Found Photos

When I was a kid I was crazy about the book sale that was held every summer at our local library. I loved old books and there would be plenty of them at the book sale. All I needed was some change and a few hours. The books were a quarter or a dime depending on the age and condition. I was into the dime books, those books with titles that had long faded from their tattered spines. These books guaranteed mysteries, treasures and wonderful illustrations. They were usually dedicated in pencil and dated back to the early 1900's. Some were old library books with the borrower cards still in them. I loved going back over the dates and traveling through time with them. If I was lucky, I'd find a handwritten letter, postcard or an old recipe between the pages or perhaps a receipt from a store long gone. If I was truly lucky I'd find photos! Such were these finds.

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Blogger Missa said...

I love it when old books from the library still have their cards with names and dates. I was reading Clover a story the other night and she got all excited "look momma this book has a pocket!"

I once purchased a full box set of the Little House books at a thrift store for two dollars and upon flipping through one of the books found a $2 bill inside!

Monday, August 16, 2010  
Blogger Parisa said...

it's such a priceless mystery to find a photo in a book!
xo p

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  

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