Link Du Jour: Forgotten Bookmarks

I’ve mentioned it in these pages before, but the strangest bookmark story I have is when a student came up to me, holding a picture of me, explaining that he had found the photo in his library book. It turns out I had checked that book out the previous summer, marked the page with what was closest at hand (because I always have pictures of myself nearby?) and forgot all about it.

Forgotten Bookmarks is like that story in blog form. A rare and used bookseller documents the funny, poignant, and crazy things found marking the pages of books. Letters from 1934, photos of Montezuma, and Garbage Pail Kid trading cards – it’s a fascinating mix. Click the image below to check it out.

(Thanks to A Year of Reading and At the Libraries for the link)

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