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Peach Granny Square CROCHET COVERLET Hand Made Afghan! - (eBay item 310002085911 end time Dec-02-07 17:58:04 PST) Here's a hand-made crochet coverlet with peach (or light orange) and blue 100% polyester yarn made by my friend who crochets about 60 mph. She usually makes coverlets from whatever yarn colors she has on hand. This small blanket, large afghan, throw or lap robe is shown on a single bed.
The design is a center panel of eighteen peach granny squares with blue flower centers surrounded by borders of peach, blue and white. It's a sweet, homey item to warm up your decor and snuggle up in for a nap or TV watching.
It's made of polyester worsted-weight yarn and is machine washable.
The photos make it look more orange and less pink than it is in real life. I couldn't get the color balance right.
Can you imagine this bit of hand-crocheted warmth in your home?
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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) 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) 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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Vintage ARTCRAFT 12 K GOLD EYE GLASSES Wire Frame, Case - (eBay item 310001546240 end time Nov-30-07 19:27:50 PST) This pair of gold eye glasses feature semi-round lenses and flexible wire temples that wrap around your ears. Engraved on the bridge of the glasses is "Artcraft 1/10 12 K GF Ful-Vue." They come in a hard leather case marked, "Dr. C. B. O'Neill, Optometrist, Clymer, PA."
The lenses are scratched all over and scuffed down the centers. The temples are green where the temples start curving around the ears. There aren't really nose pads, just a wider area of frame where they rest on your nose.
The coolest thing about this style of eye glass temples is the way the glasses stay on your head even if you turn upside-down. If you're sick of your spectacles falling off, these are for you.
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Vintage McCormick BANQUET TEA TIN LITHO BOX Graphics! - (eBay item 310001532719 end time Nov-30-07 18:16:25 PST) This old box has a teapot graphic on the lid. Three sides say, "Individual Banquet Orange Pekoe Extra Fancy Tea, McCormick & Co., Importers and Packers of Tea, Baltimore, Md., 100 Tea Bags."
The front and back have a candelabra Trade Mark in the bottom corners. One side gives directions for brewing tea in four languages: English, Italian, French and Russian.
It's very age-darkened except for part of the front where I started cleaning it with a rag moistened with alcohol. Oops, big mistake. The old color started to melt and smear while wet. The underside has considerable rust with some spots showing inside.
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Vintage Bakelite VIEW-MASTER VIEWER, 13 Reels 1939-1955 - (eBay item 310001009493 end time Nov-28-07 22:07:11 PST)
This old View-Master might have been new in 1955. It looks like black Bakelite and comes in half the original box with 13 old reels. It's marked, "Sawyer's View-Master Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. U.S. Pat. 2,189,285 Can. Pat. 406893 Brit. Pat. 538492 Other Pat. Pend. Made in U.S.A. Portland, ORE."
It still has the "Remove Before Using" card with instructions for how to load and view the reels. The reverse side is in French. There are also two booklets of the available reels and accessories of the time.
Titles of reels:- FT. 5 Cinderella and the Glass Slipper, 1946, story booklet
- FT. 25 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 1939
- CH. 6A The Birth of the Savior, Bible Story, 1947, booklet
- CH. 6B The Birth of the Savior, Bible Story, 1947, booklet
- 165 Miami, Florida U.S.A., 1949
- 353-A Spring Flower Show Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
- 353-B Fall Flower Show Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
- 353-C Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
- 375 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 1948
- 702 A Day at the Circus-II Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1952
- 703 A Day at the Circus-III Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1952
- 820 Woody Woodpecker in the Pony Express Ride, 1951
- 940 Life with the Cowboys, The Rodeo, U.S.A., 1951
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