ABC

Found this neat little homemade ABCs booklet in a box with some antique children's books.

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Scrap

While I was sorting last night, I came across an older edition of George Eliot's "A Mill on the Floss." My guess is that it was from the 1870s. Inside I found all sorts of illustrations, but not from the original book. A previous owner had meticulously trimmed and pasted in dozens of illustrations, likely clipped from magazines and newspapers of the era. There were too many to photograph, so I put together a short video:

The Hindenburg

Something a bit different today. First, let's start with the book:

"The Adventures of the U-202" by Baron Spiegel von und Peckelsheim. Published by The Century Co., 1917.

Enough of the previews, let's get to the feature presentation:

Opening credits, if you will. On to the action:

End credits:

There's even a theme song, "The Hindenburg Anthem" -

fin

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