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Friday Giveaway: 14 Vintage Classics - contest closed

Contest now closed. Winner will be announced shortly.


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Friday Giveaway: 14 Vintage Classics

I am giving away these fourteen classics this week.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Twitter , Facebook 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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No Runs, No Hits, No Errors

1988 Donruss Bret Saberhagen baseball card.

Found in "1960: The Last Pure Season" by Kerry Keene. Published by Sports Publishing, Inc., 2000.

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Rhubarb Cobbler

Recipe for rhubarb cobbler:

1 C Sugar
1 C Flour
2 T Shortening
2 tsp. Bkg. Powder
Salt
3/4 Milk

Mix and then add 2 or 3 cups rhubarb.

Boil a cup of water with a cup of sugar and pour over all. Bake at 400 degrees 35 minutes.

9 x 13 pan or smaller

Found in "How To Make Old-Time Ship Models" by Miles O'Brien. Just kidding, it's Edward Hobbs. Published by Brown & Son, 1962.

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Americana

Photograph. Reverse side has "July 1940" written in ink.

Found in "In Search of America" by Lucy Lockwood Hazard. Published by Crowell, 1930.

Here's a large cleaned-up version of the photo:



The book had a nice gift inscription as well:





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Giveaway Winner

This week's winner is Diane Baum, who entered right here.

Diane, I will email you in a moment.

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

Friday Giveaway: 12 Vintage Children's Books - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.


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Friday Giveaway: 12 Vintage Children's Books

I am giving away these twelve vintage kid's books 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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Courteous Treatment - Prompt Service

Small 1951 calendar promoting Van Valkenburgh-FitzGerald Inc. Insurance Agency, Kingston NY.

Found in "The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America" by Francis Kortright. Published by the American Wildlife Institute, 1943.

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On The Pier

Small photograph. On the reverse is written:

Sept 1939
Arlie + Bob Crawford

taken on the pier at Seneca Lake

Rebekah Picnic

Found in "The Pendulum" by Mrs. Burnett-Smith. Published by George H. Doran, 192.


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