Western Union, 1953 (ad in the corner)

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

All giggles about the "Want a Boy?" text aside, this is a picture of an actual telegram from Laura Ingalls Wilder, and it was from a book called "Laura's Album" compiled by William Anderson. It is done scrapbook-style, as you can probably tell by the superimposed illustration over the picture of the telegram.

I've always loved Laura Ingalls Wilder and all the Little House stories, and I thought this was an interesting find. Enjoy! :)

Comments

[gatepromise.livejournal.com]

Holy moly, great find! I am a collector of all things Laura Ingalls Wilder.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend the Laura's Album book... and also the Little House cookbook where someone actually figured out close recipes for all the foods eaten in the books and made a book out of them with excerpts from the stories. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Lauras-Album-Remembrance-Scrapbook-Ingalls/dp/0060278420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340712387&sr=8-1&keywords=laura%27s+album

http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-House-Cookbook-Frontier/dp/0064460908/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340712408&sr=1-1&keywords=little+house+cookbook

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

These days if you want a boy, you have to do more than just call a number.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

lol that's what I thought when I saw that too! :P

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Or less, because there's an app for that...Grindr (http://grindr.com/) (NSFW).

[hippie-chick.livejournal.com]

*flails* Little House!! LOVE LOVE!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

OMG you have Nellie in your icon. That RULES.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Me too!! I love Laura Ingalls Wilder, always have... and especially now since I'm a farm wife myself, I feel like I'd love to just sit down with her and talk about farmer husbands and raising chickens. :3

[shortsweetcynic.livejournal.com]

these are AWESOME. (and now my desire to get the entire box set is renewed. i adored these when i was a kid, and i love them still now. total comfort reading.)

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend the Laura's Album book... and also the Little House cookbook where someone actually figured out close recipes for all the foods eaten in the books and made a book out of them with excerpts from the stories. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Lauras-Album-Remembrance-Scrapbook-Ingalls/dp/0060278420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340712387&sr=8-1&keywords=laura%27s+album

http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-House-Cookbook-Frontier/dp/0064460908/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340712408&sr=1-1&keywords=little+house+cookbook

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

That's going on my Amazon wish list, thanks!