Error In Calculation

Grade change form from State University College at Oneonta NY. (From C to B-)

(ED: Names blurred)

Found in "Microsoft Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA" by John Walkenbach, published by IDG, 1999.

Hannah

Note, three inches square:

Hannah Croute who was born July the 26th 1821 and departed this life November the 24th 1852 aged 31 years 4 months and 1 day Became a member of the methodist episcopal church in the year of our Lord 1838

Found in "The Holy Bible" title and copyright page missing, circa 1837 (inscription on front endpaper is dated 1837)

Footprints

Certificate from Chenango Memorial Hospital with photo and baby footprints.

This is to certify that
David Leslie Grant
has been elected to membership in the
Babies' Alumni of Chenango Memorial Hospital
in recognition of generosity and good will to others

Date June 23 1949 ____ A.S. Wilson, Chairman

Found in "Sewing for the Home" by Mary Brooks Picken, published by Harper & Bros., 1946.

ED: I actually have started making some calls to track down someone who might want this particular FB back. I will keep you all informed if I have any luck.

EDIT 2: My notes were wrong on this one, the book it was found in was actually "The Captain’s Chair" by Robert Flaherty, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. I probably messed up another post, but I haven't been able to figure out which one.

Forum Toute L'Argumentation

Bookmark, 1 inch by 7 inches.

Found in "History of the Hebrew Commonwealth" by Albert Edward Bailey and Charles Kent. Published by Scribner's, 1920.

Orchids and Coal

Advertising sign, color picture of orchids.

"Let these "Orchids to you at Christmas" say
Merry Christmas - Happy New Year
and thanks for the priviliege (sp) of serving you.

J.W. SHULTS COAL COMPANY

Found in "Rainbow Over Broadway" by Alma Sioux Scarberry. Published by John H. Hopkins, 1936.

Buick

Vehicle registration for a 1929 Buick Coupe. Dated February 1 1941.

Found in "Train Your Dog With Kindness" by Willy Necker, published by Hall Pub. Co., 1953.

I Cannot Root for Gertude Stein

Poem on pink paper:

They Don't Speak English in Paris

I wish that I could get in line
And shout the praise of Gertrude Stein
In any high class hullabaloo
I rather like to holler to;
I hate like anything to miss
Smelling the roar of Ah! Boom! Siss!
And most particularly when
THe cheers are led by famous men.
The fault I'm sure is solely mine,
But I cannot root for Gertrude Stein.
For Gertrude Stein I cannot root
I cannot blow a single toot;
I must preserve a dreary silence
Tho' doomed thereby to d????? violence.
I'm fond of women, also wine?
But not the song of Gertrude Stein.
No laurels can I pass, alas.
No pidgeons in the grass, alas.
Oh woefully must I decline
To dance in the street for Gertrude Stein.
O, Gertrude, Gertrude, is it me?
Couldn't it possibly be thee?
Not in the face of all the roses
Avoided by they? who ????
From Walla Walla to the Rhine
Carillons sang for Gertrude Stein
Rung not by nitwit nincompoops
But geniuses in pervert groups.
Those p?? of talent most divine
Scratch ????? for Gertrude Stein
U???? all their personal muttons
Tyey genuflect to tender buttons.
Why must I grunt, a lovely swine,
Rejecting the pearls of Gertrude Stein?
Why can't I praise in cataracts
The Four such Saints in these such Acts?
Four Saints, Three Acts, Three Acts in fact
The act gets a Saint and a third an act??
And Lizzie Borden took three axe
And gave her mother tongue forty whacks
And a hundred eminent artistic figures
Swallowed the woodpile including the n???es
I prefer to wade their Rasselas
To pidgeons in the grass, alas
The English language is better as language
Share spattered like a lettuce & mayonnaise sausage
So let those who will read Alice B. Toklas,
And I'll take the complete works
of Shakespeare and a box of choclas.

--Love this, and Gert. Stein-

Found in "1984" by George Orwell. Published by Signet, 1961.

Smile

Black and white photo, 5 inches by 7 inches.

Found in "The Rock Book" by Carol Lane Fenton, published by Doubleday & Co., 1946.

Ed: Another great photo today, must be a sign of good things to come.

King of the Wind

Photo of a man on a horse, writing on the back is faded, but I believe it reads "JACK O. 1945."

Found in "Five Weeks in a Balloon" by Jules Verne, published by W.L. Allison Co., circa 1880s.

Ed: This is really fantastic photograph, it has a clarity and glossiness you don't see with older photos. I apologize for my skills on the digital camera, the image above really doesn't do it justice. This may be my new favorite FB.

People Leave Stuff In Other Places

In record sleeves, for example. Check out the finds at the excellent WFMU FM blog.