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A Festival of Postcards (7th Ed.): Light!
Another in the Schifferli-postcard-project series. This postcard depicts The Eucharistic Supper per St. Luke Chap. 22 Ver. 19 to 20. Printed on the lower left front of the card is Prof. H. Hofmann pinx. Turning to online reference sites [...]

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So many symbols for a lucky, happy, prosperous New Year are displayed on this postcard. Glittery four-leaf clovers entwine a horseshoe which frames boy and girl cherubs bearing a cornucopia of roses.

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This Sheaffer pen ad is featured on the back of a December 1955 Coronet magazine acquired at the Hartville Marketplace as a freebie from a vendor affectionately known as “Mr. Estate Sale”.

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What would you get if you crossed this 1938 Baby Ruth ad from Modern Romance magazine with this 1934 Baby Ruth receipt via Forgotten Bookmarks? In the skilled hands of Dave -  MrCachet himself – of Old Paper Art, most definitely a piece of art suitable for framing!
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This letter dated November 24, 1942 is an order for planks of wood, sent from M. J. Tucker, a purchasing agent of the Stowe-Fuller Refractories Co., Akron Oh. (1100 Second National Building to be more precise), to W. B. Lightner [...]

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