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Welcome to our pages for COLLECTIBLES, all those wonderful old books, post cards, fans, etc. You may also mew about reproductions of Victorian things if you collect those! WHERE did that doggie come from? *some humans even "collect" them*
Meows Jesse,  My meowmie has collected porcelain dolls for many years. She thinks they are very beautiful. She would love to have one like the one in the picture but they are very expensive and they must be kept far away from me because I would love to play with them too. Meowmie likes the ones dressed in Victorian costumes best however she has many that are babies or small children. Collecting dolls was a favorite pastime in the Victorian era. Purrs, Servo and Sally  Our Meowmie collects old penny postcards from the turn of the 19th century. Her grandmother Edith Gray and her great- aunt Edna had collected them. Edna collected several thousand postcards which are in the custody of our Meowmie's second cousin. Our Meowmie also collects reproduction valentines. Her Meowmie had been given a collection of old valentines from her Meowmie when she got married. See Meowmie's page about her Grandmother Sunshine: Grandmother Sunshine and her page about Valentines Valentines |
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A lot of us like to collect old medicine bottles. Lydia Pinkham's medicine bottles are widely collected today. Lydia Pinkham in 1890 started the first patent medicines. One of her medicines that is still on today's market is...Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It was first marketed in 1875, and the "female complaint" nostrum was widely advertised in the backs of newspapers and women's magazines. The ads played on female pain and suffering and featured testimonials from women who claimed to have been healed from all manner of dysfunction and disease by the compound. |
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OLD BOOKS It could be safely stated that our Meowmie "collects"... just about EVERYTHING! One of her favorite things though is old books, particularly children's or animal books! One is called TWILIGHT FANCIES, published in 1887. THE TALE OF SANDY CHIPMUNK, published in 1916. The BOOK OF CATS AND DOGS, published in 1884. BIBLE HISTORY, published in 1881. THE MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH,published in 1903. BOB, SON OF BATTLE, published in 1889. |
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