Can You Do This?

Postcard, postmarked Brooklyn NY, September 24, 1907.

Printed on front:

Training the baby elephant: Central Park, New York

Hand written on front:

Letter expected by return mail.

Can you do this? I mean put your trunk on your head

Dallas

Reverse:

Miss Lucy Ebe
98 Lark St
Albany NY

Found in "Kid Wolf of Texas" by Ward M. Streeter. Published by Chelsea House, 1930.

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Pattern Of Evil

Looks like this is a sewing pattern for a jacket cut out of a magazine or book.

Found in "Star Wars" by George Lucas. Published by Ballantine, first paperback printing, 1976.

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Guess The Book: Updated

Something a little different today.

I'll post a picture of the item I found, you guys guess what book it was found in.
Here's the pic:

April 16 1940
Received from J.C. Conway

20.00 Dollars
Mrs. Nils Sturbug (just a guess on that)

Edit: Here's the book:

"Sapphira and the Slave Girl" by Willa Cather. Published by Knopf, 1940.
Somehow I don't think the receipt was for the book.


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A Note of Thanks

Greeting card:

Just a little

"Note of thanks"

That someone

Specially wrote

To let you know

That gift from you

Sure struck

A happy note!

Found in "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Published by Grossett and Dunlap.

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Vincent

Color photo.

Written on reverse:

Great Uncle Vincent

Portland, JA

03/01

Found in "Skinny" by Ibi Kaslik. Published by Walker, 2004.

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Star Spangled

Not sure what to make of all this. Found these two sheets of paper, the first page has a list of names, some crossed out in red pencil, some checked off. At the top is a bold red "Bad."

The rest of the text is a typed copy of "The Star Spangled Banner," with some handwritten lines added at the end.

Found in an awful copy of "Building and Ruling The Republic" by James Boyd. Published by Bradley / Garretson, 1884.

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Sinister Fudge

Recipe:

Mrs. Eisenhower's Fudge

4 1/2 c. sugar
Salt (pinch)
2 TB butter
1 can evaporated milk (tall)

Bring to boil - boil 6 minutes

Put in bowl

12 oz. semi-sweet choc. bits
4 sq. bitter choc.
1 pt. marshmallow cream (2 jars)
2 c. nut meats

Pour boiling syrup over choc. and cream, beat till melted.
Pour in pan.

Found in "Bend Sinister" by Vladimir Nabokov. Published by Time-Life in 1964.

I figured that someone had just copied a recipe published by Mamie Eisenhower, so I did a little research. Sure enough, this is her "Million Dollar Fudge."


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Motoring

Black and white photo.
Looks like a cemetery in the background.
No date or writing on reverse.

Found in "Sapho" by Alphonse Daudet. Published by Appleby, 1939.

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Sometimes The Jokes Write Themselves

Torn invoice:

Oneonta, NY - Jan 15 1934
M.A. Ross

in account with

Harry J. Butts
Freight and Baggage Transfer
Guaranteed Service on Freight Shipment
High-Grade Coal a Specialty

Found in The Making of Illinois by Irwin Mather. Published by A. Flanagan Co., 1911.

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Shield Of Honor

Ribbon:

Diamond Lodge, No. 26

Shield Of Honor

Carbondale, PA

Found in "The Poems of Robert Burns" published by Collier, circa 1880.

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