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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 04 2019 : 07:52:51 AM
I found this in an old book several years ago. Its hard to read, but it was made by CARRIE EWELL IN 1865, BOTTOM LEFT. BOTTOM RIGHT IT SAYS MARRIED IN 1863. Its written in pencil. I put it in the frame. Wonder what she was like and where she was from?
I always look through used books or old books when I have them, you just never know what you will find.
NANCY JO |
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| HollerGirl56 |
Posted - Nov 06 2019 : 3:16:19 PM
Lovely---isn't it amazing what we find in things? I once found fifty dollars in a pattern I bought and we were so poor at that time that I was sure I was rich! Anyway it was old paper money from the thirties and I told hubby I thought it might be worth something and he said no! Anyway I know now that it was worth something. Live and learn.
Old Age Ain't No Place For Sissies!------Bette Davis |
| Dreamer42 |
Posted - Nov 05 2019 : 9:33:13 PM
Hi Nancy! I adore finds like that! I, too, brush the pages of of pre owned books I buy, love to find any treasures left behind! I also leave bookmarks and my boys art n all my books. I love to reread a favorite and find something I tucked away as well! Xo
Dreamer42
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Nov 05 2019 : 4:23:44 PM
Amazing find, Nancy!! I would love to know more about the print and also where it came from.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Nov 05 2019 : 09:47:14 AM
Nancy, what a wonderful find! Wouldn't you just love to be able to meet some of the people who wrote in the old books? Just to see what they were like.
~Denise
Sister #43~1/18/2007
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Nov 04 2019 : 2:19:37 PM
Nancy Jo, that is an awesome find. The most I have found in books is other people's bookmarks, but even those make me curious of the previous reader.
Krista |
| LadyInRed |
Posted - Nov 04 2019 : 1:17:14 PM
Nancy Jo...that is Awesome! I have found very interesting things in newer and older books. Once I found $10.00; probably somebody's bookmark they forgot about. Another time I found a charm bracelet.
And many times very interesting notes scribbled on paper. When I managed The Christian Bookstore here in Vancouver, WA I had a Sales Rep. who told me that he had bought his son and daughter The
Left Behind Series of Books for Christmas and in The Very Last Book he hid $100.00 for each of them. He did not tell them that he did...but he decided he would know if they finished the series or not
eventually. And if they didn't...and just gave the books away or to Goodwill somebody else would find a Blessing instead. So, you are right...you never know what you can find in a Book...besides a Good
Story!
Love and Hugs,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
Member since Feb. 2010
Dec 2011-Farmgirl of the Month
Aug 2018-Farmgirl of the Month
LOVE YOU TO THE BEACH AND BACK!
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| Marcy |
Posted - Nov 04 2019 : 09:51:29 AM
That is so neat! I love finding things like that. Enjoy it. We have missed you!
Farmgirl #170
FGOTM August 2012
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give...Eleanor Roosevelt
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 04 2019 : 08:04:31 AM
Great find Nancy Jo. I too wonder about the woman who owned an item I found at an estate sale or antique/thrift shop. Sometimes I make up stories about the woman and item.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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