Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Finding Claudette: An Autograph Book from 1962
An interactive account of a search for the owner of a 1962 autograph book found while antiquing in upstate New York.
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- The bookplate names Claudette Falkner and Ravena, New York; the street address is explicitly withheld.
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The entries are presented as a sequence of book pages, with transcriptions and images paired with explanations of recurring autograph-book conventions. Notes decode a spoken-letter rebus, identify R.C.S. as Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School, and place one message’s date at February 17, 1962. The bookplate’s street address is withheld.
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