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You Know You’re a Rockhound When…

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Snowflake Obsidian Specimen _____________________ – You look down instead of up. – Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse. – You see beauty in all rocks, even “Leaverites,” the ones you leave behind. – Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet another rock. – You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining the spoon. – You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from people who are wondering why an old person is crawling around on a dirt pile. – You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread. – Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt. – You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks. – You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s why soap and water exist. – You get why rocks are so spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of earth ...

2012: Box #10 – Jewelry, Watches, and Documents

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Lucky Charms Bank   2012: Box #10 – Jewelry, Watches, and Documents   Bank: Lucky Charms Bank Box (Blue): Puzzle Box Box (Blue): Small Treasure Chest Box (silver) Box (Flat Black): Two necklaces (sweet!) Box (Gray): Costume Jewelry and Watches Box (Small Red Box): Paperweight Box (Small Wood Box): Stone Bird (tail feathers need to be glued on) Box (Tan): Costume Jewelry and Watch Cases Box: (Wood with Sailboat): Old Lottery Tickets (1985) Cigarette Case or Pack (Cloth, from Yugoslavia): Gold Box with Small Frame Jewelry Box (Treasure Chest): Some cards and old badges Mirror: Large Ivory Mirror (in bubble wrap envelope)   2012-10-Jewelry, Watches, and Documents Clear Container with Clear Lid   Keywords: -2012- -Shed- Banks Boxes Collectibles Documents Household Jewelry Jewelry Boxes Letters Literary Magazines Magazines Memorabilia Mirrors Paperweights Stone Carvings The Lists Toys Watches   Shed

Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991)

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Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) (closeup) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) (with York Town Auction description. Could not distinguish a signature) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) (closeup of reverse. NOT the known signature of the artist) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) (reverse) Painting: Oil Painting of Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Red and Yellow Flowers in a Glass Vase with Fallen Red Petals Oil on Wood Panel Unsigned, but attributed to Walt Partymil...

2012: Box #9 – Webmaster Memorabilia from Childhood Through College

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“Gee, Thanks Brooks!” (Brooks Robinson Poster, 1977): Norman Rockwell   2012: Box #9 – Webmaster Memorabilia from Childhood Through College   Shed: Bank Materials: Old bank books (York Bank), 2 Bank Materials: Old checkbook and cancelled checks from 1980-1983. Books: God is With Me, My Religion Book 8 , 1960; At Church and at Home , 1957; The Christian Home , 1934; Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) , 1963; St. Jude Thaddeus , 1951; The Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms , 1961-1962. Books: Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary , Section 1–A-AST Calendar: 1984 Cloth Calendar, Still in Package, “Home Sweet Home” Calendar: 1984 Cloth Calendar, Still in Package, “Spices” Calendar: Sioux City Art Calendar, Summer 2005 (Features Twig House) Clothing: Silk Scarf, Purple, Blue, Yellow, Modernistic Design Conference Materials: Journalism Conference (1981), two envelopes Cookbooks: “12 th Annual Siouxland Cookbook” (Published by Sioux City Journal ), March 21, 1971 Cookbooks:...

Editorial Cartoon (7 June 1952): Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991)

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Editorial Cartoon (7 June 1952): Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Editorial Cartoon (7 June 1952): Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Editorial Cartoon (7 June 1952): Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) (reverse) Editorial Cartoon (7 June 1952): Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991) Black Frame with White Mat Lot #623 2012: Wall #1 – Three Original Framed Walt Partymiller Editorial Cartoons and One Original-Framed Oil Painting   Penned Comment: Let’s Honor Tom Paine in York Text: Our Own National Shrine? The Cookes House on Codorus Street. Jan. 7, 1737 – June 8, 1809 Illustration: Portrait of Tom Paine with a distant view of old York and a drawing of the Cookes House. Size: 12.75 x 15.5   York Town Auction York Expo Center/ York Fairgrounds York, Pennsylvania   23 February 2002   2012-Wall-1-Three Or...

2012: Boxes #1 through #8 – Miscellaneous

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Jeans   2012: Boxes 1 through 8 – Miscellaneous 2012-1-8-Miscellaneous   Box #1: Rocks and Specimens, 5 boxes, renamed Box #9, (a, b, c, d, and e), moved to 2020 Box #1a (Posted as Box #9a in 2020): Search term: 20-9a- Box #1b (Posted as Box #9b in 2020): Search term: 20-9b- Box #1c (Posted as Box #9c in 2020): Search term: 20-9c- Box #1d (Posted as Box #9d in 2020): Search term: 20-9d- Box #1e (Not yet posted) White Banker’s Boxes Family room and upstairs 2012-1-Rocks and Specimens 2012-1a-Rocks and Specimens 2012-1b-Rocks and Specimens 2012-1c-Rocks and Specimens 2012-1d-Rocks and Specimens 2012-1e-Rocks and Specimens   Box #2: Women’s Clothing Box #2a : Very large winter tops, turtlenecks, and one red Christmas sweatshirt Clear Box with clear lid Upstairs, E’s closet 2012-2-Clothing 2012-2a-Clothing   Box #2b : Large and very large shorts Clear Box with clear lid Upstairs, R’s room 2012-2-Clothing 20...

