This is a doll I bought at a second hand store. She is from about the 50's or 60's. She cost only five dollars. She has real hair and her eyes open and close. Her dress is her original outfit. The only mark she has is the letters "A.C." on the back of her head. A.C. stands for 'American Character' She is a Sweet Sue Doll. There are many styles of this doll. most were made in the 40's and 50's but some were made in the 60's. Her estimated price is is $50 to $165!  

  Has any one seen or had a doll like this before? I would like to now her date. She is very sweet looking. She is missing one shoe but that is all.

This is her.

This is an article from 1998 I found on the doll on line. I was looking for an Advertisement but could not find one, but this is good for comparison.

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This is a small figure I found at a Flea Market. I purchased it for a fifty cents since it had been broken and glued back together. It is a 20's or 30's figure made by GoldCastle of Japan. I know she is from around this time becuase Japan stopped making things for the United States during World War II until the middle of the 50's. I love the little dog.

This is the figure.

Well, I need to get some sleep. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."

Sincerely,

~Mary-Ann~

(P.S. All the photos on the past "The Treasure in the Trunk" entries have been added, if any one wanted to view them.)

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   I went back to the GoodWill last evening to get those books. To my dismay, Shakespeare was gone not to be found. We did how ever puchase "Mrs.Miniver"  and a few other titles. Like we found three of the books from the Shakespeare "Tragedy" series. These were books that were made in about 1900-1910. We also found an old copy of "The Deerslayer" and we found the book "The Egg and I". I havent really looked at those to books yet so age is not yet found.

It is very interesting what I found written in our copy of  "Mrs.Miniver". It read this:

Elwood B. Lynch Jr.

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A Tragic English Novel

of World War II

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Purchased by me from

Sears Roebuck & Co.

Los Angeles, California

January 22, 1944

  Here are a few photos.

This is "Mrs.Miniver"

This is "The Deerslayer"

These are the Shakespeare "Tragedy" series books

(They are dark books so they do not come out very clear.)

  Well I need to go feed animals. In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." 

Sincerely,

~Mary-Ann~

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   I found a beautiful book the other evening. I was with my Sister(Sarah), Maddie, and her younger Sister Emily. 

   I was looking through some old books at our GoodWill the other evening. I was going to purchased an old copy of the book "The collection of Shakespeare" and a copy of the book "Mrs. Miniver" When I came across one of my favorite books "Sentimental Tommy" by J.M. Barrie. I did not really care the age of the book because I really love this book and this was the first time I could find a copy of it.

  When we brought it home my father wanted to look at the book to see if it was in good shape. When he opened the cover he found a privite library seal on the inner page. The seal read this:

"Alpha Sigma Delta Fraternity, Los Angeles, Cal., Incorporated, Sept. 13th, 1926"

This is the book.

The seal.(it has a bit of a blur to it as it is hard to take pictures of a white page)

   I guessed the age of the book was from the 50's or so but as we continued to look through it we guessed the age to be from the late 20's to the late 30's. I hope to go back to the GoodWill and purchase the books I mention before.

Well I need to depart. In the words of William Shakespeare "Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

Sincerely,

~Mary-Ann~

(P.S. I encourage you to look at the other entries in "The Treasures in the Trunk".)

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  I love the old comic strip "Little Orphan Annie". So when I found this book I had to have it.

I found this book in a flea market in our old town. It was with other old comic stories. I had almost bought an old "Blondie" book for ten dollars when I came across this book for five dollars. So I decided to purchase "Little Orphan Annie" over "Blondie" (even though I prefer "Blondie"). The book is dated 1938. There are many other "Little Orphan Annie" storybooks and other comic storybooks and I would be curious if anyone else has heard or has some of these books. I really like them very much and I would like to find other titles.

Sincerely,

  ~Mary-Ann~

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  I thought it was time to add a new entry in "The Treasures in the Trunk". I thought that it was time I would do one of a game.

  On the twenty-third of this month we went to my sister's christmas play at the Church. We had to drop her off early for practice so we decided to go to this antique shop to waste time. We like to go to this store and a week or two before this we had found a game we liked called "Dictionary Please". For those of you who do not know what "Dictionary Please" is, it is a game much like "Scrabble". They stopped making it in the 1950's when a game called "Scrabble" came out and the small company in Portland, Oregon had no use for the game anymore.

   The game was invented in the 1940's by two soliders that had been captured and placed in a Japense Concentration Camp and had nothing but an american dictionary. Over a time of four years they made this game by spelling words back and forth to each other and the one who spelled more word than the other won the game.

  Anyways, back to my story. We did not buy the game because it was thirty-five dollars. So when we went back on the twenty-third they still had the game and it had been marked down to eighteen dollars. We decided to buy the game and we brought it home.

This is the box.

These are some of the tiles.

This is some of the contents of this game.

(We even have the original pencils to this game!)

My fingers were quite sore on Christmas Eve from pulling apart the tiles that were stuck together (pretty much all of them) and sticking them back in the box. Well that is all this time.

   In the words of Alphonse Karr  "Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has."

Sincerely,

 Mary-Ann 

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