Dresden (located in former East Gemany) I bought this postcard because I had hoped to visit Dresden and Leipzig before I moved from Germany, but our tour was cut short and I never fulfilled those desires.



A very nice Scene for a Christmas Wish


This is sweet- a real love token



A lovely valentine- opens up to a three dimensional pop up


This also opens up and the 'To my Valentine' becomes the base




                    Where else can you leave for a few hours and indulge in your passion of leafing through old postcards, ephemera, currency, coins, daguerrotypes and old photos form various towns across the country, including a great deal of foreign items also? Today, I browsed for two hours in an antique paper show held at Holiday Inn West in Westbrook. There was a four dollar entry fee to look around, perhaps so they only have serious collectors browsing the collections. I certainly did not mind the four dollar entry fee because it was a feast for the eyes. I spent about fifteen dollars total and immensely enjoyed myself. I jotted down some items of interest so I would not get sidetracked. I am always on the lookout for old interesting letters, information or photographs of the Haskell Silk Mill, photos of people inside their homes, or at work, interesting shaped photographs, rural scenes, fine examples of period clothing, Victorian mourning items, postcards of places I have lived, and so many more interests. 
                     I suppose that is the best part of being a collector of things. I don’t buy multiple items of one theme, in fact there is no real rhyme or reason to what I may buy for fifty cents. Today I had an interest in early valentines as I always have because I do believe in love. Love is a common theme across some of my small collections. I also have some interesting German inflation currency dated early 1920’s ; some only guaranteed for three months at face value. The reason I was interested in the German money was because I had lived there. Today I would like to share with you some of the interesting items I purchased. The next show there is on March 29th.