Down On The Corner

Photograph, no date or writing on reverse.

Found in "Book of Stories" edited by Emily Hanson Obear. Published by Allyn and Bacon, 1928. 

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Marked


Handmade silk bookmark.

Found in "The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant." Published by D. Appleton and Co., 1898.


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Ressurection



Stereocard, labeled #6673, "The Ressurection."

Found in "The Life and Times of Queen Victoria" by Arthur Lawrence Merrill. Published by Charles Foster Publishing Co., 1901.

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Hello Dolly

Doll dress.

Found in "The Mysterious Image: A Nancy Drew Mystery" by Carolyn Keene. Published by Wanderer Books, 1984.

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Wag The Dog


Two trade card illustrations.

Found in "New Waggings of Old Tales" by J.K. Bangs and Frank Dempster Sherman. Published by Ticknor and Co., 1888.


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Reunited


Handwritten registry of deaths of the Potts family.

Found in "The Life of our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" by the Rev. John Fleetwood. Published by Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1850.

I found this sheet over the weekend, and did my best at some internet sleuthing. After several hours, I was able to find a descendant of the Potts family that lives locally and successfully delivered it back home.


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Good Ship



Shirley Temple paper doll.

Found in "Savage Messiah" by H.S.  Ede. Published by The Literary Guild, 1931.



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Portrait


Large photograph, no date or writing on reverse.

Found in the July 12, 1954 issue of Life Magazine.

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In The Weeds


Bookmark.

Found in "Wild Flower Families" by Clarence M. Weed. Published by Lippincott, 1908.

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Famous Four



Four-leaf clover.

Found in "Famous Pictures of Real Animals" by Lorinda Munson Bryant. Published by John Lane Company, 1918.

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