Steph

hummina hummina hummina!

I thanked Lou for taking a stand against abusive posting. I knew he had suspended someone who went way way over the line. I think the rule against harrassment is an important one. I didn't know he had banned Galen. Does Galen object? According to Galen, the owner of a board "can do whatever he wants" and "really shouldn't have to explain why he does anything he choses to do". Well, he said that about Pete a couple of weeks ago. Does he think differently now? As to me being banned, I did shake things up, didn't I. (sorry about that Lou) I don't remember whining or crying though. I defended myself, others stood up for me, and I was unbanned.

So?

I enjoyed -- in a secular, sociological way -- how scripture was invoked to reinforce the wholesome image of marbles as a wholesome activity. Then the crescendo elevating marbles to the key to success in life. Charming. And then the commercial -- where Cornelians are said not only to be a perfect match for real agates but they're even better than real agates. It's fun to see the hype from the safe distance of decades.

Time Magazine article: The Most Disturbing Artist You've Never Heard Of from the article:

There's the rub, Derrick. Thanks, Lou.

I moved it there all on my own.

The 1926 booklet in its entirety. (click to enlarge) The 4 page advertisement insert starts here:

I've heard the legends. :-)

Three more early ones, boxes patented July 13, 1915 (click pix to enlarge) The patent: . .

But they delight all children! Here is an ad for a similar box, with a change of address. This might be the first Clarksburg ad. Appears to from about 1916: (click to enlarge)

Lovely. It would be cool to have a red/white/blue mib collection. I'm thinking particularly about a machine-made focus, since those are fascinatingly, frustratingly difficult to identify. I'd like to have a well-id-ed collection of vintage red/white/blues all together for purposes of study. :-)

Happy Birthday Bill!

Some nice detail here. (click to enlarge) From All About Marbles, 1926, published by the Akro Agate Co.

Here's another great one someone gave me a lead on. Maybe it should have gone in the handmades thread. A list of Lion Coffee Premiums dated 1897, with some sweet marbles. A stone agate, 2 latts, 2 bennies and a china. (click to enlarge) Here's some background on Lion Coffee advertising, The Lion Coffee Saga. Notice that the Woolson Spice Co. had been well known for its premiums for some years, but 1896 is given as the year the company launched an advertising campaign of epic proportions.

I got ideas, and boxes full of materials to use for them ... LOL ... Gotta admire people who DO IT! I missed the figure too until Sue commented on it. That's wild. Mary, your bear is amazing!

So, is the sulphide a rescued marble, or was it made from scratch?

I didn't see this when you posted it. Not sure I see it now.

Love the ad.

(click to enlarge .. maybe doubleclick to get fullsize)

gorgeous! And what fun it would be deciding which four of each run to include !

Hey there, Rosalie. :-) Unfortunately I think we're at the point where nothing I posted would be thought to resemble a furnace swirl. I suspect I could even post a furnace swirl but call it a Jabo and someone would say "that doesn't look anything like a Champ". (plus, I can't upload pix at the moment. )

I figured that was coming. I love pancakes!

I now realize size is not an option (edit: obstacle). That was staring in my face but I didn't notice. I think Randy's is a larger one, by the way. He posted it in a group shot as well as the individual pix. And yeah, I was mostly referring to the individuals which crossover, with some of the Jabo families having a higher likelihood of such individuals than other families. Some colors are closer too than the Charleston, but those don't get as many pix taken. The cold rolly and other error Jabos don't get as many pix either. That's where some of the nearer matches are going to be found. So I'd have to pull the nearer matches from my cache and then take care of that pesky camera problem.

Waiting for the punchline ,,,