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Lot of 10 vintage original Whitman Authors cards from circa 1950s.

These are a cardstock thickness and measure 1 1/2 inches wide x 2 3/8 inches tall.

Published by Whitman Publishing Company.

Authors include: Sir Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry W. Longfellow, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens.

You will receive the 10 the authors pictured,  though not necessarily the exact cards pictured.  Authors will be the same, but the design in the upper left corner and the order in which the book titles are listed, may be different.

Great for scrap booking, collage, altered art, and journaling.

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Lot of 25 vintage hand written medical prescriptions from the early 1940s. They are aged and have some tattered edges. Each prescription measures 4 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Most are from the office of H.R. Brown, M.D., Beatrice National Bank Bldg., Beatrice, Nebraska.

You will receive 25 random prescriptions in this purchase though not necessarily the ones pictured.

Great for scrap booking, collage, and paper art projects.

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Antique Lot of 3 Victorian Calling Cards.  These are the hidden name cards featuring die cuts. Includes pink  and red roses, hands, and a gold horn.  Cards shown at the center and bottom open like an envelope.

Antique Lot of 3 Victorian Calling Cards.  These are the hidden name cards featuring die cuts. Includes pink  red roses, hands, and a boys face.  

Antique Lot of 4 Victorian Die Cut Scraps featuring ducks and geese.  Scraps are die cut and embossed.

Antique Lot of 5 Hidden Name Victorian Calling Cards.  Cards feature pink roses, hands and doves. Top card opens like an envelope and has a blank card inside.  Lower 4 cards are all die cut and embossed.

• Elfrieda Bartels
• Melinda M. Riggert
• Paul A. Riggert
• Sophie Klaus

Original 1880s Victorian lithograph print showing two young girls sitting in a chair and reading a book. Younger girl is holding a doll. An open photo album is on the floor.

Measures 5.25 inches x 7.5 inches.

Condition is good with a crease running horizontally near the bottom and edge and corner wear, including a little paper loss at the lower right corner.

Please view photos for more details on condition.

Nice vivid colors!

Original antique advertising bookmark for Merrick's Spool Cotton.  Features a little Victorian girl in a pink dress, reaching up toward a dangling spool of thread.

Front reads: Merrick's Spool Cotton, Book Mark.

Back reads: Merrick's Anti-Monopoly, Anti-Trust, Anti-Combination. Spool Cotton.

Merrick's Spool Cotton is six cord, soft finish, and is made from the finest quality of combed Sea Island Cotton, and, on account of its superior strength, eveness, and smoothness, surpasses all others for hand and machine sewing.  Try one spool and be convinced of its excellence.

Dates to circa 1890s.

Measures just under 2 inches wide x 6 inches wide.

Condition is good with a crease running diagonally through the lower left corner.

Adorable image!

Original antique lithograph 1880s Victorian. Shows two young girls in a fancy parlor.  One girl is reading a book while the younger girl is teasing her with a stick.

Title at the bottom reads: Cute

Measures 5.25" x 7.5".

Condition is very good with some wear to edges corners.

Nice vivid colors. 

Would be adorable framed!

Original antique Real Photo Postcard showing little children playing with toy blocks.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back. Dates to circa 1910s. 

Card measures 3 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, silvering along the edges, and some soiling on the back.

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Original antique Real Photo Postcard showing a little girl and her doll.

Card is unused with AZO stamp box, all arrows pointing up. Which dates it to circa 1904-1918. 

Card measures 3 3/8 inches wide x about 5 1/2 inches long. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, small crease near left center edge, and soiling on the back.

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Vintage Lot of 4 religious prayer cards.  These are all original cards. Three are black and white and one is colored.

Lot of 13 Original vintage late 1920s and early 1930s handwritten and typed letters.  

All 13 letters are addressed to Velma Mundis.  Her location varied with some going to Table Rock, Nebraska; Mahaska, Kansas;  and Linn, Kansas.

Postmarks include: Linn, Kansas; Reynolds, Nebraska; Beatrice, Nebraska; and Palmer, Kansas (?);

10 letters are from girl friends
2 are typewritten on letterheads
1 is a love letter from Henry (Hank) Mikulecky to Velma.  This is the pink letter and envelope.  From research I have done she was born in 1913 and he in 1907.  They did end up marrying.

Letters all date to 1929, 1930 and 1931.  

You will receive all 13 letters for the price.

Condition is good for all with some wear and soiling to envelopes.

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This is a tied bundle lot of 500 vintage handwritten pharmacy doctor prescriptions. 

Numbered 327501-328000 and dated from January 2, 1957 to January 21, 1957.  With the majority being from the office of Drs. Steenburg of Aurora, Nebraska. 

Each prescription measures about 4.25 inches x 5.5 inches.  Bundled pad is 2 inches thick.

Condition is very good with some dog eared corners, some age toning and light soiling. 

Holiday Notes.  Vintage Christmas stationery featuring a candle lit lamp post entwined in Holly, with a couple of red Cardinals perched on the branches. 

Boxed set that includes 20 letter sheets and 20 round gold seals.  No envelopes needed as the stamp and seal are to be placed directly on these sheets, once folded. 

Sheets each measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches long.  Once folded they will measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches tall. 

Condition is very good unused for the sheets.  Original box shows some wear but would still make an attractive display.

Wonderful Christmas themed stationery for letter writing or scrapbooking!

Vintage 1940s Margaret O'Brien cut paper dolls and clothes.  Clothing includes hats, dresses, and pant suit.  Paper dolls are a card stock weight and measure about 4 inches wide x 13 1/2 inches tall. 

Condition is good with pencil writing on the back of the dolls.  Clothing has some small tears, light creases, and some pieces have been repaired with transparent tape that has yellowed.  Most tabs are present.

Listing is for the 2 large and 1 small paper doll (shown in last photo), along with all the clothing and accessories shown in the photos.

These would be cute for scrapbooks or art projects!

Gorgeous lot of 6 antique Victorian hidden name calling cards.  All have a die cut edge with a lift up flap that reveals a name underneath.  Fronts feature red and pink roses, hands, doves, pansy flowers and verses.

Vintage Christian Bible Story Illustrations. Lot of 12 pieces.  Includes: Jesus, disciples and other bible figures.

Two of these illustrations have been cut around the edges by a child.  The edges are uneven.  Other pieces show wear including some creases, small missing pieces, tears, and or crayon or pencil marks.

Cut sheets measure about 4 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches tall.  Sheets with the blue border measure 4 3/4 inches wide x 6 1/8 inches tall.  All have a bible story on the reverse side. 

Cards are copyright 1950 by the Wartburg Press of Columbus, Ohio.

Great for assemblage, scrapbooking, collages and journals.