Michael Popek's Blog, page 89
January 11, 2017
Bronze Badge Of Courage

Children's play badge (I think - it's metal and pretty solid).
Found in "Springboard to Tokyo" by Canfield Cook. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1943.
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Published on January 11, 2017 08:22
January 10, 2017
Stuffed

Found all this in "The Story of Music and Musicians" by Lucy C. Lillie. Published by Harper and Bros., 1886.
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Published on January 10, 2017 08:36
January 9, 2017
Birthday Bookmark

Found in "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. Published by McLoughlin Brothers, no date.

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Published on January 09, 2017 08:40
January 7, 2017
Giveaway winner
This week's winner was Megan Costello, who entered right here on the site.
Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.
Megan, I will try and get in touch with you via your profile. You can reach me directly at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com
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Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.
Megan, I will try and get in touch with you via your profile. You can reach me directly at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com
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Published on January 07, 2017 08:05
January 6, 2017
Friday Giveaway: 10 Vintage Children's Books - contest closed
Published on January 06, 2017 09:04
Friday Giveaway: 10 Vintage Children's Books

The Friday Giveaway is back - today I am giving away these ten vintage children's books.
To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram 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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Published on January 06, 2017 09:04
January 4, 2017
Break On Through

Brown silk bookmark.
Found in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Published by Altemus, no copyright page, ca. 1890.
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Published on January 04, 2017 07:45
January 2, 2017
Portrait Of A Lady

Found in "A Child's History of England" by Charles Dickens. Published by Porter and Coates, no date, circa 1880.
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Published on January 02, 2017 07:25
December 28, 2016
It Ain't Easy Being Green

Book of S&H Green Stamps.
Found in "The Week-end Library: Issue of 1930" published by Doubleday and Doran.
From Wikipedia :
S&H Green Stamps were trading stamps popular in the United States from the 1930s until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson. During the 1960s, the company promoted its rewards catalog as being the largest publication in the United States and boasted that it issued three times as many stamps as the U.S. Postal Service. Customers would receive stamps at the checkout counter of supermarkets, department stores, and gasoline stations among other retailers, which could be redeemed for products in the catalog.
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Published on December 28, 2016 08:12
December 27, 2016
Bring Chairs

Notice:
CONCERT
SUNDAY AUGUST 27TH
7:00 PM
CONCERT BAND OF LANCASTER
BUCHANAN PARK
BRING CHAIRS
Found in "Glimpses of the Barren Lands" by Captain Thierry Mallet. Published by Revillon Press, 1930.

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Published on December 27, 2016 07:42