2012: Box #0 – Unnumbered Items Stored in Shed

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Manual Hand Truck Dolly   2012: Box #0 – Unnumbered Items Stored in Shed   *Shed Items: Automotive: Gas can Camping Item: skeleton of a tent (in a canvas bag). The actual tent part may be in the attic. Furniture: plastic drawer set Garden tools: rakes (3): Green tines, black tines, black with rigid teeth. These may have been moved to the shed attached to the house Household and camping: picnic basket (brown), filled with spikes for tent Household: picnic basket (green), full of junk Literary Magazine: Onion River Review , 1994 Moving Equipment: hand truck dolly Office Item: Typewriter: Underwood typewriter (in Box 2003-64?) Packing Materials: Knocked-down Bankers Boxes Packing Materials: Large Empty Boxes Packing Materials: Priority Boxes, various sizes (knocked down and in boxes) Technology: vintage Lexmark printer in yellow box Toy: Gumball machine, glass top (1 cent) Toy: Maple doll bed, pieces (2 levels and 1 ladder), Trash: 45-Gallon trash can on wheels (dark gr...

2012: Book Box #57 – General Books

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Cavedweller: A Novel , 1998 (Hardback): Dorothy Allison   2012: Book Box #57 – General Books   Allison: Dorothy Allison. Cavedweller: A Novel , 1998 (Hardback) Andric: Ivo Andric. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards. The Bridge on the Drina , 1977 (Paperback) Baldacci: David Baldacci. First Family , 2009 (1st Edition, Hardback) Barker: Clive Barker. Imajica , 1991 (Hardback) Brooks: Van Wyck Brooks. Howells: His Life and World , 1959 (1st Edition, Hardback, Library copy: Martin Library, York, Pa. Withdrawn) Canin: Ethan Canin. Emperor of the Air: Stories , 1989 (1st Perennial Edition, Paperback) Danziger: Marlies Danziger and W. Stacy Johnson. An Introduction to the Study of Literature , 1961, 1965 (Paperback) Davidson: Jeff Davidson. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time , 2nd Edition (Paperback) Department of Defense: Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 600-2. The Armed Forces Officer , November 1950 (Hardback, No Jacket) Dostoevsky: Feodor Dostoevsky, Ed. Georg...

Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” (Artist: Walt Partymiller, 1912-1991)

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Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” (reverse) Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” (bio) Editorial Cartoon (1963): “June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems” Lot #623 Gold Frame with Blue Mat 2012: Wall #1 – Three Original Framed Walt Partymiller Editorial Cartoons and One Original-Framed Oil Painting   Pencil Comment: Keep in Touch! Text: June Grads: Many Unsolved Earth Problems Illustration: The earth is injured with band aids all over and a big gash in her head. A new graduate gazes at the battered earth, perhaps slightly confused about his place in his new life as an adult. Size: 13 x 17   York Town Auction York Expo Center/ York Fairgrounds York, Pennsylvania   23 February 2002   2012-Wall-1-Three Original Framed Walt Party...

2012: Book Box #56 – Magazines (Old Issues)

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Ladies Home Journal  (April 1969)   2012: Book Box #56 – Magazines (Old Issues)   Ladies Home Journal (1969): January, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, December Ladies Home Journal (1970): January, February, April, May, July, September, October (June, November, December gifted to family) Ladies Home Journal (1971): January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September Ladies Home Journal (1972): June, July, August, September, October, November, December Ladies Home Journal (1973): Complete year Redbook (1987): November     2012-Book-56-Magazines (Old Issues) Brown Box Repacked 2015   Keywords: -2012- -Books- Fiction Non-fiction Magazines The Lists   Attic

About Walt Partymiller (1912-1991), Editorial Cartoonist and Watercolorist

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Walt Partymiller ( York College of Pennsylvania Exhibition )    Walt Partymiller (1912–1991) was an influential American political cartoonist and watercolor artist best known for his 31-year career at the progressive tabloid The Gazette and Daily (and its successor, the York Daily Record ) in York, Pennsylvania. Born in Seattle, Washington, Partymiller moved to York after World War II. He became a formidable voice for the American left by translating the staunchly liberal viewpoints of newspaper owner J.W. Gitt into incisive visual commentary. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] Editorial Cartoons and Political Impact During his tenure from 1945 until his retirement in 1976, Partymiller penned more than 7,500 editorial cartoons. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Core Themes : He frequently championed civil rights, nuclear disarmament, peace movements, and labor, while criticizing segregation, corporate privilege, and conservative policies. Historical Highlights : In 1948, he drew a poi...

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