Suggested by Tammy:
What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used?
I found this in an old copy of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman I bought at a library booksale:
So if you can read this and tell me what it is, I'd love to know! But whatever it is, it's definitely the most unusual thing I've found in a book!
UPDATE: After consulting with a colleague of mine in the Jewish library world (my boss, actually!) I've confirmed that the document is a ticket to a High Holy Days service held in Tel Aviv, in pre-state Israel. HaZafon is a neighborhood there and all of the other geographic markers check out. Thanks for everyone who wrote in with their ideas and translations!
As for what I use, mostly I just dog-ear. I know- I know. Bad!
22 comments:
It's a theater ticket - and from 1936 - wow!
What an interesting find inside the book.
I don't dog-ear...I used to years ago, but stopped once I began collecting.
What a find! It always feels like a bit of treasure to find a bookmark in an old book.
That's so cool! Here's my mark!
That is so neat! And with a name and address and everything! What a find. And I try to avoid the dog-ear, but sometimes it's the only way.
It is a ticket, but I think it might be a High Holiday ticket for a synagogue. It has the word "Minyan" as part of the description, so I'm betting that is what it was for. Many (probably most) synagogues sell tickets for the High Holidays as a way to fundraise for the rest of the year.
Jill- thank you!
Lydia- I think you're right. Festgottesdienst means (I think) festival service, so I think you're on the right track. Thank you!
What a great find.
I like finding bookmarks in used books.
I too dog-ear at times. Whats wrong with that?
Wow that is so cool!
Nice find, and isn't it wonderful that we can find these things out in the little book community...
I use an assortment of things. Right now I'm using a public library Sandman (from Neil Gaiman) bookmark. I use scraps of mail from time to time. I used to use photos quite a bit. Really I use whatever is nearby. I have a friend that doesn't use bookmarks, though. He just remembers the page or chapter number he's on when he quits.
I'm a librarian. We find all sorts of interesting and sometimes unusual things used as bookmarks. I opened a Reference book here a couple of summers ago to find a banana peel (which by that time had molded).
I'm with Lydia - it seems to be an entry ticket to a religous festival, possibly at a Hebrew school "Tel-Nordau Schule". You only gain entry with that ticket (Eintritt nur gegen diese Karte gestattet) and sit in row 8 seat 106. I wish the handwriting was a little neater.
What it literally says it that it is an admission ticket (einlass karte) to a divine religious festival (Festgottesdienst). It would be interesting to know what city the synagogue was in and whether it still exists!
What a neat thing to find in a book
A librarian that dog ears, I am appalled Marie :-0 (joking of course) i'm shocked and amazed though.
Dog earing...oh, that is simply shocking! :-O
What an awesome thing to find in a book!
I don't dog ear. I always feel like I'm damaging the book...
That is so cool, Marie! I'm glad you finally found out what it is.
The most unusual thing I've used to mark a book recently was a penny.
I'm late to the game, so without much ado, my BTT is HERE
I use so many random papers as bookmarks, while my official bookmarks sit idley in a basket.String, reciepts, and envelopes are my most common markers.
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