Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was Linda Petendree, who entered over on Facebook.

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

Friday Giveaway: Five Volumes of Shakespeare - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner announced shortly

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Healthful

Trade card advertising "Garfield's Tea Syrup."

Found in "The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays" printed by C. Dilly, London, 1795.

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Rosa Marina

Recipe for Rosa Marina Salad:

1 lb box Rosa Marina
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple
1 15 oz can mandarin orange
1 8 oz Cool Whip

Drain fruit, saving juices. Mix juice, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons flour. Cook until thickened over med heat, stirring so it doesn't burn. Chill.

Cook Rosa Marina accord. to pkg. Then chill with fruit.

When chilled, mix all ingredients including Cool Whip and chill

Found in "While My Pretty One Sleeps" by Mary Higgins Clark. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1989.


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School Days

School photograph, no date or writing on reverse side.

Found in "Señor Bum in the Jungle" by Algo Sand. Published by National Travel Club, 1932.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Cliff Sanderson, who entered here on the site.

Cliff, I will try and get in touch with you - but if you see this, please contact me here:

fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

Thanks to all who entered, see you here 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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It's Tricky

Here's a humorous inscription found in "Poor Richard's Watergate" by Roy Kammerman, published by Price/Stern/Sloan, 1973.

Sept. 21/7 1973

Dad-
What do you say about a 55 year old president who blew it?
Qd

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Institution

I wanted to share this fantastic old bookplate, dated 1840.

The book is "Abrégé des Vies des Pères des Déserts D'Orent" by Antoine Cailot, 1829.


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Blending In

Note on an index card:

Mom, bring my blender

LIFE

resume

Found in "The Wolf Gift" by Anne Rice. Published by Yen Press, 2014.

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