The eBay seller says the vase is likely "a graduation present for the young lady in the center." Yeah, you see her? That's her profile picture, with a non-traditional circular Facebook wall surrounding her. Circles were in mode back then, before being briefly banned during WWI for rationing purposes. But there's something very sweet and sad about this! She carried this vase around, labeled "My Friends," as reminder of 50 people who presumably meant the most to her at that point in her life. It was indelible—sealed in ceramic. And now that she's been dead for a very long time, this is all that there is to prove she ever had any friends at all. Will you be able to say the same about your Timeline, Dr. 21st century fancy pants?
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Wander
Hehe first time I hear about this urn
I said this same thing for my mother's facebook from 1968~!
Thanks for coming round my blog, I'll come round here.
Quite interesting.
Great post, stranger. I really like it. 'Vasebook' haha that's so funny and, like you said, sad, too. When I tell people who pretend they're all that because they have an iPhone and 1000 friends on facebook that they're the old-fashioned folks of the future, they always pretend they didn't hear me. People are funny and I think every generation - and age for that matter - has its charms, don't you think?
VaseBook! You're so clever!! Thanks for stopping by my Shadow Shot Sunday post. Come back anytime, and I'll do the same here!
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VaseBook! You're so clever!! Thanks for stopping by my Shadow Shot Sunday post. Come back anytime, and I'll do the same here!
That comment was from me, not my dogs!!
Wow, love it!!
Thanks for sharing.
If I had something like that, I probably wouldn't make it around 360 degrees. :'(
How cool, Zuckerberg definatly got the inspiration from that^^
I had never heard about this!
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Hahahahaa !! this is nice...thanks for visiting my blog .....nice blog you have ......so technical...cool !!...happy sunday...love Ria...xxx.
Interesting concept!
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Thanks for visiting my blog and glad I found yours What an amazing item. I wouldn't like to put my friends in ceramic though, in case it broke! but then I always was clumsy....
That´s a interesting post.
Hahahaha Pretty funny and unique for that matter.
I've never seen one of these before - interesting!
That's amazing haha, it's the first time I've ever heard of it too but damn that is cool!
This is amazing!!! Such a treasure. Who'da thunk that FB is actually from an idea long ago. LOL [your imagination is superior]
AND!!!!!!!!!! Do I ever want one of those Androids [in the post below this]
That is amazing ! I have never seen anything like that and to fraw a comparison to an antique "Face Book" is perfect .. sweetly sad as you have said too.
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Joy
well how about that then. kudos on the vasebook. i
sounds lovely
This is beautiful....thanks for stopping by....
What a fantasy. You could be right. It is very special and many people, friends saw ti.
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Filip
that's really cool
Hahaha, love your blog!
"Vasebook"! Oh, I'm dyin.
Thanks for your comment at Night Blooms. :-)
What a very poignant post. It makes me sad and intensely curious about this young woman.
I'm also curious....why would something like this be rationed during WW1?
Interesting reading. / Brita
This guy could have been a millionaire!
A far more civilised way to swap pictures...
Vasebook lol, Nah, i think it's like Google Circle
That's kind of crazy. I wonder how much those things would sell for?
3911 Followers?
WTF?
I'm in awe...
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lol, clearly stole it.
lol Vasebook, now that`s something
I wonder how poking works in the 19th century..
Great post -- thank you for the visit. :)
the victorian era really had some creepy stuff
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