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Hudson River Day Line Pass, 1899

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:53:32 +0000

"Hudson River Day Line Pass, 1899. E. D. Bennett, G.S.,
Bennington & Rutland Ry. E. E. Olcott, general manager. 412."

E. D. Bennett, the general superintendent of the Bennington & Rutland Railway Company, also received a pass from the Adirondack Steamboat Company in 1897. The boat pictured on this card is the side-wheel steamer New York

See below for some other steamboat passes and tickets from the Adirondack Steamboat Company/ (1897), Baltimore Steam Packet Company (1911), New Jersey Steamboat Company (1870), and Reading Steamboat Company.

Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company Playing Card

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 10 May 2017 17:53:55 +0000

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"'Quick-Way' Truck Shovel Co., Denver, Colo."

The back of an advertising playing card for a company that evidently came up with a "Quick-Way" of mounting a crane and shovel on a truck.

Astro Bow—Get in Orbit and Go Go Go!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:01:04 +0000

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"Astro Bow. Get in orbit. Go-go-go. 39¢. Buser Century, Inc."

A black velvet hair bow shaped like a space capsule!

"Get in Orbit" and "Go Go Go" with "Astro Bow" is what the printed card is telling us. What Space Age gal could resist something like this?

Peace: Memorial Day Souvenir

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:00 +0000

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Memorial Day

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:02 +0000

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For another postcard with the same ears-of-corn border, see Greetings from the Grange Encampment and Fair, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania.

This Beats Walking

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:36:45 +0000

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"This beats walking. Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pa."

Behind the Flying Saucers

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:46:34 +0000

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"Behind the Flying Saucers. Frank Scully. The book everyone is talking about. Popular Library. Earle Bergey."

Earle K. Bergey's wonderfully frightening cover illustration of saucers in the sky and panic in the streets certainly helped to make this "the book everyone is talking about" when it appeared in 1950. But author Frank Scully's account of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials in Arizona and New Mexico was probably enough to get people talking even without the cover.

Scully wasn't the only one writing about such scary topics in 1950. Author Donald Keyhoe also argued that The Flying Saucers Are Real:

The Flying Saucers Are Real

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:46:32 +0000

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"The Flying Saucers Are Real. Donald Keyhoe. True story behind the strangest phenomena in history! Gold Medal Book. 107. Frank Tinsley '50."

The Flying Saucers Are Real, written by Donald Keyhoe, first appeared in 1950. Frank Tinsley's dramatic cover illustration helped to convey the startling news that flying saucers (or UFOs aka unidentified flying objects) are actually extraterrestrial spacecraft.

For another book from 1950 on the same topic, see Behind the Flying Saucers:

The Fate of America Is Ticking Away

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:31:24 +0000

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The back cover (above) of The Smuggled Atom Bomb (see below for the front cover).

Here's the dramatic back-cover blurb that sets the scene:

The fate of America is ticking away. Your friend Harry is above suspicion--you think. He's an everyday Joe--likable, respectable, good at bridge, average with the women. He wouldn't hurt a fly--you think.

Yet in his room is a closet. On the closet door is a lock. You're a sucker for gadgets and so, just for a gag, you jimmy it.

Inside is a box--heavy, lined with lead. And inside that--

IS AN ATOM BOMB!

The Smuggled Atom Bomb

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:31:26 +0000

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Oh no, Harry has an atom bomb in his closet!

That's what we're told on the back cover (see below) of The Smuggled Atom Bomb, a 1951 novel by Philip Wylie. The front cover (above) warns us about "an atomic plot against America" and poses the question, "Is the fate of America ticking away?"

Escape the Night

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:31:28 +0000

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The eye-catching cover of Escape the Night, a 1944 murder mystery by Mignon G. Eberhart.

Harvest Home: O Give Thanks

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:08:12 +0000

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Words on the bell-shaped decorations in the middle: "Harvest Home."

Text on the wall at left and right: "O give thanks unto the Lord. Praise the great giver. God giveth the increase."

Text at top: "Siehe Ich bin bei Euch alle Tage bis an der Welt Ende" [translation: "Behold I am with you all days, even to the end of the world," a Bible verse, Matthew 28:20].

A photo of a church Harvest Home display, location and date unknown.

For more examples, see my Harvest Home album.

Man with Harvest Home Display

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:08:16 +0000

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A church Harvest Home display with a variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and cornstalks. The man in the picture is probably the pastor of the church.

Harvest Home Display with Canning Jars

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:08:14 +0000

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A church Harvest Home display with jars containing recently harvested and canned fruits and vegetables.

For similar photos, see my Harvest Home album.

Augustus F. Siller, Paper Hanger, Philadelphia, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:54:42 +0000

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"Augustus F. Siller, paper hanger, 437 Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa."

A nineteenth-century business card for a Philadelphia wallpaper hanger. For other late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century business and trade cards for paper hangers, see A. B. Tack, Practical Paper Hanger and Decorator, Harrisburg, Pa., A. E. Cobaugh, Paper Hanging, Falmouth, Pa., 1902, and Frescoing! House and Sign Painting, E. A. Weis, Reading, Pa. (see below).

A. B. Tack, Practical Paper Hanger and Decorator, Harrisburg, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:56 +0000

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"A. B. Tack, practical paper hanger and decorator, 1210 N. 3d St., Harrisburg, Pa. Full assortment of wall paper and window shades always on hand."

Frescoing! House and Sign Painting, E. A. Weis, Reading, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:54:40 +0000

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"Frescoing! House and sign painting, paper hanging, graining, glazing. Latest styles of wall paper in large variety. All work done as represented. E. A. Weis, agt., 26 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. Eagle Job Print, Reading."

A. E. Cobaugh, Paper Hanging, Falmouth, Pa., 1902

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:11:20 +0000

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"A. E. Cobaugh, paper hanging in Falmouth, Pa. Agent for Alfred Peats & Co., prize wall papers. American Lithographic Co., N.Y."

Printed on the back of this advertising trade card: "The pattern shown on the front of this card is an exact reproduction of one of Alfred Peats & Co.'s prize wall papers for 1902. There are over 500 papers of this kind in their sample books, which will be shown by their agent. The patterns are most artistic, The colorings are very beautiful. The prices are extremely low, ranging from from 5 cents to 50 cents per roll. If you want for one room or a whole house, be sure and see these samples before making selections."

It Biteth Like a Serpent and Stingeth Like an Adder

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:05:18 +0000

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"At last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Prov. 23-32."

The verses that proceed this one in the Book of Proverbs place this quoted Bible verse in context and make it clear that this colorful Victorian-era card was intended as a temperance message: "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder." (Proverbs 23:29-32.)

At the same time, the handwritten notation on the back of the card (see below) reveals that it also served as an attendance reward for a student who only missed a few days of instruction during the 1893-1894 school year.

Handwritten on the back of this card:

Katie Whitmyer, Mar. 22, 1894.

School Opened - 120
Days Attended - 115½
Days Missed - 4½

L. S. Sahm, teacher

Gladys Morrison's Birthday Party, June 4, 1910

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:33:30 +0000

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Handwritten note on the back of this real photo postcard: "1896 1910. Birthday Party. Gladys P. Morrison. June 4, 1910." Addressed to Bertha Chase, Campton, N.H., but there's no stamp or postmark.

Fourteen-year-old Gladys Morrison holds her birthday cake (or is it just a plate of cupcakes with candles?--mouse over the image for a closer look) as twenty-eight of her friends and relatives pose for a photo with her.