The indoor flea market held its regularly scheduled sale over the weekend. Unfortunately, Mr. VJIMT was unable to go due to a race in which he was running. That's dedication -- missing a flea market for exercise.
I have no such inclination -- the flea market IS my exercise! -- so I grabbed two of my besties and we headed out. I didn't score quite as many treasures as the previous week; I only made one purchase, but it was a good one!
Got quite an assortment of antique ledgers/diaries from the early 1900s.
A few of them have cool maps inside.
I haven't gotten through all of them, but some of the entries are fun. "Bought a cow" made me chuckle. "Helped Jonee kill a hog" was no big deal. And there must have been a lot of corn that season!
My favorite has to be this one with advertisements for Eline's Chocolate.
Cool graphics, even thought that kid has a mustache drawn on him.
And look at this -- you need an abundance of sweets and fats to feed your brain and muscle!
See? Chocolate. Not exercise. It says so right here in black and white.
I did make another stop later that day and found more goodies. Some photos were posted on my Facebook page if you want to get a sneak peak, and I'll blog about it next.
Flea marketing is also my preferred form of exercise! It must be so interesting to read the entries in the ledgers.
Posted by: Judy D. | 08 March 2014 at 01:54 PM
Those look so fun! My grandpa kept a ledger/diary and he also put things in it like "butchered a cow" or "Erica came out to visit today". He also tracked each and every penny he spent. I used to think it was funny that he did that but now I would love to have just one of his journals. Thanks for the memory!
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | 08 March 2014 at 09:11 AM
What a fun post! I always feel the need to pick up old diaries, too, but that one with the chocolate ads is fabulous! I guess it explains why I'm so darn smart-I've fed my brain a LOT of chocolate over the years!
Posted by: KerryCan | 08 March 2014 at 06:19 AM
I love old diaries like these! I have my great aunt's. She was born in 1915. Her entries are very similar to these.
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | 07 March 2014 at 04:35 PM
HaHa! I wonder how many mothers ran out to buy the 10 cent size! Thanks for sharing the chuckle.
Posted by: Kathy | 07 March 2014 at 02:57 PM
I think those little books are a treasure! How fun to read them and look at the ads.
Posted by: Annette | 07 March 2014 at 01:35 PM