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!
Monday, September 29, 2014
Schloss Neuschwanstein
Grandma's good friend Ruth sent me this postcard of the German royal castle Neuschwanstein while visiting her granddaughter. It's postmarked October 13, 1994. She writes:
"I know it was good to see your Grandma. I know she could hardly wait to go. I'm having a nice time with my granddaughter and family. Germany is a beautiful country. Love, Ruth"
"I know it was good to see your Grandma. I know she could hardly wait to go. I'm having a nice time with my granddaughter and family. Germany is a beautiful country. Love, Ruth"
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Lemon Refrigerator Dessert (or Pie)
In 1950, my mother purchased this sweet little handmade recipe booklet that a Home Economics class at Allentown High School had put together with a collection of their favorite dessert recipes. It's small and the end pieces are cardboard with the front and back held together by yarn.
Monday, September 22, 2014
My great-grandmother's wedding day photo - October 30, 1907
This is my great-grandmother Sibyl on her wedding day with her first husband, George Robert Lake. She was 18 years old. He was in his early 20s and sadly passed away a little over a year after the marriage from a lung ailment. They had no children. She married my great-grandfather 2 years later.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Make someone happy - 1960s
A brochure for embossed pencils that my mother picked up at Rucker-Rosenstock department store in the 1960s:
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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