windy grass: canton, texas

Friday, July 4, 2008

canton, texas

i spent most of july 4th at the canton "first monday" flea market. walked about 6 miles around thousands of booths. it's just amazing what some people collect:

antique tools,

medicore fiction,

date nails (i got two, one from 1910 and one from 1926),

light switch covers,

and poultry.

there will be more on the finds of the day later - there were many. it was absolutely one of the most interesting things, ever.

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Prasanna Gadkari (M.Des in Product Design from I.I.Sc. ) said...: You know, these things are so simple. A collection of discarded items in junk market, but you made them look so beautiful. Loved the picture showing collection of date nails. and the photos are amazing!Great work! Enjoyed your blog! keep it up.. u already have a regular visitor :); July 4, 2008 at 11:37 PM

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Friday, July 4, 2008

canton, texas

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