I suspect all three originally had twisted string or a ribbon holding them together. Dickens was so popular I wouldn't be surprised if they made...
Thanks @elarnia. I've got someone who saw the bench on Craigslist who says they're coming to buy it this weekend. Let's see if they do - if not,...
Thank you @Couch Potato Wannabe. Can I take some more photos, closer up, and ask again?
I think that along the bottom of each page there is another story being told, separate from the main story of the book, perhaps a folk tale of...
It looks like the baby and the little boy in the last picture are wearing them too. I wonder if they were called pinafores?
@komokwa - so are we!!!!!!! :kiss::eek::)
Thanks Bakersgma!
@Debora - did you notice the pinafores on the boats page?
Debora, when you're right, you're right!
Cluttered - you're so smart! I never would have thought of that!
No time, and no desire! :) It's paper I love, love, love!!!
Yup - sounds good - as soon as I can force myself to go take more photos. And thanks for the reminder about the illustrator Frances Brundage,...
I acquired this in a huge ephemera lot I bought from our friend Bronwen. DH drove up to Manhattan the other day, double parked, he and Bronwen...
Thanks Debora. I thought girls wore drop waist dresses earlier than that, but maybe not that style.
Thanks pearls and sabre. I think your idea, pearls, is what people here generally suggest, and it's a good suggestion. Sabre - I guess I worried...
I acquired this calendar recently and want to put it up for sale on ebay. I have found one copy - on ABEbooks. The seller is asking $150 and...
I acquired this book recently and would really like some help with it. I tried to use Google translate, but I just couldn't in this case. It reads...
Why thank you elarnia! Now what do you find interesting?
Nice! What are you going to do with them Spring? That's a great link - I bookmarked it. I love old machines - so beautiful and so useful.
Hi DapperAndy - Can I assume this is vinyl? Did they make cheap sheet faux leather out of plastic? I remember 5 or 8(?) years ago when I had...
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