Giveaway Winner

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

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

Thursday Giveaway: 12 Children's Books - contest closed



Contest now closed, winner announced shortly.

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Eights Are Wild


Playing card.

Found in "The Moonstone Castle Mystery" by Carolyn Keene. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1985.

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Ninety Cents


Letter, dated February 19, 1929:

Dear Madam:

You have received several letters about the small balance on your account but you haven't paid it.

Why spoil your credit reputation for $.90
Nothing is more valuable than a good credit record. There are times when everyone needs credit so you should be very careful to protect your good name.

Send us a money order at once so we can close your account, pass clear title to the merchandise to you and report you to the Credit Association as "good pay."

Yours very truly

SPEAR & COMPANY
R.L. Jones
Collection Department


Found in "Parish's Fancy" by Walter Kellog. Published by John Day, 1929.



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Happy Birthday




Birthday card, no date. Reverse side reads:

The best of joy and happiness -

With love
Dot

Found in "Yinka-Tu the Yak" by Alice Alison Lide. Published by The Viking Press, 1938.

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Giveaway Winner

Fantastic turnout this week, thank you all so much for entering.

This week's winner was Kendra Stewart, who entered on Facebook.

Hope to see you all back here next week.

Friday Giveaway: 11 Volumes of Poetry - contest closed



I'm giving away these eleven poetry books this week.

High Tide - Selected Poems
Poems of Milton
Poems of Lowell
Poems of Holmes
Treasures of the Poetic World
Poems of Sir Walter Scott
Poems of Tennyson
Poets of America
Farm Rhymes - Riley
Poems of Longfellow
Rhymes of the Times

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Snow Day


Film negative with four photos. Here they after going through my film scanner:







Found in "The Comforts of Madness" by Paul Sayer. Published by Doubleday, 1990.


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Figs And Thistles




Vintage bookmark featuring Psalm 1.

Found in "Figs and Thistles" by Albion Tourgee. Published by Fords, Howard and Hulbert, 1879.

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Good Enough For Me


Recipe for chocolate cookies:

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 sq. chocolate, cocoa can be used
1 cup nuts
1 egg
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp B. Powd.
Little salt,, vanilla and little cinnamon

Drop onto greased tin. When cooled, put a little frosting on each cookie

Mrs. Stewart Wilson


Found in "Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book" published by Meredith Publishing, 1965.

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Giveaway Winner

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

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: Lucky Thirteen -contest closed





Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Vintage Valentines

With tomorrow's giveaway, I figured today was the best day to share some of these vintage Valentines Day cards.











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Delightful


Collection of various illustrations.

All found in "Home as Found" by James Fenimore Cooper. Published by Houghton Mifflin, no date listed.




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Snapshot





Two photographs, no date or writing.

Found in "Curiosities of Literature" by I. D'Israeli. Published by George Routledge, 1893.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was biki, who entered here on the website. I will try and get in touch, feel free to contact me here: fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

 Thanks to all who entered, see you again next week.

Friday Giveaway: Signed Copies of FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS and HANDWRITTEN RECIPES -contest closed



Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.


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In A Fix


Inscription, dated January 1, 1904:

Happy New Year to one who is always on a lookout to help me out of a fix.

To Mrs. Le Barr
From L. Kinney


The book is "Barbara Heathcote's Trial" by Rosa Nouchette Carey. Published by The Federal Book Co., circa 1900.



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Bookmark This

As you can imagine, I come across a lot of plain old bookmarks when sorting through books. Here are some I've found in the last week or so.








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Misery Loves Company


Photo, no date or writing.

Found in "Misery" by Stephen King. Published by Viking, 1987.

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