Found: Newspaper Teen, 1950s

This newspaper clipping was saved with no notes, no caption, no information at all. The age was based on where it was found, and her style of dress, which would appear late 1950s, early 1960s:
The back of the newspaper has a portion of a photo or an advertisement; it was purchased from a junk shop in Sheboygan,Wisconsin. The clipping had been stuck between the pages of a 1958 JC Whitney catalog, in the chapter on muffler sets.

Found: Cat on Belly, 1970s

Found, probably used as a bookmark, in my rummage sale copy of The Orchid Thief: a photo of a cat lying on a woman's chest (note the toenail polish), while she lies on the floor. Appears 1970s, based on the console TV, and probably Christmas time, based on the gift in the upper left hand corner. Click for larger version:

Things Found In Books

Found in a book: four dried and pressed sprigs of something resembling a citrus or curry branch.

The book is A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History, by William Smith of the University of London, published in 1874.

Things In Buffalo Books: Three

As we've seen before, we found several things between the pages of an auction lot of books my wife and I purchased. Next up -- Thing #3:

An Envelope Of Human Hair

Yes, this caused a brief creep-out moment at first, but judging from the envelope's age, this dates from at least pre-1960s, if not 1940s and earlier. The tradition is for parents to keep a sample of their children's hair as a memento of their early haircuts, so I assume that is the origin of these follicles.

Things In Buffalo Books: Two

As seen earlier, stuff found in books bought at an auction. Thing #2:

Assorted School Photos

I believe all came from the same old textbook, probably dating from the 1940s. There were a couple duplicates; most seem to have been taken at the same time, but the lower-left one is distinctly different. None have any writing on the back.

Things In Buffalo Books: One

We attended a rural auction in Buffalo, North Dakota recently, and bought a crapload of books. If going through the books, we found several interesting things wedged between pages -- Thing #1:

Random Bits of Clover.

These weren't all in a single book; they were spread out among several books, mostly encyclopedias. Note the 4-leaf-clover in the upper left.

Things Found In Books

AbeBooks has a fun article on things found in books -- when buying an old book, it's like having a birthday and finding buried treasure all in one when something falls out between the pages. I've found stuff in lots of books, too -- my taste in books usually means it's a prayer card or a small pamphlet about how society is going to hell in a handbasket, which is okay, but just last weekend I found a very old Snickers wrapper in a copy of Uncle Josh Weathersby's Punkin Center Stories: