Vintage Maps

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Just had to get that off my chest, thanks.

I can't believe it's Thursday again already! Time to share my maps!

I found these beauties at the Seattle Antique Market. You know, the place I said really had nothing to offer? That's the one. I just loved the look of these!
I think I'm going to have to frame them. When I do, I might just make a color photocopy of every single side and try to capture everything on the map in one frame. It has too many neat parts to just showcase one aspect! I love the World's Fair advertisement on this map. The World's Fair came to Seattle in 1962 so this map is probably from the early 1960s or late 1950s.

The second map that you see looks to be the exact same type of map only published in a different year. I'm not sure what year, but if I look up the name of the Governor whose signature is printed on the map, it was sometime between 1965 to 1977. Pretty big range of dates! Oddly enough, they don't list a date on the map. You'd think that would be a crucial piece of information for a map, but maybe they assumed people would recognize the map covers!

That's really all I have to say about maps :) I love them and can't wait to frame them.

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Vintage Thingies Thursday - more vintage books!

It's Vintage Thingies Thursday! I know I said that the Seattle Antiques Market was a bust, but I did find a few things that I liked enough to pick up and buy. See the books below? I'll be talking about those. See the maps below? I won't be talking about those. Yet. Stay tuned, though, they're pretty great.

I'll start by saying that if you were born in the 50s or 60s you probably recognize these books. There were at least 20 different books in this series at the antique store so I assume they were pretty popular. I love them. They look pretty cute on the front but then you turn them over on the back and they are just as cute on the back too! Can't you visualize these sitting on the shelf in a kid's room? I can!




The first book is from 1961. Here are the stories in it:

Robin Hood ... retold by Mary MacNab
Heidi Goes to the Pasture ... Johanna Spyri
The Walrus and the Carpenter ... Lewis Carroll
How the Camel Got His Hump ... Ruyard Kipling
Mop Top ... Don Freeman
One Horse Farm ... Dahlov Ipcar
What the Good-Man Does Is Always Right ... Hans Christian Andersen
Hunters from the Sky
Thomas Jefferson: Father of Democracy ... Smith Burnham
The True Book of Health ... Olive V. Haynes R.N.
Tricks to Fool Your Friends ... Robert North
Let's Go to Argentina

Can I just say "two of these things just don't belong here". "Thomas Jefferson" and "The True Book of Health" in a children's book? So funny!


The next book is copyright 1957. I think I like the cover on this book the best. I don't know why. Maybe it's the fall leaves in the window, or the little boy who is barefoot on a wood floor. Or, maybe it's the greenery. Anyway, I love it! I'm noticing a theme with the stories. A story about a president and a story on a country. Here is a list of the stories...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town ... Sara Cone Bryant
The Ugly Duckling ... Hans Christian Andersen
Yonie Wondernose ... Marguerite De Angeli
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Verses ... Edward Lear
Chicken Little
We Live in Air ... Craig and Baldwin
Little Folk's Party ... Florence Hamsher
Kiki Loves Music ... Charlotte Steiner
Dog Friends
Benjamin Franklin ... James Baldwin
This is Mexico


The third and final book has a picture of a king with a pie and blackbirds flying out of it. It's under the umbrella of "Mother Goose Rhymes" in the table of contents - does anyone know what the actual rhyme is called? Maybe the most important question is: What is the point of the rhyme? I mean really - a blackbird nipping the nose off a helpless maid? How horrible! Here's the rhyme if it helps:

"Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Was not that a dainty dish
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting-house
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlor
Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes,
Along came a blackbird
And nipped off her nose."

Poor little maid. Oh, the book is copyright 1958 - the year my dear mum was born. I don't really call her "mum". I don't call her "dear", either, even though she means a lot to me as mothers should. Mom, if you're reading this (which I know you're prone to do), sorry for telling the known world your birthdate. If it makes you feel any better, I only have 7 people who follow my blog. Maybe a spattering of D's friends, too. Some family. People who like vintage things. People in general.

Moving on. Here is the list of stories since I'm sure you've been waiting for me to get to this already:

Ulysses and the Wooden Horse of Troy ... James Baldwin (Note from JB: Ha! This is the exact masculine form of my name! I noticed it in the other book as well. Good old Jimmy)
Old Mother Goose Rhymes
Billy and the Bear ... Laura Bannon
Ten Little Indians
The Sleeping Beauty ... Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
Andy and Polly ... Rhea Wells
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat ... Smith Burnham
Life on a Farm ... Robert S. Lemmon
Miss Ant, Miss Grasshopper, and Mr. Cricket ... Rachel Field
Let's Visit Alaska (Note from JB: Everytime I hear or see the word "Alaska" I hear Sarah Palin say it in my head. Or Tina Fey. Anyone else?)

