Alda Carlson started collecting four leaf clovers starting in 1910. She kept them all and pressed them in decorative patterns in albums. She must have had a lot of luck. I've never even found one!
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Update: Sold for $532.52 on eBay
Monday, December 7, 2009
Alda Carlson's One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Five Four Leaf Clovers Collected From 1910 to the 1920's
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8 comments:
Wow, amazing. I love how some of the other photos seem to show other possible four-leaf clovers that Alda Carlson never got around to pressing.
Yeah, the sheets of simple addition are great too!
This sure makes a lot of contemporary art pale in comparison. I've never found one either.
AH! Great! Every time I find one, I place it in a book to dry but I never remember which books have them, so one day when I happen to open up just the right ones little clovers will come floating out. Love those things.
I once found an old 19th century book of poems by Longfellow in a used bookstore. Based on the inscription, it belonged to a young girl and inside were: a pressed flower, an old very faded photograph with the image barely discernible and a newspaper clipping with a visual puzzle that was formed with President Lincoln's face. I love finding time capsules...
incredible!!!!!!
Wonderful blog! My newest place to plug - I put a post on my blog this a.m. Love it!
Oh, how beautiful....
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