We've Got Ideas

Black and white photo, dated September 1963.

Found in "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx. Published by Gateway, 1961.

Anyone know what kind of car that is?


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Last Will and Testament

Found in "Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley" by Cuyler Reynolds. Published by the Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913.

Bonus: Check out the author's inscription in this book:


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Things That Were Familiar

Card:

Dear Helene -

I hope you will enjoy reading this book as much as I did - not that we follow quite the same route this man did but there are a number of things that were familiar -
Much love to you
always
Eleanor

Found in "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Published by Signet, 1960.


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For The Morning After The Night Before

Postcard from "The Bird in Hand" restaurant in NYC. Postmarked April 20, 1942.

(The Bird in Hand) -- is worth two in the bush. Some bird!!
Hazel & Jim (??)

Found in "The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination" selected by Philip Van Doren Stern. Published by Garden City Publishing Co., 1945.


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Good Versus Evil

Drawing.

Found in "Relationship Rescue" by Phillip McGraw. Published by Hyperion, 2000.
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Full Disclosure

This day had to come eventually. I was going through one of my bookshelves recently, and came across my own forgotten bookmark. This is a note for me from my Dad, written around 1996 or so, if I had to guess:

Hi Mike

GOOD DAY FOR:
• Sealing the gutter trouble spots
• If painter is not coming, bank dirt high up wall, do all you can to divert water. There is perforated pipe under deck. Put them under the dirt first. No floods this year!
• Painting the back room.

Found in my copy of "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller. Published by Dell, 1971.

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So Much

Note:

Se tanto, que a veces creo que no se nada.

I know so much so, much but, sometimes, I guess that I don't know nothing.
Bold strength bold caution + ?? / amusement

Pam

You're very, very wide.

Found in "The Poets and Poetry of Europe" by Henry Longfellow. Published by Porter and Coates, 1871.

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Pass It On

Burton poem on thick stock card:

Pass It On

Have you a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given to you alone,
Pass it on.
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears -
Pass it on.
Have you found the heavenly light?
Pass it on;
Souls are groping in the night,
Daylight gone.
Hold thy lighted lamp on high,
Be a star in some one's sky,
He may live who else would else would die, -
Pass it on.

-Henry Burton

Found in "The Holy Bible" published by American Bible Society, 1880.

-- Feel better, A.S..

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Winner

Ok, today's winner is Spacebeer.

SB, send me an email at fb AT forgottenbookmarks.com to set up shipping accommodations for your new books.

Thanks to all who entered - remember this is a rolling contest, and I'll be giving away a new set of books on Friday. The first book on the new pile is leatherette copy of "The Scarlett Letter" published by Thomas Nelson, circa 1910. For every 25 new followers/Facebook fans/RSS subscribers, I will add another to the giveaway.

Giveaway Reminder: UPDATE CONTEST OVER

Just a quick update on the giveaway that's going on. Adding another book, this is 1928 edition of 'Little Men' illustrated by Clara Burd.

The formula is as follows:

For every 25 new followers/fans/subscribers I get via Twitter/Facebook/RSS, I will add another book. All books will be given away today at 3:00 PM.

Here are pics of the books so far:


To enter, just comment or reply. I'm still counting the replies and comments from previous announcements.

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