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I found another inkwell in my cabinet I'd forgotten about. What does this one say?

All cut from a moldy recycled 1955 Eugene Dietzgen Co catalog... These were fun and rewarding to make, and I've been letting them dry/season in the hot sun in the back window deck of a 2008 Lincoln, surrounded by a handful of those green pine-tree shaped car air-fresheners...

I acquired these some time back, never did have a proper translation done. Can anyone tell me what these say?

found these photos a few years ago in an antiques store in Columbus, OH.

Did some initial research, got sidelined for a long time due to SCI/TBI and these were forgotten for a while.

Now, I'm older, wiser... found the photos again and also discovered Reddit.

Pardon the erratic, stream of thought notes here.

So, here I'm sharing for your viewing pleasure, further edification and hoping to gain some more insights I've missed.

What I've determined so far:

Escort Carrier CVE-29 "USS Santee", part of Carrier Division 22

One of the sheet cake decorations says "Welcome Home ShipMate <illegible>

One of the sheet cakes reads <illegible> Catapult Shot.

One of the sheetcakes says "Charbonnette 10,000 landing", AFAICT, the captain on the left holding the cake is in fact "Charbonette". AFAICT the man next to "C" is Santee Captain Jack Valdemar Peterson

References to VT-24 or VF-24

Q: Can we approximate the dates from the photo of the ship tower with all of the german/Japanese kill flags shown?

I'd like to know what the adjacent ship names were too..

Not a book-crafter of any sort. I had just cut this musty old book down to make postcards for my own hobby, when it occurred to me that perhaps the leather cover and inner paper would be of use/interest to someone? Figured I'd ask before I pitch/recycle them.

Thx for looking.

From a 1920 book on the then emerging automotive business. Some really cool images... but after a long day of labor and physical therapy, Imma beat and going to bed for the now....

Glued these to some scrap cardboard USPS slipped between postage stamp sheets they mailed to me....

I finished up making postcards out of the 1955 Eugene Dietzgen Co sales catalog for drawing/drafting/architecture/design type tools.

Lotta cool illustrations, and a lot of fun.
In addition to using some blank 4x6 preprinted postcards, I found some extra cardboard packing from some recent mail, 4.5 x 7.5 that were great for using up some of the illustrations too big for the smaller cards...

79 cents of elmers kids glue from Ollies was used up completely....

Gonna try an old photo print dryer I have in my darkroom, see if I can get them a bit less 'damp'.

Dude's no relation. No writing or impressions of writing on the photo or the jacket. No context at all. No recollection where I acquired it from either. I think I kept it cuz it was cool looking. No guarantee the jacket was originally paired with the photo either.

So... I took an old (1955 I think) damp (enough that the staples had rusted and stained the paper) and musty "Eugene Dietzgen Co." draftsman's tools/supply catalog.. cut it up and saved the cool drawings, experimented around and got some nice adhesion w/out bubbles and warping to the blank postcard stock.

Problem is: They smell slightly musty/stale.

Q: How would one make the postcards smell better in a lasting way. I'd hate to think of a recipient sniffing and thinking "ugh".

Hello All,

While going through a shoebox of vintage linen postcards I got at a thrift, I ran across the items in the photo. 3 variations of the woodblock print, 4 copies of each, all cancelled 9/11/1966 And two other envelopes with similar marks but cancellations of 9/24/1966 and 10/4/1966

The 9/11 date AFAICT commemorates a French atomic test (Betelgeuse) near Tahiti on that date, with the notable event that Charles DeGaulle was on board the Cruiser DeGrasse for the event.

The signifcance of the other dates are unknown to me.

Also an Antelope stamp First Day Cover

And a stack of postcards sent from a Seaman Second Class to family with postmarks in the 1946-47 era and postmarks of "CV-84 Franklin Delano Roosevelt" Navy Aircraft carrier.

I'm not a stamp collector. I send/receive postcards. I'd like to get these to someone or someplace that will appreciate them more.

I paid something like $10 bucks for something on the order of 500 postcards, these are just a bonus.