It makes sense but the signature varies in parts from ones online. But signing flimsy handkerchiefs is enough to mess up any signature!
I'm tempted to plot the locations, as I haven't got an inbuilt sense of US geography! But that's another Illinois?
Hadn't thought about it, (usually ebay) but for the moment just enjoying the research and in awe at Bakersgma! The remaining c25-30 are a mix of...
Bear, I bought these against internet and room bidders, so I had been planning to split them up to get a decent return. But do you think these...
Sorry Bakers, I think it is Tibbs [IMG]
26 is Zane Grey, I think, Dentist and author. Lucille, I can't see Grey having a handkerchief like that, so I think you are right in the...
Bakers, you are amazing! Lucille, thank you. Now for some more :) 18: [IMG] 19: [IMG] 20: [IMG] 21: [IMG] 22: [IMG] 23: [IMG] 24: [IMG] 25:...
Seems to point to a travelling collector rather than one collecting by mail? The tacking of many handkerchiefs suggests this is an individual...
Bakers, isnt it Slaten, not Slaton?
Bakers, there are probably another 30-40 hankies. I only got them on Friday so havent looked at them all to see if there is a collecting theme....
Definitely a pattern. Though who was Lucile Biggerstaff ;)
You're on a roll Bakers :)
Here's 5 more: 13: [IMG] 14: [IMG] 15: [IMG] 16: [IMG] 17: [IMG]
Lucille, I'll be taking photos of the rest and adding them to the thread. Will take a few days though!
Bakers, that is how I read the signature. And I think another is Carrie Jacobs-Bond, the singer, pianist and songwriter
We recently bought about 50 handkerchiefs, which appear to be mementos of people and places in the States in the 1930s. We have done no research...
Susan, that makes much better sense!
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Hi, will post more photos shortly, hope they come out sharper but the writing is tiny and faded
Separate names with a comma.
