Peeking Into The Past

Peeking Into The Past... Sharing my love of vintage photos, postcards and other treasures from the past.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

CASH FOR TRASH WEDNESDAY 10/31/12 plus eBay End Of Month Sales

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Cash for trash is a posting on some items I have sold this last week on the Internet. These items are not really trash but used items I have...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

ORPHAN PHOTO # 118 Men and Their Fish Vintage Snapshot

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Here is a funny old snap shot, no date but probably around the 1940s or 1950s based on clothing they are wearing. We have a total of 18...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

ORPHAN PHOTO #117 Snapshot Family On The Rock

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Todays Orphan photo is #117 and what a cute family they were. Posing on top of a rock is mom, dad and three girls. I love the vintage clothi...
Monday, October 22, 2012

THRIFT SHARE MONDAY ~ For The Love Of Vintage Cook Books

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I am still going through the boxes of vintage cookbooks I bought at last Mondays auction. Five more  cook books were listed Saturday night a...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Sepia Saturday 10/20/12 VINTAGE ORPHAN PHOTO # 116 WW1 SOLDIER RPPC

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Todays Orphan photo is of young man in his uniform. This is a real photo post card from WWW1. He so young and cute and hair cut really short...
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Orphan Photo # 115 Brothers In A Tin Type Picture

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Here is my newest orphan photo. It is of two brothers in a tin type photo. Both are carrying small suit cases and the oldest has a pipe in...
Friday, October 19, 2012

FRIDAY FINDS ~ BOXES OF COOKBOOKS BOUGHT 10/19/12

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Friday Finds this week is 5 boxes of vintage antique cook books bought at an estate auction last Monday. In these boxes were piles of old co...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

CASH FOR TRASH WEDNESDAY 10/11/12

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Hubby and I love to hunt garage sales, thrift stores and auctions for treasures to resell on eBay, Etsy and the Antique Stores. Some of ou...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

DO YOU NEED TO BUY NEW OR CAN YOU BUY AT A GARAGE SALE

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I know several people who turn their nose up at buying something at a garage sale or even a thrift store.  I love to shop all of the above p...
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Cookbooks Fun To Hunt For Garage Sales and Thrift Stores

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One item I love to hunt for are cookbooks. Cookbooks that I can enjoy and resell on the Internet at eBay and Amazon. This last weekend I...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Sold on Amazon Railroad Books are popular and can be profitable

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Recently hubby found, listed and just sold is this book on Western Pacific Locomotives and Cars by Patrick Doran which had been signed by au...

Garage Sale Hunting and Teasures Found

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Saturday morning and the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Hardly a cloud in the sky. Plan is to go to a few garage sales to see if any tr...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Vintage Bathing Beauties From The 1920's Orphan Photos # 113 # 114

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I love vintage pictures and paper. Treasures from the past. Here are two snapshots that I recently sold on etsy. No idea who they wer...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Antique Vintage Picture of Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln March 4 1861

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Recently I bought this antique photo of the Inauguation of Abraham Lincoln March 4th 1861. It is from that time period of the late 1800'...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy 4th of July

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Happy 4th of July everyone. I wish you a happy safe holiday. The pictures I am sharing are from one of hubby and my trips to New York city...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Collecting Vintage Cookbooks

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One of the first things I look for when going to estate sales, auctions and garage sales is cookbooks. Cook books to resell is fun and can b...
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Vintage CABINET ORPHAN PHOTO # 112 Cute Shy Smiling Baby Picture Texas

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Vintage CABINET PHOTO Cute BABY Fancy Dress Shy Smile Child Picture Paper Ephemera Texas is the title of my newest orphan photo on etsy . I...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Found Vintage Photos Orphan Pictures # 111 Found

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I have to admit I always stop to look at photos and vintage postcards for sale. Some times I just have to bring home either a lone photo o...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Treasures Found Books, Vintage Items, Collectible 1960s

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Another fun weekend. Most of it was spent watching one of my grandson's play in a hockey tournament. Yes they play hockey in June. Twe...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dating Vintage Clothing ~ Mens Suits Are Todays Treasure

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The weeks can pass by so fast. Between going to auctions twice a week and hunting garage sales 2 to 3 times a week we can be very busy. Prob...
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I am a mother and a grandmother. I have been married to the sweetest man for over 20 years We love to travel and dreaming of traveling. We like to cook and try new recipes. I have many interests including Genealogy, visiting Cemeteries and going on ghost tours. I love vintage postcards and pictures. We have in the past owned 2 used bookstores and still are always on the hunt for books to buy and sell.
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