Sunshine On Cloudy Day

Crayon drawing.

Found in "Dr. Suess's A B C" published by Random House, circa 1970.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Karrie S, who entered on the site.

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

Friday Giveaway: 15 Modern Literature Titles - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner announced shortly


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On The Water

Photograph, no writing or date.

Found in "The Six-Cylinder Courtship" by Edward Salisbury Field. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1907.


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The Old Ballgame

Baseball has begun again in earnest, thought I would celebrate by sharing this 1911 guide and reference published by the A.G. Spalding Company.

Play ball!

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Fancy Groceries

Receipt from the W.L. Halsey company, a "wholesale dealer in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Wines & Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco..."

The receipt is dated August 29, 1898 in Huntsville, Alabama.

Found in "New Elementary Algebra" by Charles Davies. Published by Barnes and Burr, 1865.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Denise Cole, who entered over on Facebook.

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

Friday Giveaway: 17 Volumes of Dickens - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner announced shortly.

Good luck!

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Pressed Into Service

I don't usually post the random pressed and dried flowers and plants I find in books; I come across them so often and there are so many more interesting things to share with you. This particular batch of flora was too much to resist.

The book is volume five of "The New Testament with Commentary and Critical Notes by Adam Clarke" published by B. Waugh and T. Mason, 1833.

Here's what I found inside:

There was another volume from the same set in the box, and yet that one didn't have a single plant inside.


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Here's How

Just wanted to share something a little different today - here's a 1941 book of cocktail recipes bound in wood boards.

It's called "Here's How: Mixed Drinks" compiled and edited by W.C Whitfield and published by Three Mountaineers, Asheville NC.

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