A whimsical look at a lifetime of personal ephemera collected with no particular aim in mind except it was either too interesting, too funny, too sentimental or too pretty to part with! Welcome and enjoy!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014
Joy Young Restaurant - Petersburg VA - 1950s
The Joy Young restaurant was on Route 301 just outside of Petersburg. It was Grandpa's second favorite place to eat when he was visiting us ... his #1 favorite was King's BBQ. Joy Young closed some time ago and the building was vacant for ages before being demolished. There's just an empty lot there now.
The description on the back of the postcard reads:
Air-Conditioned
Delicious Chinese and American Foods
Steaks - Lobster - Seafood
Plenty of Parking Space
The description on the back of the postcard reads:
Air-Conditioned
Delicious Chinese and American Foods
Steaks - Lobster - Seafood
Plenty of Parking Space
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Dad's Christmas Santa Carvings in My Kitchen Window - 2014
Dad carved these in the early 1990s and gave them to me over a period of 2 or 3 years. I put them in the kitchen window each December and they really brighten the window sill which usually has plants the other 11 months of the year. The photo was taken on an overcast day and the lighting doesn't do their cheerfulness any justice!
There's also 2 spoons he carved with snowmen handles that are propped up in the lower left hand side of the photo.
There's also 2 spoons he carved with snowmen handles that are propped up in the lower left hand side of the photo.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
With our love, Daughter - 1982 & 1983
My mother must have really liked this card ... she inadvertently gave it to me in both 1982 and in 1983!
Me reading a new comic book - Christmas 1960s
Poinsettia - Christmas 1990
Grandma sent me this photo of a poinsettia received as a gift by one of the residents in her apartment building. She wrote on the back:
"This poinsettia was over 36" across. Someone received it for Xmas."
"This poinsettia was over 36" across. Someone received it for Xmas."
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
A Joyful Christmas - 1911
My great-grandmother Sibyl used to correspond with her sister-in-law Rosie in Danville via letters and postcards. When my grandmother was a year old in 1911, Sibyl sent this postcard to Rosie but wrote it as though it were from my grandmother to her cousin Coy (also a year old). It's postmarked from Washington D.C. on December 23, 1911 at 10:00 AM. She writes on the back:
"Dear Coy,
Your card came today. I went downtown with my mama today. Santa said he was going to send you something from Washington. My daddy has got a bad cold. Love to Aunt Lizzie and Grandma and you.
Love,
Virginia"
Among many other items, this postcard was saved by Rosie and given to my grandmother as a keepsake of her mother.
"Dear Coy,
Your card came today. I went downtown with my mama today. Santa said he was going to send you something from Washington. My daddy has got a bad cold. Love to Aunt Lizzie and Grandma and you.
Love,
Virginia"
Among many other items, this postcard was saved by Rosie and given to my grandmother as a keepsake of her mother.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Heartiest good wishes for a Merry Christmas - late 1970s/early 1980s
Mildred sent this lovely Christmas postcard and wrote on the back:
"Dear Shelby, Just a note with this card. Thank you so much for the birthday card and for telling Katherine it was my birthday. You and she have got to be just the sweetest girls around. You made an old woman quite happy. Thanks a lot. Love always, Mildred"
"Dear Shelby, Just a note with this card. Thank you so much for the birthday card and for telling Katherine it was my birthday. You and she have got to be just the sweetest girls around. You made an old woman quite happy. Thanks a lot. Love always, Mildred"
Monday, December 15, 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
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