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!
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Tulsa, Oklahoma - 1981
Grandma received this postcard from her good friend Ruth who was in Tulsa visiting her son & his family before traveling on to Tacoma, Washington to visit her daughter & family. The postcard is postmarked in Tacoma on May 27, 1981. She writes:
"Hi, Tulsa was great. The weather no. I'm at Brenda's now. They like the nightgowns and they all fit. See you soon,
Love, Ruth"
"Hi, Tulsa was great. The weather no. I'm at Brenda's now. They like the nightgowns and they all fit. See you soon,
Love, Ruth"
It's a Message From Your Dentist
Grandma would sometimes enclose cartoons in her letters and here's a gem from the late 1980s:
Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
All Things Bright And Beautiful - 1980
My mother sent this note card to me at college on April 28, 1980. She writes:
"Did you have a nice weekend? We had terrible weather. We had a bad storm last night that knocked the power out for about an hour and a half. Of course, we didn't even have water, and you know how dark it is down here. Dad lit the oil lamp. It gives off right much light.
We did manage to get the tomatoes planted.
I think I told you that we are going to Grandma's Friday morning if nothing happens at work (like Margaret in the hospital or something). Grandma called yesterday. So if you need us over the weekend and we aren't here, her phone # is xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Well Honey, be good and study hard. Hello to Katherine. Write often.
Love,
Mama"
"Did you have a nice weekend? We had terrible weather. We had a bad storm last night that knocked the power out for about an hour and a half. Of course, we didn't even have water, and you know how dark it is down here. Dad lit the oil lamp. It gives off right much light.
We did manage to get the tomatoes planted.
I think I told you that we are going to Grandma's Friday morning if nothing happens at work (like Margaret in the hospital or something). Grandma called yesterday. So if you need us over the weekend and we aren't here, her phone # is xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Well Honey, be good and study hard. Hello to Katherine. Write often.
Love,
Mama"
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Grandma (on the left) in Atlantic City with Some Friends - 1960s
I know the woman in the middle was her friend Lillian but I'm not sure who the one on the right is! They went on a "girls vacation" to the beach each summer back then.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Admiralty Head Lighthouse & Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Stamps - Issued 1990
Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Whidby Island, Washington ~~~~~> Click here!
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, North Carolina ~~~~~> Click here!
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, North Carolina ~~~~~> Click here!
Monday, April 6, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Headstone of my Great Great Grandmother Caroline Virginia Doss Mann (1853 - 1923)
Caroline Virginia Doss Mann
Born July 10, 1853 in Hill Grove, Pittsylvania County, VA
Died at home on August 30, 1923 of a stroke
Buried in Leemont Cemetery in Danville, VA
She was called Callie by her husband, my great great grandfather, James Knox Polk Mann.
Born July 10, 1853 in Hill Grove, Pittsylvania County, VA
Died at home on August 30, 1923 of a stroke
Buried in Leemont Cemetery in Danville, VA
She was called Callie by her husband, my great great grandfather, James Knox Polk Mann.
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