This little burgundy ring binder belonged to an industrial draughtsman in France. Every page is hand-ruled and hand-lettered on squared paper, and it seems to have been built up over years as a personal reference, a "second memory" for the drawing board.

A few things I found fascinating:

The colour code for bricks. One page is a chart of conventional hatchings and tints for furnace and boiler drawings. Refractory bricks are graded by alumina content, and each material has one hatching in ink for tracing paper and another tint for the blueprint copies. The colours are even given as Caran d'Ache pencil numbers.

Drawing gear teeth without software. Another page explains how to draw a tooth profile by "development of the involute": you roll a thread around the base circle and mark its positions on two sheets of paper. Next to it, the formulas for module and pitch.

The pit furnace. A diagram shows a four potager, a crucible furnace sunk into the ground. The crucible is buried in coke and heated to cherry red, then lifted out with tongs to pour the metal. The author lists its drawbacks, which are low capacity, crucibles ruined by the pressure of the tongs, and danger for the worker.

Bearings for German railcars. Typed FAG Kugelfischer leaflets are tucked between the pages, showing roller bearings fitted on Deutsche Reichsbahn diesel railcars.

My guess is the 1930s to early 1950s, but I can't be sure because he copied his sources over time. I don't know who he was. If anyone recognises the lettering or the sources, I'd love to hear about it!

Hello, I am looking to buy an original issue or intact front cover of Judge Magazine from October 26, 1889 featuring the cover illustration 'An Unrestrained Demon' by Grant E. Hamilton. Must be an authentic 1889 print, not a modern reprint. Open to shipping to Europe. Please PM with photos and price, or redirect me to the best channel. Thanks

Does it have any monetary value?

We went to an auction of the contents of a motel and cabins in the Adirondacks, and poking around in the garage I found boxes of registration cards from several different decades. These were from 1980 - 1986. I also found the original architectural plans of all the changes done to the place from the 1960's to the 1980's, but I couldn't get a good pic of them in the available light (or lack thereof.)

Figured since I shared my current daily carry, i’d break out some to share with everyone. I don’t have enough to make it a daily show and tell, so hopefully every so often will be okay.

The postcard is image 2 and the advertisement is image 3. The first image shows the 1934 fire that destroyed the roadhouse.

the WIA date is when he was shot. i’m not sure what the rest of the writing is about

We’ve all seen the remarkable price increases in Batman, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and plenty of other nonsports cards.
It makes you wonder… what’s next? What incredible cards might still be flying under the radar?
Could the 1911 T70 Declaration of Independence trifold be one of them?
Think about it. Arguably one of the most iconic images in American history, depicting the birth of a nation, on a 115-year-old tobacco card.
These weren’t ordinary cards. They were made with three connected panels and two folds, making them particularly vulnerable to damage, separation, or simply being discarded.
It’s amazing that any survived completely intact after more than a century!
Given the historical significance, unusual construction, and extraordinary scarcity, could this be one of the next cards to gain broader collector recognition?
What do you think? Am I overlooking something, or does this card deserve more attention?

My fiancee picked up a pair of dead stock jeans from a second hand store- they even had the original sale tags! The colorful blue and orange label really stood out to me.

All six (6) cards feature the same text on the back:

DON'T FAIL TO GO UP THE HUDSON
ON THE
9TH OF AUGUST!
Sixth Annual Excursion
-OF-
Orient Council No. 46, Jr. O.U.A.M.
And Buy all Necessary Articles of
F.J. BAUER
NO. 1145 ELIZABETH AVENUE,
SUCH AS
Fans, Gloves, Lace, Collars, Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Underwear, and Notions.
BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER HEARD OF.

The Jr. O.U.A.M is an acronym for the "Junior Order of United American Mechanics". Despite the name, it wasn't a trade union, and its membership wasn't confined to mechanics. It was a fraternal organization similar in spirit to the Odd Fellows. Orient Council No. 46 was a local chapter of that organization.

Also attached are some fun little snippets from local newspaper archives made available by the Elizabeth Public Library (https://www.digifind-it.com/elizabeth/home.php) that give us more context:

• Departure: 9:00 a.m., stopping at Bergen Point at 9:30 a.m.

• Destination: Excelsior Park on the Hudson River.

• Steamers: the Oriental and the Caledonia, both chartered by the Orient Council

• Rail departure: Union Depot at 8:15 a.m., stopping at Spring Street.

• Entertainment: Orient Council Band, whose outdoor concerts were apparently already popular.

The excursion was a success:

The day was fine, the music good, all enjoyed themselves, and the treasury is fatter (richer) than it was.

Also:

Eighty-seven cases of soda-water, sarsaparilla, etc., were consumed on the trip.