SOURCE: Purchased on eBay This beautifully illustrated vintage bookmark is now in my collection, having purchased it on eBay along with 90 other antique and vintage bookmarks for a bargain price! As all the text on the front and back is in German, and I do not speak German, I used Google Translate to find out what the bookmark is about. My guess was that the ship shown in the illustration was the "Daheim". WRONG! Daheim ("At Home") was a German magazine produced in the 1800s and 1900s (and I think still is in a modern version). The magazine was renowned for its fabulous illustrations, photos, stories and historical information. Here are a few photos from the 1910-1911 issues of the magazine which I found on the internet: |
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the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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