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Whaling
This set of whaling-themed tobacco cards from Ogden’s was released in 1927. It’s a 25 card set with beautiful images of ships, whales, sailors, and equipment. I can’t help but be reminded of Melville’s great chronicle of the sea, and Ahab’s obsessive quest for the solitary leviathan called by sailors Moby Dick. “But as for…
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Sea Adventure
I added a new set of tobacco cards to my small collection. As you can see from the back of the card, it is called Sea Adventure and consists of 50 cards. There are quite a few beautiful images in the set, and I think this Robinson Crusoe one is a good example.
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nascent
I think I’m beginning to learn at least a little bit about how to use this platform. The old trial and error approach. I’ll stick with it and hopefully there will eventually be something relatively pleasing to use, read, and interact with here.
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cornfusion
I have pretty much no idea how to use this. Argh. I’ve had blogs in the past that were very simple to publish…this, however, is quite confusing and a bit overwhelming.
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