The Mystery of the Beautiful Wooden Church
I frequently buy up box lots at auction and it’s not until later that I actually know what I have. It’s always such a thrill digging down into a pile and not knowing what I’ll find. Yeah, there’s usually a lot of junk that’s not worth keeping, but almost always I’ll uncover some interesting treasure too.
Take this photo.
Wooden church interior, ca 1890
It shows the interior of a small wooden church. Apart from the caption, St. John the Baptist, there’s no other identifying information. I’m guessing it was taken between 1880 and 1900.
It was tucked into a big lot of photos that I bought at an estate sale in Nova Scotia a few years ago. I don’t know what town it’s from, but it’s a pretty good guess that it’s in Nova Scotia somewhere. I tried some searches on the name of the church, digging especially around places close to the town I bought it. Nothing turned up.
I just love this photo. I think it’s the incredible detail: the wood panelling, the tiny stove with the long pipe, the chandelier, the stained glass window.
Who went to church here? Why did they take this picture of the inside of their church? We’ll never know. But at least we get to admire it all these years later.
Technorati Tags: antique photograph, estate sale, country church, old church, wooden church, St. John the Baptist, Nova Scotia
Salad? You Say, Made with O’Henry?
Product: Oh Henry! & Oh Henry! Recipe Book
Date: 1926
“Why, that’s candy!”
Yes. Yes indeed. But that’s no reason you can’t put it in a salad with fruit. And mayonnaise. And lettuce. Oh yes.
Miss Daisy P. Rudd of Bennington, Vermont, says that it makes one of the most charming salads she has ever served. Oh yes.
But wait! There are actually thousands of recipes you can make with Oh Henry. Luckily for homemakers everywhere, the Oh Henry people whittled it down to the 60 best ones and put them in a recipe book: Sixty Ways to Serve Famous Candy.
So there you have it. Fruit salad thingamabob with Oh Henry. There’s probably going to be a run on the stores. You better “phone your grocer, drug or candy store for 6 or 8 bars of Oh Henry … now!”
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Technorati Tags: Oh Henry!, candy bar, chocolate bar, vintage advertising, recipe booklet
Yesterday’s Clues is Back From the Past
Hi. It’s been a really long time, hasn’t it?
I see from the date of my last blog post that I haven’t updated this site in nearly two years. Wow. Talk about relics.
But I’m ready once again to bring you interesting tidbits from the paper and photographic past on a pretty regular basis. In addition to vintage advertising (which I’ll continue to do lots of), I think I’ll also mix it up a bit, show you some postcards, photos, stereoviews, magazine covers. You know, whatever I stumble across that seems intriguing.
So, thanks to all of you who have continued to visit here, leave comments, and tell your friends even though I haven’t been around. Yesterday’s Clues is back from the past.
