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Look what my wonderful co-worker and friend Gerry gave me!
This is not all of them. Oh no. This is a just a fraction of the bounty. Go get yourself a
cup of coffee. This is going to take awhile.
Cremo. 5 cents straight. 3 for 10 cents.
I love the excise stamps. I successfully soaked one off of one of the boxes, along with
some of the labels. They are so cool. It destroyed the box, though.
The graphics on this one are much more delicate and beautiful than they look in the
picture. As with all of the images, click on it for a larger view.
Beautiful graphics on this one. The signature alone is a stunner. Click for larger view.
The boxes came from an uncle of Gerry's. He was an electrical engineer and stored
various parts, etc., in them.
Aren't they beautiful? I hope you've enjoyed this tour of my major score. Thanks Gerry!
Sharon
2 comments:
Wow these are beautiful and a major score alright. What have you done with them? I have lots of wooden boxes that a friend gave me before he went to Japan a few years ago. I will use them for storage and maybe to make a few purses.
Have fun!
Latina Diva, I'm sorry to say that I haven't done much of anything with them yet, besides photograph them! I do have some plans, though, involving ephemera and dead insects. ;)
Sharon
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