Magazine finds in abandoned house.

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Hey all, not sure if anyone is interested in old magazines but I found an old caved in house in the wood today and it was filled with old magazines. I grabbed a few and might go back for the rest. There was at least a stack of 100 magazines in excellent condition. Saturday Evening Post's from the 30's, Look Magazine from the 30's and early 40's, McCalls from the early 40's. And that was just a few off the top that I grabbed. I also found an old book called "Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison" Stillwater , Minnesota dated 1909 Second Addition 100,000 copies, and that's in excellent condition too.

 

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[Coinstriking Michigan]

If anyone has any info on the book "Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison" let me know. All I can find are the reprints of it.

 

[diggummup]

I know that it was first printed in 1909, so your second edition was obviously reprinted that same year because the original 1st run sold out. I know the book contains a chapter on the prison's most famous resident, Cole Younger. I'm sure it's got a little value to it. When I find anything else i'll let ya know. Nice finds on the old mags too. I love old ephemera.

I found this, is this your edition? 1911?-

Heilbron, W[illiam] C[asper] (born 1864)
Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota
St. Paul 1911 2 St. Paul: Published by W. C. Heilbron, [1911]. 2nd Edition, 1st printing. [First published 1909]. 155+[3]pp. + fron tis portrait of warden Henry Wolfer. Numerous text illustrations. Small octavo. Lacking the printed wrappers and spne, some edge-chipping to the front blank, a fair copy only. Scarce. According to the title-page, the second edition consisted of 100,000 copies. Pages 125-147 contain [Thomas] Cole[man] Younger's account of the Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery. OCLC records only Minnesota Historical Soc. & Sam Houston State Univ. as having the second edition (though I know that the College of Physicians in Philadelphia also has a copy). 7.0 ounces. 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches. Acceptable
Price: USD 25.00

 

[SusanMN]

Very cool. Yes, you should go back and get the rest of the mags if they are in decent shape. You may find collectors interested in the whole magazine or in certain advertisements from them. The Minnesota prison book is also way cool. Let me know if you're thinking you might sell it.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Thanks buddy, yeah it was odd...finding an old house caved in and still had the furniture and such in it. It still had things in the old fridge....I found a stack of old christmas cards and such from the 20's and 30's too, still in the envelopes. It was like a step back in time.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Very cool. Yes, you should go back and get the rest of the mags if they are in decent shape. You may find collectors interested in the whole magazine or in certain advertisements from them. The Minnesota prison book is also way cool. Let me know if you're thinking you might sell it.

Now that I think of the size of the stack, there might have been two hundred magazines still there. They smell like mildew or whatever but they are dry, clean and bright. Hard to believe the weather didn't get to them. I am going to go get the rest tomorrow.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

I know that it was first printed in 1909, so your second edition was obviously reprinted that same year because the original 1st run sold out. I know the book contains a chapter on the prison's most famous resident, Cole Younger. I'm sure it's got a little value to it. When I find anything else i'll let ya know. Nice finds on the old mags too. I love old ephemera.

At the top of the book it says Real facts of "Northfield Bank Robbery-Cole Younger" and on the inside cover it is an ad for the Great Minnesota State Fair September 6ft to 11th 1909.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if this was someones property. I just happened upon it. I'd hate to see all those magazines gone after the rest of the roof caves in.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Another thing I found was a stack of old telegrams from 1927 that were folded in half and looked like they were printed today...kind of neat.

 

[diggummup]

Get it all! There is a market for all that stuff.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Get it all! There is a market for all that stuff.

I'm going to, I forgot about another thing I found it was an envelope with a card in it and inside the card was a folded handkerchief that still had the tags on it from 1927.

 

[davest]

so what are you doing sitting here typing on an internet forum?

I tell ya, there are so many things that I neglected to grab when I was younger that I should have.

You only get one shot at it.

Now, get out there, bring them home, take pictures and post them here. You never know, someone

might want some of that in exchange for that soft folding stuff the government gives out.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

so what are you doing sitting here typing on an internet forum?

I tell ya, there are so many things that I neglected to grab when I was younger that I should have.

You only get one shot at it.

Now, get out there, bring them home, take pictures and post them here. You never know, someone

might want some of that in exchange for that soft folding stuff the government gives out.

I plan on getting the rest in the morning.

 

[VWandSTUDEBAKER]

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if this was someones property. I just happened upon it. I'd hate to see all those magazines gone after the rest of the roof caves in.

Ummm.....sorry to sound like an a&&, but yeah, it is someones property and thats called theft. You might be bending over picking up some magazines and get a butt full of lead. Just my 2 cents on the matter.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if this was someones property. I just happened upon it. I'd hate to see all those magazines gone after the rest of the roof caves in.

Ummm.....sorry to sound like an a&&, but yeah, it is someones property and thats called theft. You might be bending over picking up some magazines and get a butt full of lead. Just my 2 cents on the matter.

Very true, I wonder why they let the building cave in then and why they never removed things from 80 years ago.

 

[SkyPirate]

Lets see some pictures

 

[Theakiki]

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if this was someones property. I just happened upon it. I'd hate to see all those magazines gone after the rest of the roof caves in.

Ummm.....sorry to sound like an a&&, but yeah, it is someones property and thats called theft. You might be bending over picking up some magazines and get a butt full of lead. Just my 2 cents on the matter.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure somebody owns, the property, owns the house, owns the contents. Whether or not they want the contents is a valid question. Best to try to find out the owner and ask if you can have what is theirs.

 

[aaron7]

Pictures regardless! But then leave the stuff and find out who owns it lol

 

[oldmaps]

This info came from www.addall.com it's a good site for checking out prices on books. The dealer thats selling this copy is asking 26.00 for the second edition.


Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison Stillwater Minnesota

[show this book only] Heilbron William Casper born 1864 26.25 Biblio John Gach Books, Inc. St. Paul. 1911. 2. Acceptable. St. Paul: Published by W. C. Heilbron, [1911]. 2nd Edition, 1st printing. [First published 1909]. 155+[3]pp. + frontis portrait of warden Henry Wolfer. Numerous text illustrations. Small octavo. Lacking the printed wrappers and spne, some edge-chipping to the front blank, a fair copy only. Scarce. According to the title-page, the second edition consisted of 100,000 copies. Pages 125-147 contain [Thomas] Cole[man] Younger's account of the Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery. OCLC records only Minnesota Historical Soc. & Sam Houston State Univ. as having the second edition (though I know that the College of Physicians in Philadelphia also has a copy). 7.0 ounces = 199 grams. 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches = 19.5 x 13 x 1cm. .

 

[Goose-0]

And the furniture? Reach down into the upholstered furniture for coins that might have been lost when people used to sit in the chairs. I did once.....a 1918 (P) S L quarter in VG condition.