Sonia Fetherston
@221blonde.bsky.social
"...blonde and fair-haired, with the piquant contrast of a pair of dark eyes..." (VALL) Happily devoted to Sherlock Holmes!
Preparing to send abt 120 more vintage/rare/unusual Sherlockian greeting cards to Univ of Minnesota’s Sherlock Holmes Collections. They’ll join my previous gift of 1,145 similar Sherlockian cards. Next time you visit Minneapolis, ask to view the Fetherston Collection. Labor of love, for sure!
June 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Preparing to send abt 120 more vintage/rare/unusual Sherlockian greeting cards to Univ of Minnesota’s Sherlock Holmes Collections. They’ll join my previous gift of 1,145 similar Sherlockian cards. Next time you visit Minneapolis, ask to view the Fetherston Collection. Labor of love, for sure!
My favorite holiday is St. Valentine’s Day……
Next time you’re in Minneapolis be sure to visit the University of Minnesota’s Andersen Library. Their #SherlockHolmes Collections includes my vintage Sherlockian greeting cards, more than 1,100 of them. Here’s just one example.
Happy ❤️ Day to you!
Next time you’re in Minneapolis be sure to visit the University of Minnesota’s Andersen Library. Their #SherlockHolmes Collections includes my vintage Sherlockian greeting cards, more than 1,100 of them. Here’s just one example.
Happy ❤️ Day to you!
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
My favorite holiday is St. Valentine’s Day……
Next time you’re in Minneapolis be sure to visit the University of Minnesota’s Andersen Library. Their #SherlockHolmes Collections includes my vintage Sherlockian greeting cards, more than 1,100 of them. Here’s just one example.
Happy ❤️ Day to you!
Next time you’re in Minneapolis be sure to visit the University of Minnesota’s Andersen Library. Their #SherlockHolmes Collections includes my vintage Sherlockian greeting cards, more than 1,100 of them. Here’s just one example.
Happy ❤️ Day to you!
Now available from BSI Press via bakerstreetirregulars.com (found in the history and biography section) it’s my new book WIGGINS: TOM STIX AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS. Stix was the BSI leader who did away with the Sherlockian group’s unequal treatment of women, welcoming female Sherlockians!
January 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Now available from BSI Press via bakerstreetirregulars.com (found in the history and biography section) it’s my new book WIGGINS: TOM STIX AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS. Stix was the BSI leader who did away with the Sherlockian group’s unequal treatment of women, welcoming female Sherlockians!
Found this in one of my files. I think I saved it because it's got my favorite quote, from author Booth Tarkington to actor William Gillette:
"I would rather see you play 'Sherlock Holmes' than be a child again on Christmas morning."
"I would rather see you play 'Sherlock Holmes' than be a child again on Christmas morning."
January 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Found this in one of my files. I think I saved it because it's got my favorite quote, from author Booth Tarkington to actor William Gillette:
"I would rather see you play 'Sherlock Holmes' than be a child again on Christmas morning."
"I would rather see you play 'Sherlock Holmes' than be a child again on Christmas morning."
Oh, to have been there for this high school Sherlock Holmes dance performance! From the Bakersfield (Calif.) Californian newspaper 90 years ago today, 26 March 1934. Maybe it was like the...um...unusual Sherlock ballet of the 1950s?
March 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Oh, to have been there for this high school Sherlock Holmes dance performance! From the Bakersfield (Calif.) Californian newspaper 90 years ago today, 26 March 1934. Maybe it was like the...um...unusual Sherlock ballet of the 1950s?
105 years ago today, 21 March 1919, in a newspaper called the San Antonio (Texas) Light, a look at Mutt and Jeff....
March 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
105 years ago today, 21 March 1919, in a newspaper called the San Antonio (Texas) Light, a look at Mutt and Jeff....
65 years ago today (18 March 1959) the Dunkirk, New York Evening Observer ran this #Sherlockian theme ad for an auto repair shop and I'm loving it!
