints Towards Reforms" by Horace Greeley. Published by Harper and Brothers, 1850.

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Sit For A Spell

Tintype photograph.

Found in "Hyperion: A Romance" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Published by Houghton, Mifflin, 1869.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Abraham Eyzies, who entered here on site via email.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Children's Books - contest closed

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Tami Rozema, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Seven Classics - contest closed

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What We Have In Common

Small tin type photograph.

Found in "The Book of Common Prayer" published by T. Nelson and Sons, 1866.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Jennifer Cole, who entered here on the site via email.

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Classics - contest closed

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Portrait Of A Lady

Photograph. Written on reverse:

Maud Bowman Age 16 yrs
Dec 18, 1897 Ashland Ohio

Found in "A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric" by John S. Hart. Published by Eldredge, 1883

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Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was Alice Harris-Alden, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Classics - contest closed

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Assurance

Life insurance contract from the Equitable Life Assurance Society, dated June 29th, 1889.

Found in "Backgrounds of Literature" edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Published by The Outlook Company, 1903.

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Portrait Of A Lady

Color photograph.

Found in "A Viking of The Sky" by Hugh McAlister. Published by Saalfield, 1930.

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A Nurse's Story

Handwritten page from a journal, looks like white pen on thick scrapbook style black paper.

Feb 1, 1945 - My first day at M.E.H. It was pretty lonesome when Mother and Freda left, but met lots of the girls in my class at the pajama party in the evening.

Mar. 7, 1945 - First day in uniform. Gee, we look funny! And my shoes feel so queer with these "cookies" in them.

Mar. 10, 1945 - First day on wards! Convalescent bed and disinfect a unit. Not much but was I ever scared! Fun, though!!

Mar 12, 1945 - First pay check today - $15 for February. Gee! I'm a real Cadet Nurse, now!

June 17, 1945 - First full day on wards from 7 to 3. Much nicer than just a few hours!

June 29, 1945 - Had my tonsils out at 1:s0 PM. Had a local anesthetic. Wow! What a procedure and is my throat ever sore after!

July 3, 1945 - The "Big Day." Discharged from infirm. at noon. Got Cadet uniforms in PM. Was capped at 8:00 PM in chapel. 24 of us got through. I had 47 points. Mommy was there. Oh, what a thrill! I'm really in now!!

Found in "I'll Get Over It" by Maysie Greig. Published by Center Books, 1943.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was @TinyNavajo, who entered on Twitter.

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Friday Giveaway: Five Classics - contest closed

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Coach

Black and white 8 x 10 inch photograph.

Found in "American Yesterday" by Eric Sloane. Published by Funk and Wagnalls, 1956.

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Altered Beast

An unusual find today. Ten moths, dried and pressed, each individually wrapped in cellophane. If that were not unusual enough, the moths appear to have been altered. If you take a close look at their bodies, a small piece of colored paper has been trimmed to fit and mounted over the original.

Found in "The Hermit of Moss Pond" by James Pitcher. Published by the author, 1896.

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To my singing teacher

From Lauren King

Found in "Trixie Belden and The Mysterious Visitor" by Julie Campbell. Published by Whitman, 1965.

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