Shangas, the opera glasses are absolutely beautiful. Indeed, Christmas in 1885 must have been very special for someone.
This may be a double post but -- Trip98, that is exactly what I meant. ;) It is a lovely cup, and to my way of thinking is all the more...
Trip98, I am just curious . . . does the same design appear on both sides of the Minton cup?
Love, love, love the Minton cup and saucer.
Gregsglass, I see your "scrapple" reference and raise you one (or more) in the "food" category. For second-year Latin class one of my favorite...
RE: Figtree's post showing the photo of a classroom (Post #15) -- Oh what beautiful handwriting on the blackboard. It's sad that such...
Why do some of the shirts have "R B" under "Plains"? What could that mean?
I should have been clearer in my posting. I don't think and didn't mean to imply that the two MOP items or the bookmark were from her time out of...
Evelynb30, I have the same bookmark which I found about 20 years ago at the estate sale of an elderly woman. At that estate sale I also found a...
See below entry, please.
See below entry please.
Armando, in the first two maps you pictured when you started this thread (Right-of-Way and Track Map) both dated June 30, 1917, but each with...
Interesting assortment of items. I see that there is a museum in Wilmington NC that has an "emphasis" (my word) on the old Atlantic Coast Line...
Daveydempsey -- you can't goad me into saying that both she and the bike want to appear . . . . I'm still capable of overcoming temptation....
Shiloh, that upward curve at the "backside" of the straight line of the "t" is an "old" way of "crossing" a "t" (it doesn't require the lifting of...
With that small hole on the side near the bottom of the "container" you certainly couldn't put anything either liquid or gelatinous or...
Verybrad, oh my goodness, your link was like looking through an old Christmas "wish book" -- oh those spinning tops (whether whistling or musical)...
Oh my goodness such details in a small oil -- the curls, the "crocheted?" shrug, even down to the threads around the "patches" on the skirt.
Like I said at the beginning -- "If it is a "famous event/weather/natural disaster" I can't imagine why the location or event wouldn't be printed...
Just guessing some more but I really think it is in the Pacific/South Pacific region. Not necessarily Hawaii, but do those look like banana trees...
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