Photos I took yesterday, at the thrift store, of a few of my favorite things:
Inscriptions and other handwritten notes, and ephemera in books--glimpses of people living their lives....
1. Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric, G. P. Quackenbos, New York, 1879.
The entire book is archived online.
Receipt (6/23, 1924) tucked in book from Silas Walston Second-Hand Furniture:
I can't make out what it's for, can you? Balance on a ... lawn mower???
(Is "Vic." for Victoria? )

____________________
BELOW: Ego te amo. "I love you", in Latin.
2. Set of The Waverly Novels, by Sir Walter Scott, given as a retirement present in 1883.
Close up of inscription, below. It reads:
* RE: Manitoba Freight
"In May 1879, the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Co. (StPM&M) formed—with James J. Hill as general manager." The company later became part of the Great Northern Railway.
**A clipping online from the St. Paul Globe in 1879, notes a Mr. W. F. Myron attended a meeting of "Scotch citizens" to form a Saint Andrew's Society.
The covers all have the same design:
Dog rescuing child, from a book in the set, The Abbot
"Wolf", I guess is the dog's name--an Irish wolfhound, or Scottish deerhound?
Inscriptions and other handwritten notes, and ephemera in books--glimpses of people living their lives....
TWO BOOKS
1. Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric, G. P. Quackenbos, New York, 1879.
The entire book is archived online.
Receipt (6/23, 1924) tucked in book from Silas Walston Second-Hand Furniture:
"I Repair All Kinds of
Talking Machines"
What? Gramophones, I think...
I can't make out what it's for, can you? Balance on a ... lawn mower???
Inscription on flyleaf: "Miss Vic. Jackson's
Book
July 26, 1880"
(Is "Vic." for Victoria? )

____________________
BELOW: Ego te amo. "I love you", in Latin.
_______________________________
2. Set of The Waverly Novels, by Sir Walter Scott, given as a retirement present in 1883.
Close up of inscription, below. It reads:
"On the occasion of his leaving the
Department, the Employees of the
Manitoba Local Freight *
Manitoba Local Freight *
❧ with best wishes ❧
present to
Mr. W. F. Myron **
the works of his countrymen
Scott and Burns.
St. Paul [Minnesota]
31st Jan. 1883."
* RE: Manitoba Freight
"In May 1879, the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Co. (StPM&M) formed—with James J. Hill as general manager." The company later became part of the Great Northern Railway.
**A clipping online from the St. Paul Globe in 1879, notes a Mr. W. F. Myron attended a meeting of "Scotch citizens" to form a Saint Andrew's Society.
The covers all have the same design:
Dog rescuing child, from a book in the set, The Abbot
"Wolf", I guess is the dog's name--an Irish wolfhound, or Scottish deerhound?