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antiquea and old books???
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 425871" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>What a find! I dearly love old books but I can never find any to buy. I collect sovenirs and artifacts from the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair since I gew up there and my grandparents met at the Worlds Fair. I was able to find several books about the Fair on eBay that were written at the time, and some old magazines from 1904. The magazines are fascinating! I've spent hours just going through them, looking at all the ads, reading the articles and looking at the pictures!</p><p> </p><p>When I got married the first time, we used to love going to antique stores. We found a book (for $12!) that was a manual for the doctors who did the induction physicals for the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War! A big part of it was how to tell a person's age from physical characteristics - apparently they had a big problem with underage boys lying about their age to try to enlist in the army! When we divorced my ex got custody of the book, but seeing as how that's just about ALL he got, it wasn't too bad!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 425871, member: 1883"] What a find! I dearly love old books but I can never find any to buy. I collect sovenirs and artifacts from the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair since I gew up there and my grandparents met at the Worlds Fair. I was able to find several books about the Fair on eBay that were written at the time, and some old magazines from 1904. The magazines are fascinating! I've spent hours just going through them, looking at all the ads, reading the articles and looking at the pictures! When I got married the first time, we used to love going to antique stores. We found a book (for $12!) that was a manual for the doctors who did the induction physicals for the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War! A big part of it was how to tell a person's age from physical characteristics - apparently they had a big problem with underage boys lying about their age to try to enlist in the army! When we divorced my ex got custody of the book, but seeing as how that's just about ALL he got, it wasn't too bad! [/QUOTE]
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