Ephemera: CJ bookmark, circa 1900

[Dell Hymes]

Dear Dave,

        Just to thank you for the many interesting things
you send.  I appreciate them very much.

                    Sincerely,

                    Dell  Hymes

                    (now at Charlottesville, but born and grew up
in Portland, Oregon (with two years of army service, including Korea), then 
graduate work at Indiana University
, then positions at Harvard, Berkeley, University of
Pennsykvania for many years, including 12 as dean of the
Graduate School of Education, than moving to U of Virginia, now retired 
there). For many years summers near
the Cascades and Portland.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Robertson" <ddr11 at UVIC.CA>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Ephemera: CJ bookmark, circa 1900


> By the way: I recently treated myself to this item.  It's now in my
> collection.  --  Dave R.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:42:43 -0500, David D. Robertson <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
> wrote:
>
>>http://froogle.google.com/froogle_url?q=http://cgi.tias.com/cgi-
>>bin/google.cgi/itemKey%3D1325679
>>
>>This would be quite a nice souvenir, if you had $30 to spend!
>>
>>"circa 1900 Silk Ribbon Bookmark, cream colored with green printing on
> both
>>sides. First side has oval vignette of George Washington and the
>>phrase, 'Washington Quanisum pechugh illahee, tenas alta, delate hyas
>>kloshe, alki. Kloshe nanittch.' written in Chinook Jargon. The reverse
> side
>>has the English translation, 'Washington, the Evergreen State, is small
>>now, but will be great bye-and-bye. Watch us.' Washington became a state
> in
>>1889 and adopted the Evergreen State nickname in 1893, as suggested by C T
>>Conover. SIZE: 1 7/8 x 6 1/2; COND: no tears or separations; print shows
>>faintly from other side (not as noticible as scan); lightly soiled. It is
>>possible this was for the 1909 AYPE World's Fair in Seattle."
>>
>>Item Number: ep492
>>Price: $ 30.00
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