Saturday, November 24, 2007

Vintage 1959 PEANUTS LUNCH BOX, THERMOS Metal, SNOOPY! - (eBay item 310001806154 end time Dec-01-07 20:23:53 PST)

Vintage 1959 PEANUTS LUNCH BOX, THERMOS Metal, SNOOPY! - (eBay item 310001806154 end time Dec-01-07 20:23:53 PST)

This colorful Thermos brand tin lunch box is marked, "Peanuts by Schulz, ©United Features Syndicate, Inc., 1950, 1954, 1959. Thermos Division King-Seeley Thermos Co." The matching half-pint thermos is marked, "Peanuts by Schulz, ©United Features Syndicate, Inc., 1950, 1954, 1959. Bottle No. 2868."

The lunch box lid features Schroeder playing his piano for Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus with his blanket and Snoopy. The other side shows Snoopy in aviator mode on his Sopwith Camel while Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown observe. The narrow edges have strips with the characters buying tickets to a movie, kite flying, Snoopy behind enemy lines, and Charlie and Lucy playing baseball.

The thermos features Charlie Brown pitching a baseball over Snoopy's head to Lucy while Schroeder is in the outfield and Linus sucks his thumb.

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20 PA HUNTING TRAPPING Game Commission Info 1963-1993! - (eBay item 310001787740 end time Dec-01-07 18:23:53 PST)

20 PA HUNTING TRAPPING Game Commission Info 1963-1993! - (eBay item 310001787740 end time Dec-01-07 18:23:53 PST)

These twenty booklets are called, A Digest of Pennsylvania Hunting Trapping published by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Each booklet covers one year, giving the license information, regulations, hours, maps, season and bagging limits, etc.

Four are duplicates. Here's the list of all twenty:
  • September 1, 1963 to August 31, 1964, one big page all folded up
  • September 1, 1977 to August 31, 1978, 54 pages
  • September 1, 1978 to August 31, 1979, 58 pages
  • September 1, 1979 to August 31, 1980, 50 pages
  • September 1, 1980 to August 31, 1981, 54 pages
  • September 1, 1981 to August 31, 1982, 54 pages
  • September 1, 1983 to August 31, 1984, 47 pages
  • September 1, 1984 to August 31, 1985, 47 pages
  • September 1, 1985 to August 31, 1986, 50 pages
  • September 1, 1986 to August 31, 1987, 50 pages
  • July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988, 47 pages, 2 copies
  • July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1989, 63 pages, 3 copies
  • July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990, 63 pages
  • July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991, 63 pages
  • July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992, 63 pages
  • July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, 63 pages
  • July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, 75 pages
They're all in very good condition, nice and clean.

Do you want to see how hunting and trapping info in PA has changed through the years?

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Antique 1880 McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC THIRD READER Textbook! - (eBay item 310001561230 end time Nov-30-07 20:53:44 PST)

Antique 1880 McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC THIRD READER Textbook! - (eBay item 310001561230 end time Nov-30-07 20:53:44 PST)

This old book has no date, but compared to other vintage books we own, this looks to us like it was published in 1880 or earlier.

The title page says, "Eclectic Educational Series. McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Third Reader, Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry, with Rules for Reading; and Exercises in Articulation, Defining, Etc. Revised and Improved, By Wm. H. McGuffey, L.L. D., Revised Stereotype Edition, New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, Cincinnati: W.B. Smith & Co."

The front and back endpapers all bear many handwritten signatures in ink or pencil saying, "Mary A. Evans" or "Mrs. Mary A. Evans." Perhaps she was the teacher? Her handwriting changed a bit as though she had this book for years and years.

While the spine is still tight, all the pages are heavily speckled, the book is worn and soiled, the hinges are starting to split and the cover paper is missing here and there. The top and bottom of the spine cover is missing so the page signatures are exposed. Some pages are shorter than the rest (see photos).

The back cover lists sixteen other titles in the series. There are a few engraved illustrations like the one shown.

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