Dictionary Pages
March 30th, 2010
I wish these pages from a 1970′s dictionary were posters, but at $8, I’d be tempted to have them scanned and blown up. The minerals poster is my favorite, as it’s my favorite trend right now. Did anyone else have one of those grow your own crystals kits when you were a kid? I would get so excited about them, and then have no patience for the results.
March 30th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I TOTALLY had one of those kits … and lots of other dorky education related toys. My boyfriend thinks I’m crazy when I get excited by the Brain Quest (http://www.brainquest.com/)cards at the bookstore.
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March 30th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
did you have a rock tumbler too? those things were pretttty cool!
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March 30th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Oh my gosh – makes me think of my (now 20 yr old) son. He was obsessed with minerals. The picture would look GREAT blown up and framed.
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March 30th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
that would make a beautiful poster! i totally tried to grow my own rock candy for a science project… it didn’t work.
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March 30th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I’d like one now please :)
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March 30th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
They would look awesome as a collection, or as a blog post! :)
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March 30th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I feel like I have seen this page before! I have always been obsessed with rocks…odd childhood loves.
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March 31st, 2010 at 1:05 pm
i like. i once visited pompeii, and a geologist was on the tour with us. she pointed out which of the rocks on the ground were volcanic…it was pretty cool.
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March 31st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Hi there! I didn’t have this, but I was a total rock hound when I was little and still go nuts for them so my heart pretty much stopped for a moment when I saw this page. A poster is a *great* idea.
Lovely blog here, so glad I stumbled over!
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March 31st, 2010 at 4:23 pm
I had the growing crystals kit, the sea monkeys kit, the rock tumbler, the spin art kit, the fashion plates….all of it! How’s that for nostalgia?
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March 31st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Ohmygod, yes, yes yes! This post is completely a trip down memory lane… oh my!
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April 1st, 2010 at 3:09 pm
i grew up with this exact dictionary! my mom would point to it and say, “that thing is older than you”. i haven’t thought about that in ages. thank you!
xo Alison
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April 6th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I love this idea. My husband has a set of 1975 encyclopedias (his birth year), and this might be a way to display some of the nostalgia better than having them stored on a shelf or in the basement.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I am actually looking for the dictionary from which that picture came. Does anyone know the name of it or who published it. I had it when I was a kid.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Lisa, I would contact the seller and see if they can give you the info?
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