Michael Popek's Blog, page 129

On The Beach

Photograph, no date or writing.

Found in "Velazquez" by August Breal. Published by Duckworth & Co., 1904.

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Dearest Mother

Handwritten card. Envelope reads:

To the dearest mother in all the world
from
Eleanor Greene

Inside:

To Mother 

A heart-to-heart greeting, dear Mother, A wish for your happiness, too. With the fondest affection as ever, and thankfulness always for you 

To Mother
From Eleanor

Found in "A Moonlight Boy" by E.W. Howe. Published by Ticknor and Co., 1886.



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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Malika Oswald, who entered here on the site.

Malika, I will send you a message to the email provided in your comment.

Thanks to everyone who entered, see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: 11 Vintage Classics - contest closed

 Contest now closed, I will announce the winner in a moment.

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Friday Giveaway: 11 Vintage Classics

 I'm giving away these eleven vintage classics this week.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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Pleasant Relations

Letter, dated January 24, 1912:

53 W. 126 St.

Dear Edna,

You have been such a dear helpful little lady this term so often sacrificing your own comfort for the pleasure of others that I had to just write and tell you how much I appreciated it.

You are soon to go away to a place that has been variously described as lovely - horrid - worst place of its kind - perfectly fine - so much nicer than Wadleigh and I hope that you may find it to your liking - that you will meet most congenial associates - will meet with marked success and a diploma in June 1913.

I am sending a little book as a very small souvenir of our pleasant relations together.

Wishing you increased health, strength and every blessing, I am

Yours sincerely,
Jane I. Taylor

Found in "The Jingle of a Jap" by Clara Bell Thurston. Published by Caldwell, 1908.


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What Does It Mean?

Small scrap of paper, looks photocopied. Perhaps part of someone's (Kathleen's) homework.

Found in "Major Problems in American Colonial History" edited by Karen Ordhal Kupperman. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

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Buddy

Photograph, inscribed "Your buddy, Clif."

Found in "Old Scotch Gems in Song and Scenery" published by David Bryce, 1906.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Karen Hatch, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to everyone who entered, see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: 12 Vintage Classics - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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