So many have asked about what else is in the box I described yesterday…..

Well, there is

a checkbook from the National Metropolitan Bank of Washington. This bank, second oldest in the city and now long gone, was founded in 1814, just before the British burned the city.

An unused one year expense and tax record, perfect for the traveling salesman in the family. Available on request.

A conversational French speaking guide, published in 1945. It has 125 pages, and is actually pretty good (as long as you don’t want to refer to anything that has reference to the past 80 years).

If I were a better Catholic (or perhaps any kind of Catholic), I might know what these cards (probably pre-Nazi era) are for. Biblical verses, old script. The photo shows 3 of a total of 7. Maybe they were a church fundraising gimmick.

This St. Louis flag is ready to be unpeeled and placed on the window of your car. My guess is it is about 50 years old. A promotion of Channel 11, KPLR TV. KPLR was established by Harold Koplar, owner and president of the Chase and Park Plaza hotels and father of my high school classmate, Bob, who – for reasons that may be obvious – was voted Most Likely to Succeed.

A never used, magnetized, portable Scrabble set. Have no idea why it was never used.

This is an announcement from my original DC law firm 41 years ago when we had 45 attorneys. 20 were partners, of whom 13 are still alive. The firm disbanded in 1989, but I am still in contact with 11 of those 13 (including Frank H.).

Here’s a good deal from your local S & L. Put in $1 every other week ($26), and they will give you $25 at the end of the year.

And last, but far from least, several blank appointment cards from Leo to get your hair done at Garfinckels, Spring Valley. Leo, if you don’t know,  was Edie’s father. And his name, outside of Garfinckels, was not Leo.

That’s it.