Weevil- and hyphen-free
A slip amid the sweet potatoes, still without a hyphen.
Things in books
In The Paris Review, Jane Stern writes about strange things she has found in books.
Harvest Refill Leads
A display card for Musgrave pencil leads.
The Value of the Dictionary
My son Ben spotted this thirty-three-page pamphlet in a basket of teacherly ephemera at an antiques mall. He knew I’d love it. Thank you, Ben.
Two Guys
A price sticker, thirty-six years old.
Milwaukee bus passes
Just beautiful.
Orange soda-label art
Howdy was the brainchild of Charles Leiper Grigg, who went on to create 7 Up.
Found
Betty Tingle, if you’re out there: I finally got your message.
CROWN PRICE TAGS
A dowdy upsell.
The Alabama Syncopators
A 1925 photograph.
Carbon cruising
Junk mail, with fake carbon paper.
Ethel's Beauty Salon
A business card evokes Veronica Lake
The Clabber Girl Museum
A delight for anyone interested in American material culture
"WOOLCO"
A package of sewing needles, found in an old house
The Red Leather Diary
Review of Lily Koppel's book
Happy Valentine's Day
Old card
Advice for travelers
On an old matchbook
Notary Public
A name on a notary seal from 1959
Whose list?
List of things to bring on a trip, sad and a little strange, found in a 1967 paperback.
Found
1968 ephemera resurfaces
Invitation to a dance
An old dance invitation