March 19, 2024 at 2:47 AM
65 years ago today (18 March 1959) the Dunkirk, New York Evening Observer ran this #Sherlockian theme ad for an auto repair shop and I'm loving it!
70 years ago today (18 March 1954) the San Patricio County, Texas News ran this #Sherlockian-theme advert. I detect someone in the newspaper's classified department was one of us....
March 19, 2024 at 2:45 AM
70 years ago today (18 March 1954) the San Patricio County, Texas News ran this #Sherlockian-theme advert. I detect someone in the newspaper's classified department was one of us....
Coming April 13, 7 pm, at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Buster Keaton's SHERLOCK, JR. (1924, Metro Pictures) with live musical accompaniment. Palace of the Arts Theatre. See silentfilm.org. Lots of other offerings, too!
March 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Coming April 13, 7 pm, at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Buster Keaton's SHERLOCK, JR. (1924, Metro Pictures) with live musical accompaniment. Palace of the Arts Theatre. See silentfilm.org. Lots of other offerings, too!
Nothing against Moriarty, but I always felt Culverton Smith in "The Dying Detective" was the Sherlockian Canon's biggest creep. Mere crime boss vs. dabbler in biological weaponry. Here he is as he appeared 110 years ago today, March 8, 1914, in the Salt Lake City Tribune:
March 8, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Nothing against Moriarty, but I always felt Culverton Smith in "The Dying Detective" was the Sherlockian Canon's biggest creep. Mere crime boss vs. dabbler in biological weaponry. Here he is as he appeared 110 years ago today, March 8, 1914, in the Salt Lake City Tribune:
70 years ago, March 1 and 2 of 1954, the amazingly talented Edith Meiser (with artist Frank Giacoia) debuted the then-new Sherlock Holmes comic strip. It ran several years in many newspapers. Here are the first 2 strips as they appeared in the Chester PA Times on those dates:
March 2, 2024 at 10:15 PM
70 years ago, March 1 and 2 of 1954, the amazingly talented Edith Meiser (with artist Frank Giacoia) debuted the then-new Sherlock Holmes comic strip. It ran several years in many newspapers. Here are the first 2 strips as they appeared in the Chester PA Times on those dates:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle deduces a former convict...as told in the Batesville, Indiana (USA) Tribune, 120 years ago today, 18 February 1904.
February 19, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle deduces a former convict...as told in the Batesville, Indiana (USA) Tribune, 120 years ago today, 18 February 1904.
The British company Stoll produced a silent film series about Sherlock Holmes starring Eille Norwood. 100 years ago today, 16 Feb 1924, this thrilling ad appeared in the Daily Sun from Manitoba, Canada. Note our hero brandishing a handgun in the backseat of the speeding car (lower left)!
February 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
The British company Stoll produced a silent film series about Sherlock Holmes starring Eille Norwood. 100 years ago today, 16 Feb 1924, this thrilling ad appeared in the Daily Sun from Manitoba, Canada. Note our hero brandishing a handgun in the backseat of the speeding car (lower left)!
Valentines Day, my favorite holiday! Guess I’m a mushy romantic at heart; so is Sherlock Holmes, judging by the many valentines (old and new) that bear his image. Here’s a final example from my collection of Sherlockian greeting cards, now housed at the Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. ❤️
February 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Valentines Day, my favorite holiday! Guess I’m a mushy romantic at heart; so is Sherlock Holmes, judging by the many valentines (old and new) that bear his image. Here’s a final example from my collection of Sherlockian greeting cards, now housed at the Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. ❤️
Countdown to Feb. 14:
Dr. Watson sometimes thought Sherlock Holmes was a “thinking machine,” but generations of Holmesians know there was a softer, sweeter side to the detective. That’s why Holmes has figured in scores of valentines over the years, like this one.
Dr. Watson sometimes thought Sherlock Holmes was a “thinking machine,” but generations of Holmesians know there was a softer, sweeter side to the detective. That’s why Holmes has figured in scores of valentines over the years, like this one.
