The Year in Korean Nostalgia: December

As we prepare to say good-bye to 2017, the bubbles of memory waft in. As in olden days, Korean children gather 'round the fire to roast sweet potatoes.

For Sporting People

Product of Columbia.

The pause that refreshes.

The Year in Korean Nostalgia: November

The Complete Book of Progressive Knitting

Published 1940.

Not merely signed by the author.

Author portrait cut from a newspaper and glued to end paper

Bonus items inside the pages are newer than 1940. From a later owner?

Detail is done in fuzzy flocked stuff.

Sadly, the back of the card is missing. No clue, then, as to when this was manufactured. The cartoon style and poodle motif may most likely be from the '50s or early '60s.

And without inside matter, any further punchline is lost to the ages.

The Year in Korean Nostalgia: October

Persimmon harvest time, and hijinks ensue.

The fruit looks convincing, if only in comparison.

The Year in Korean Nostalgia: July

Just Around the Corner

NOTE EXTRA THREAD FOR ADDED STRENGTH

This is the idea of what happens when the replacement has been made and the pocket is open for business.

Extra thread for added strength... A must at the join on bottom right, where the edge is sewn shut, and at the bottom, so stuff doesn't fall out.

No sign of company history, but there's a Directory of Manufacturers listing in this volume of Chain Store Age (see: Binding, Blanket & Quilt). That's from 1941; a wartime trade journal.

Like this product, the journal also is very much of its era.