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MsDowAntiq…
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Took a few pix to show to the folks at the library. I would like to do a few more displays -- here are some pix of shelves in my office, each with a mini collection that I can expand out into a bigger display, as I always have other items packed away to fill it out. Just thought I'd share the pix here. Once the shelf-display gets dis-assembled to form the library display, I doubt they'll ever get recreated like this.
1st theme is AUTHORS -- figurines and books by/of Shakespeare, Dickens, Twain, Shaw, and some Authors card games and other goodies.
2nd is Children's Literature - with Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme figurines.
3rd - Halloween Grouping - bottles, tins, and ephemera with Devils and Skeletons.
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