This Is It

Four photographs.

Found in "This Is It, Michael Shayne" by Brett Halliday. Published by Dodd, Mead, 1950.

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Ideal

Advertising blotter featuring "An Ideal Bread Pan" from Lockwood Manufacturing.

Found in "Hans Brinker" by Mary Napes Dodge. Published by Whitman, 1934.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Allie, who entered right here on the website.

 Allie, I will send you an email in a moment. Thanks to all who entered.

Friday Giveaway: 15 Classics - contest closed

Giving away these fifteen classic books this week.

Contest now closed, back with a winner in a few minutes.


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Hobo Bread

Recipe for "Hobo Bread" attributed to Debbie Aiken:

2 cups raisins
2 1/2 cups boiling water (pour over raisins, add 4 tsp. soda, let stand overnight overnight on countertop)

Mix:

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
4 tbsp. oil
4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt

Mix well. Add raisins and nuts and some of the raisins liquid (enough to make mixture smooth)

Pour into 3 greased 1 lb. coffee cans.

Bake at 350 deg. for 1 hour ten min

Found in "Captain Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, no date, circa 1955.

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Not Forgotten - Part VIII

We are in the process of moving the shop to a larger and nicer location. As with any move, you uncover lost treasures. If you're like me, moving takes twice as long because you end up sitting on the floor with a box of old papers reminiscing.

I came across a big box of forgotten bookmarks, ones I haven't seen in nearly ten years. These were the treasures I saved when I first started sorting books here, and back then I never thought to save the books they were found in. I thought I would pick a few from the pile and share them.

Here are parts one, two, three, four, five, six and seven of this ongoing series where I feature some of the items I find that aren't quite good enough for their own post.

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On The Ohio

Illustration reading "On the O High O!" I believe it was trimmed from an old trade card, like the ones seen here and here.

Found in "The Mine With the Iron Door" by Harold Bell Wright. Published by D. Appleton, 1923.

Here's the full version of the card:

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Guided

Old stencil set.

Found in "Advanced Autoharp Notation and Technique" by Lyman Taylor. Published by the author, 1976.

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