I guess this book didn't find it necessary to educate kids on a president.

That's all I have for "Vintage Thingies Thursday".

Two additional weird things about me.
Or, maybe just stupid.

Either way, here goes. When my mom would wake me up in the morning for school, I would do one of two things after I finally dragged myself out of bed.

------1. I would go downstairs and turn on the clothes dryer then sit in front of it. All my mom knew was that I wasn't in bed anymore. What she didn't know was that I was sitting against the dryer sleeping to the murmurings of the "toss" cycle (again, sorry Mom).

------2. I would get in the shower but I would turn on the warm water and sit in the floor of the shower and fall asleep. I still don't like to get up in the morning but I don't resort to either of these two weird ways of waking up.

When I was in 1st grade our elementary school held an election so that we could feel like our vote counted in some way. I didn't have any idea what was going on. Yes, this is how little politics were discussed in our house. I voted democrat at the ripe age of 6. Oddly enough, my classmates made fun of me for it. Was I supposed to have a political platform in elementary school? Apparently, some parents think so (I won't go into that here).

If I can humiliate myself any more I'll be the first to let you know.

Vintage Thingies Thursday

Here is the stack o' books. I got all of these from the local antique mall in downtown Renton. I thought there might be one antique store so my wonderful husband drove me down there and instead of one, there were at least 6! We hit pay dirt on the first store but still - it was a wonderful little antiquing experience.



"Folk Stories & Fables" - 1907


"The Little Captive Maid" - 1900 (easily the oldest book I own)
Inscription: "Miss Aggi A Broberg / Presented by her GM (thank you to marianedwardsdreamweaver for reading what I couldn't!) / Dec 26, 1901 / From Grandma to Aggi"


"Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill" - 1913
Inscription: "Calvary Church Sunday School / Presented to Margaret Matthews for Regular Attendance / Christmas 1920"



"Little Women" - 1947
Inscription: "To my precious Dolly from Granny 1965"


"Stories Every Child Should Know" - 1907
Inscription: "Elda Thomas / 4527-11 Ave NE / Seattle, Wash."


"The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" - 1951
(this one cracks me up) Inscription: "Colored Pencils / Flash Light / Bugal / Books / Rose in Bloom / Dolls to make for fun and profit / Fun with Ballet"


"Bambi" - 1929



"Immortal Wife" - 1944
Inscription: "3-24-45 / Stanley E. Dumond / 840 Delamp(?) Avenue / Schenectady, NY"



"Teenage Cowboy Series" - 1949
Inscription: "Mary Duckering / 18003 Linden"


I hope you enjoyed my books! I haven't read them yet, but I definitely plan to!

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Vintage Thingies Thursday!

I can't believe it's Thursday again already! I'm so glad...I've been waiting for almost a week to share with you my great finds. I dragged D antiquing this weekend. I didn't realize that in downtown Renton we have some amazing antique stores! Some are stuffy and the second you walk in you want to walk out because it just smells expensive. The first place we went to, we hit the jackpot. I bought 8 books (some more than 100 years old!) for less than $50. I posted about books last week, so this week we'll steer in a different direction.

I do, however, want to introduce you to Harry. I found him in a bin marked "Free with purchase" at the first antique stop. Not only was he in a bin marked "Free", his forehead was also marked "Free". Guess they really wanted to get rid of him. I'm going to try to get the remnants of permanent marker off his forehead. Any ideas? I think he's terrific, if not a little freaky-looking.

**here I am at 11pm recreating this blog because Blogger decided to erase my entire post when I tried to edit the published version. excuse me while I bash my head against a wall.**

Okay, I'm back. Thanks for waiting.

We have an entertainment room that is decorated with copies of artwork by a Northwest artist named Paul Lanquist (you can read more about him and see his work if you follow the link. You'll be glad you did!). They look like scenes from 1950s postcards sent from tourists hitting all the "hot spots" along Hwy 101 and around the Pacific Northwest. I love them. We found the photos and based the room around them. I haven't done much with the room yet, but I found the following maps at a great antique store we went to this weekend and I'm going to frame the maps and hang them in the room down there. I love the idea of a vintage travel room. I hope to keep collecting vintage travel items! I'll leave you with pictures of the maps. The one that cracks me up the most is the one that says about the Las Vegas convention center "So far ahead it will always be new". I wonder if it's still standing... I'll be in Vegas next week, maybe I'll check! :)

MAP 1 : Western U.S.

MAP 2 : Oregon

MAP 3 : Vegas (circa 1960)




I hope you enjoyed my maps! Next week I'll post my new old finds - the books! I have an old copy of Bambi and an old copy of Little Women that I can't wait to show you!