Smart Knitting Needlecraft - Ephemera 3 deux

Second scanning session from the knitting book/magazine. Thank you to 'Paul Martin's Handmade Revolution' for reminding and inspiring me! Mr Martin's lovable wackiness, massively apparent joie de vivre, and I must admit, cuteness, first got me hooked on his presentation in 'Britain's Hidden Heritage'. The addition of Mary Jane Baxter, milliner extraordinaire and all round lovely-seeming girl (the other two hosts are good as well), make this programme a hoot and a half. So very much crafting--top drawer! (Even if it is excruciatingly obvious that some 'fine art expert' is making the actual decision as to who wins the prize, and not the host-'judges'. It's the inspiration and lovely junk people make that count for me.) Cygnoir, once again, pour vous:

Magic in the Night - Ephemera 2

Official souvenir, Golden Gate International Exhibition. Published by the Crocker company, San Francisco, California, 1939. Ephemera scan-fête continues... Although your hostess knows nothing about making the images at Blogger look good as thumbnails. If you click on what's there, you'll actually see the 'Full Monte'. I'm hosting them myself, so maybe that's something to do with it. Christ. I'll figure it out eventually. Until then, just click on the weird visual targets to see the complete page scans. And please do enjoy!

Multnomah Falls, 1930 - Ephemera 1

Thus begins the ephemera scan-fête...

Interesting that the card was never actually posted (meaning 'sent', posted through the mail); as Mr Gus says, maybe they put it in an envelope with some other stuff (I thought, initially, that perhaps they'd handed it over in person).

From Hillsboro, Oregon. 15 December 1930.

Translation (literal) of back of postcard:

'Dear "Ma & Dad" I suppose you will have some of the children & grand children with you over the Holiday Season. I think you must be through drying fruit by this time. Fruit as well as everything else is cheap at present, even eggs are cheaper than they have been at any time in the past 2 years, 20^cts a doz. for standards. We have had lovely weather all fall and not very much rain. We expect to start our hatchery the first of Jan. I guess we won't have so many early orders but no doubt will get them later. We have some orders for Jan. Have you got your Radio, Dad? I'm sure you have. We listen in on K.N.X. Hollywood every Sun. eve. at 6:30 to hear Dr. Abell the Humanist give his talk. We don't use the Radio much except evenings. The season's Greetings to you from all of us. Mrs. Hughes'

Menstruum

I just thought this was cool. We stayed over at a 'Bed and Breakfast' in Oregon a few years ago and they had these in the lav. Have kept it ever since and ran across it in a box in a cupboard as I was looking for something else the other day.