Change Of Scenery

Postcard featuring Mott Street in Chinatown, NYC - dated June 16, 1924:

Dear Eva,

We have changed our address but do not like it. We are look for better room and when we get located we will send you new address. We hope you are feeling good. We are fine.

With love,
Mae and Nathan

Found in "The House of Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published by A.L. Burt, no date listed.


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Burned

One burned CD, there was only one file on it, an MP3 of Beethoven's 7th Symphony.

Found in "The Foot Book" by Dr. Seuss. Published by Random House, unknown date (dates and editions are really hard to pin down for Seuss books).


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Wendy Ann Sulek, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, see you again next week!

Friday Giveaway: 13 Classics - contest closed

Contest now closed, I'll announce the winner shortly.

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No Backbone

Three leather book spines. No sign of the rest of the books.

Found in "The Holy Bible" published by A.J. Holman & Co, 1891.

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Epitaph

Photograph of a gravestone. Here's the image cleaned up so it's easier to read:

Looks like:

Waitsey Ann
Wife of
Orson B. Mead,
Died
June 23, 1852,
???

I tried to make the other one readable:

Best I can come up with is:

Greta/Gerta
Wife Of
..mer?
May,

A quick google search and...

Thanks Find A Grave.

Found in "The Soul Scar" by Arthur B. Reeve. Published by Harper and Brothers, 1919.

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Merry Christmas

Here's a Christmas card from author Booth Tarkington.

The writing on the reverse side is tough to decipher, I enlisted the help of Twitter and here's what we came up with:

Dear Flora,

This sends you & yours our very happy wish for the New Year and always -

Affectionately yours - Susanah

(in pencil)

To Flora Reynolds Xmas 1939

Tarkington's second wife was Susanah Keifer Robinson, according to Wikipedia.

"Flora" could be "Floss," a nickname for Florence.

Found in "Rumbin Galleries" by Booth Tarkington. Published by Literary Guild, 1937.


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Finger Lickin' Good

Recipe for barbeque sauce:

Chicken or Ribs

1/2 C. brown sugar
2 tbls vinegar
1/4 C. Katsup
1 tsp Worchester (Worcestershire) sauce
1 1/2 tsp horse radish

Cook & cool

Found in "Prairie-Town Boy" by Carl Sandburg. Published by Harcourt and Brace, 1955.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was @littlelodestar, who entered on Twitter.

Thanks to all who entered, see you next week!

Friday Giveaway: 12 Classics - contest closed

Contest is now closed, I will announce a winner shortly

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