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!
Curser
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Dad - early 1950s
This photo of my Dad was taken in a photo booth in the early 1950s. He kept it in his wallet for years and there are marks on it left by the plastic wallet sleeves. It's not his best photo by a long shot but it's still a snapshot in time.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
So True!
Animal crackers and cocoa to drink, that is the finest of suppers, I think;
when I am grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.
Christopher Morley
Congratulations!
Although it doesn't specifically say so, this pretty red rose card was intended to congratulate me on my college graduation. It was sent by my grandmother's good friend Tess in 1982. They became friends in their old age when they both worked as volunteers at a church thrift shop. Tess has since passed away as has my grandmother. Inside she signs it "Much Good Luck, Tess".
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
You'll never know what I've been through ...
When this card is opened, a banner pops up wishing me a Happy Easter from my college roommate's parents! It would have been sent sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s and probably received a day or two before leaving on Spring break holiday. Spring break then wasn't quite the experience spring break is for college students today ... or maybe it was just me! Anyway, nice card and I appreciated it! I wish I had kept the envelopes for these cards as well as the cards themselves as it would help me pinpoint some of the dates but at least I can get within a decade!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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