This is from the days when photos were the same size as the negatives . I wonder how many of the people in this picture are still alive.
That gives an added dimension to the phrase 'massaging your ego'. I love the four-digit telephone number, but what did she get up to in the mornings?
Is that a broken nose, or simply an unfortunate one?
I don't know anything about military badges, but this looks like the insignia of an army in a totalitarian state.
This is somewhere in Wales where very little happens. If you enlarge the image, you'll see that a woman pushing a pram has caused a group of men to stop and stare.
This drawing was quite unrelated to the school textbook book I found it in.
This photo fell out of a romantic novel. Is it the portrait of a sweetheart, son or stranger? We'll never find out and that's frustrating, as I want to know the story.Every day I have to decide whether to consign a book to oblivion or not. I don't have a problem with that, but somehow I can't bring myself to throw away these fragments of past lives. I can happily throw away a dreary book about King George V because I know that there are plenty of others out there, but these bookmarks might be all that's left of someone's existence.
These are fascinating! I assume the sketch is Tom Milineux, and based on this one: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/RWWC/objects/image.htm?rid=59198&size=3&pid=6&oid=94317
ReplyDeleteKeep the bookmarks! You might want to keep a record of which book they were found in and the date of publication of the book. Maybe you'll notice trends? Or find something interesting?
ReplyDeleteI am quite envious of your being able to spend so much time with books and memorabilia.
This is magical! What extraordinary discoveries - and also a terrific plot for a novel, or rather a book of short stories.
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What good use you put these finds to Steerforth.
ReplyDeleteAnd they could be immortalised by no finer memorialist, even as 'fragments' of lives.
Sometimes a snapshot can be strangely more poignant than the whole story.
I ought to add I found many keepsakes such as these when working in a secondhand bookshop myself and we did actually find ourselves keeping them all in a little box and occasionally going through them all in tea breaks.
Isn't that insignia the Boy Scout badge for completing the task of electrocuting Akela using a Van de Graaff generator?
ReplyDeleteKeep all the details of each item - and write a book about them - it would be fascinating and I'm sure it would sell - frankly, you would have no problem finding a publisher if you present it properly.
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ReplyDeleteI think the badge thing denotes a signals operator or the like. Sorry to be boring. He could of course be a signals operator in a totalitarian state, if it makes you happier.
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