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All of these are sewing trading cards from the late 1900's.

Photos From My Past

I do not share my family photos often but my brother sent me these recently and I had to share them with you.  These are all from my father's side of the family.  In the group photo the young man on the right is my grandfather Marvin who lived to be 96.  He was inducted by force into the Kaiser's army when he was very young.  Later he came to the USA and lived here for for over 70 years.  Marvin was very proud of being American and spoke about it often but very rarely of his youth.  When he was in his late 80's, he started writing for the newspaper at his assisted living facility, stories from his youth in Europe.  I wish I could find those stories.  

The older boy is Marvin's older brother Israel who died in the first World War.  The young girl is his sister Miriam.  She married Emil who was the inventor of the first in ear hearing aid.  I visited an exhibit in the Smithsonian with his invention when I was younger.  I believe the young boy on the bottom in the cute leather flying outfit is my father Iz.

Five Vintage Ladies

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You can find black and white versions of these two Harley images on my other blog Digital Two for Tuesday

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These images are from the cover of a 1928 Singer Drawing Book.  I have posted some of the interior images at Digital Two for Tuesday.

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Pitter Patter

Pictured below are the covers of the Children's Pitter Patter book from 1927 that I have been posting from on Digital Two for Tuesday.

Remembering Our Fallen Heroes

On this Memorial Day I send out a thank you to all our soldiers who sacrifice so much to keep us safe.

One Picture Six Colors

This is another drawing from the Bucilla crochet booklet from 1916.   I played around with it and recolored it.  I think I like the sepia the best.

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Today I have images from a 1916 Bucilla booklet for Filet Crochet.  Some of the projects are exquisite.  The amount of work to make one of these is mine boggling.  I love to crochet and knit but these projects are done with very fine spools of thread.

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Today I have scanned some of the images from the inside of the May 1924 Ladies Home Journal.  There was a certain elegance in the clothing from this time.  The men were dapper and always dressed in suit.  

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Three beautiful pages from a May 1924 Ladies Home Journal.