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June 8, 2009

From card catalog to wet bar

As if the list of things I want couldn't get any longer, my friend Mary sends me this photo post of card catalogs.

My vote for best use of a retired catalog cabinet? Wine bar!

Although a shoe closet comes in close second. And those hooks are the perfect place to hang a few pictures. Oh! And for you sewing enthusiasts, it'd be pretty handy to keep all your little bits organized.

I could clearly go on and on.

Of course, you could also use it as a, you know, card catalog. But it seems that most libraries gave up the paper system, as Ruth Ann Brown is shown doing here at Liberty High in Eldersburg, 16 years ago.

Got any of your own ideas for these little beauties? Better yet, do you have one of your own?

(Sun photo: Barbara Haddock)

Posted by Nancy Knight at 11:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Thanks for sharing this with us! I hadn't considered what was happening to all of these card catalogs, and now I really want one. I'm going to need more wine...

Posted by: Brian Shephard | June 8, 2009 1:03 PM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.