https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/ Personal effects of "a mad genius" by Craig Conley. en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) Copyright 2026 Craig Conley. All rights reserved. https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=117880 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>Little Folks</em>, 1921.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="916" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1793197930.6163.6533.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=117880 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=116334 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div><span>"1280 people speak at once."  From </span><em>The Children's Newspaper</em><span>, </span>1937.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="273" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1784655868.9736.9022.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=116334 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115409 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div> <div>From the<span> </span><em>Daily Mirror</em>, 1919.</div> </div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1046" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1778002920.6198.1746.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115409 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=114429 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div> <div> <div><span>From</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Marvelous%20Land%20of%20Oz&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Marvelous%20Land%20of%20Oz&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Marvelous Land of Oz</a></em><span> </span><span>by L. Frank Baum, 1904.</span></div> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="836" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1772325084.8628.7822.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=114429 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=113819 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Cues%20for%20You%20Mildred%20Graves%20Ryan&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Cues%20for%20You%20Mildred%20Graves%20Ryan&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cues for You</a></em> by Mildred Graves Ryan, 1930.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="745" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1769036870.6301.6699.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=113819 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=106351 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>The Saturday Evening Post</em>, 1918.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="810" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1742858708.7031.2256.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=106351 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=101782 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Heroes%2C%20or%20Greek%20Fairy%20Tales%20For%20My%20Children%20Charles%20Kingsley&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Heroes%2C%20or%20Greek%20Fairy%20Tales%20For%20My%20Children%20Charles%20Kingsley&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children</a></em> by Charles Kingsley and illustrated by Helen Monro, 1855.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1263" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1723994403.4893.9254.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=101782 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=68742 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"Here are the three bears.  Find Silver-locks."  From <em>Chatterbox</em>, 1908.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="485" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1627514003.3463.5272.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=68742 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90221 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Mathematics%20for%20Modern%20Life%20mccormack&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Mathematics%20for%20Modern%20Life%20mccormack&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mathematics for Modern Life</a></em> by Joseph P. McCormack, 1942.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="404" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1682006578.1663.5277.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90221 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=89579 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"The sea of darkness."  From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=How%20the%20Old%20World%20Found%20the%20New%20barnard&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=How%20the%20Old%20World%20Found%20the%20New%20barnard&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the Old World Found the New</a></em> by Barnard and Tall, 1929.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="569" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1680098332.4913.7884.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=89579 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90151 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>One-eyed admirers.  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1935 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="657" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1681782671.6443.3509.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90151 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=65961 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>Moving Picture World</em>, 1919. </div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="535" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1621374227.704.9732.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=65961 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=65999 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From Marion College's 1953 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="979" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1621460251.4385.5316.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=65999 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90902 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House</em> by Ousley &amp; Russell, 1948.  Related: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1438220294/blueraycom/"><em>The Minimalist Coloring Book</em></a>.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="372" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1683311623.8185.4490.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90902 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=91381 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From Salve Regina College's 1989 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="332" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1684759023.7285.2849.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=91381