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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 138791" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>DDD, my grandmother used to have some WWII-era ration books that she had kept. They weren't a keepsake ... she figured that they'd come in handy if we ever got in another war, and she'd be one-up on everybody else! I wish I knew what happened to them when she died - probably thrown out!</p><p> </p><p>I have all kinds of antique glassware that I collect. I started with candy dishes and Tiffin wine glasses and just kept going. I have a bunch of old Victorian pitchers and shelves full of pink Depression glass and carnival glass. My house is sooo old, and it fits right in. I have a bunch of odd-ball stuff in my kitchen like 1940's-era cookie jars, old tobacco cans and different colors of Depression glass creamers. And I'm trying to buy some more Cash Family pottery before it gets too expensive.</p><p> </p><p>THEN, I have started collecting souveniers from the 1904 St. Louis World Fair - really neat stuff (thank you eBay!) I have all kinds of post cards and stereoview cards, several dishes and plates, and commemorative spoons. My favorite thing is a <u>real</u> copy of a 1904 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine that is devoted to the Worlds Fair. It was a news magazine back then and is just fascinating to read ... especially the ads! It all has special meaning because my paternal grandparents <em>met</em> at the St. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904 and married four years later. So if it wasn't for the Worlds Fair, none of us would be here!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 138791, member: 1883"] DDD, my grandmother used to have some WWII-era ration books that she had kept. They weren't a keepsake ... she figured that they'd come in handy if we ever got in another war, and she'd be one-up on everybody else! I wish I knew what happened to them when she died - probably thrown out! I have all kinds of antique glassware that I collect. I started with candy dishes and Tiffin wine glasses and just kept going. I have a bunch of old Victorian pitchers and shelves full of pink Depression glass and carnival glass. My house is sooo old, and it fits right in. I have a bunch of odd-ball stuff in my kitchen like 1940's-era cookie jars, old tobacco cans and different colors of Depression glass creamers. And I'm trying to buy some more Cash Family pottery before it gets too expensive. THEN, I have started collecting souveniers from the 1904 St. Louis World Fair - really neat stuff (thank you eBay!) I have all kinds of post cards and stereoview cards, several dishes and plates, and commemorative spoons. My favorite thing is a [U]real[/U] copy of a 1904 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine that is devoted to the Worlds Fair. It was a news magazine back then and is just fascinating to read ... especially the ads! It all has special meaning because my paternal grandparents [I]met[/I] at the St. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904 and married four years later. So if it wasn't for the Worlds Fair, none of us would be here! [/QUOTE]
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