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Legends From Many Lands
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By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey / Short stories from around the world. Contents include: / 1) Krishna and the Bird, adapted from Brahman legends; 2) Yoska's Princess, a Russian legend; 3) The Giant Smith, based on an old Celtic legend; 4) The Grateful Spider, based on one of the old Roman legends of ea...
Social Security In A Nutshell - 1988 Edition
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National Underwriters booklet
My Interview with Buddy Knox - 1982
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I sat down with rock 'n' roll artist Buddy Knox in 1982 and talked about his career. It's taken me till 2007 to "publish" it, so here it is!
Top Value Stamps Saver Book - 1966 (20 pages)
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Filled-in stamp book, Top Value (TV) stamps from Top Value Enterprises, Inc., Dayton, Ohio.
Grandma Slump: "China -- A Nation of Fools"
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An entry from the humor blog, "Grandma Slump," from Aug. 15, 2008. China is chastised and mocked for their many failings.
Top Value Stamps Saver Book - 1966 (20 pages)
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Filled-in stamp book, Top Value (TV) stamps from Top Value Enterprises, Inc., Dayton, Ohio.
Old Time Letters
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Some articles from 1895, including one on the changing customs in letter-writing, having to do with the relations within families, being personal, intimate, or, as it was around 1795, more formal.
The Druids and Their Temples
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Original article published in June 1875 in St. Nicholas, a magazine for children. The author teaches some things about the Druids, but gives basically a negative slant against them. This article is posted at my blog antiquereligion.blogspot. com.
charm_aikyo
scribbled: ^V^ nice i hope i can read more about it
The Fabulous Leonard "Foodarama" Refrigerator
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Refrigerator advertisement recreated, combining a color photograph from a publicity postcard and an old newspaper ad. The original ad is from 1955.
High School Football Program - Iowa, 1964
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Cherokee Braves vs. Emmetsburg E-Hawks, Sept. 18, 1964. Cherokee, Iowa and Emmetsburg, Iowa. Middle spread is pieced together from 3 scans, so it has some minor flaws. Coca-Cola ad inside. Also merchant ads from Cherokee, the bowling alley and a bank.
Save and Serve The Cause of Freedom - World War I, 1918
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Advertisement from the U.S. Food Administration, on reducing consumption of certain things, all for the war effort. Save wheat, use more corn. Save meat, use more fish and beans. Save fats, use just enough. Save sugar, use syrups. From the Columbus Daily News, Columbus, NE, Jan. 26, 1918, p. 2.
masonry39
scribbled: this is good material
A Dozen Eggs - Newspaper Cartoon, 1918
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Pretty good cartoon, a man saving a dozen eggs during a nasty slip on the ice. With egg prices going up, this is as relevant as ever! From The Columbus Daily News, Columbus, Nebraska, Jan. 26, 1918, p. 2.
sharon clark
scribbled: cute
yankeeinparadise
scribbled: Looks like the cartoonist for Mutt & Jeff
cstirnckwr4803
scribbled: Valleri, much tak for the cartoon -- think that this is important as have been trying to pin down when the 'dozen eggs' became commercially packaged as such.
The use of 'the dozen' as a wholesale/...
masonry39
scribbled: i thought the two white circles are eggs!!!
glad their not, whew!
Greiner's Store - Grocery Store Ad - 1918
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From The Columbus Daily News, Columbus, Nebraska, Jan. 26, 1918, p. 3. A nice advertisement with quite a few grocery prices.
Your Baby's First Vegetables and Fruits - 1938 Booklet
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Published by Libby, McNeill & Libby, 1938. 24 pages. Baby's world is a changing world. Doctors now direct baby's upbringing, with earlier feeding of vegetables. Vintage health/nutrition and parenting guide (in advertising form) for families long ago.
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