February 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Countdown to Feb. 14:
Dr. Watson sometimes thought Sherlock Holmes was a “thinking machine,” but generations of Holmesians know there was a softer, sweeter side to the detective. That’s why Holmes has figured in scores of valentines over the years, like this one.
Dr. Watson sometimes thought Sherlock Holmes was a “thinking machine,” but generations of Holmesians know there was a softer, sweeter side to the detective. That’s why Holmes has figured in scores of valentines over the years, like this one.
Countdown to Valentines Day: Another card of yore from my collection of Sherlockian-inspired greetings. I understand from Tim Johnson that my collection, now housed at Univ of Minnesota’s Andersen Library, are being digitized. Makes me really happy to share them with others!
February 12, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Countdown to Valentines Day: Another card of yore from my collection of Sherlockian-inspired greetings. I understand from Tim Johnson that my collection, now housed at Univ of Minnesota’s Andersen Library, are being digitized. Makes me really happy to share them with others!
St. Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday: a day to celebrate love! ❤️ Between now and Wednesday I’ll post a few valentines from my collection of Sherlockian greeting cards, which are now housed at the University of Minnesota Elmer Andersen Library.
February 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM
St. Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday: a day to celebrate love! ❤️ Between now and Wednesday I’ll post a few valentines from my collection of Sherlockian greeting cards, which are now housed at the University of Minnesota Elmer Andersen Library.
When your friend pens a wonderful book of Sherlock Holmes-inspired tales, and asks you to blurb it! Absolutely ❤️ Margie Deck’s work and think you will, too. Brand new from Belanger Books…treat yourself today!
February 10, 2024 at 3:54 AM
When your friend pens a wonderful book of Sherlock Holmes-inspired tales, and asks you to blurb it! Absolutely ❤️ Margie Deck’s work and think you will, too. Brand new from Belanger Books…treat yourself today!
Page 1, "above the fold."
One hundred years ago today, 7 February 1924, the Brandon, Manitoba (Canada) DAILY SUN newspaper revealed that Sherlock Holmes was officially "dead." The bearer of this bad news: Dr. Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sob!
One hundred years ago today, 7 February 1924, the Brandon, Manitoba (Canada) DAILY SUN newspaper revealed that Sherlock Holmes was officially "dead." The bearer of this bad news: Dr. Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sob!
February 7, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Page 1, "above the fold."
One hundred years ago today, 7 February 1924, the Brandon, Manitoba (Canada) DAILY SUN newspaper revealed that Sherlock Holmes was officially "dead." The bearer of this bad news: Dr. Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sob!
One hundred years ago today, 7 February 1924, the Brandon, Manitoba (Canada) DAILY SUN newspaper revealed that Sherlock Holmes was officially "dead." The bearer of this bad news: Dr. Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sob!
John Barrymore's SHERLOCK HOLMES (1922) is remembered for its rare longevity in the silent era. Here it is 100 years ago today, almost 2 years after its completion, still playing. This advert ran in the Abilene, Texas Daily Reporter, 3 February 1924 - story by "Sir Cannon Doyle"!!!! Seriously?!
February 3, 2024 at 7:06 PM
John Barrymore's SHERLOCK HOLMES (1922) is remembered for its rare longevity in the silent era. Here it is 100 years ago today, almost 2 years after its completion, still playing. This advert ran in the Abilene, Texas Daily Reporter, 3 February 1924 - story by "Sir Cannon Doyle"!!!! Seriously?!
"You do occasionally find a carrion crow among the eagles." So says #SherlockHolmes in SHOS. Life imitates art: The eagle killed a rabbit for breakfast & dropped it on a roof. As it wheeled around to land and eat the crows moved in. Eagle frightened the crows away, took its rabbit and flew off! Wow!
January 30, 2024 at 4:39 AM
"You do occasionally find a carrion crow among the eagles." So says #SherlockHolmes in SHOS. Life imitates art: The eagle killed a rabbit for breakfast & dropped it on a roof. As it wheeled around to land and eat the crows moved in. Eagle frightened the crows away, took its rabbit and flew off! Wow!
On a chilly winter evening I can curl up in front of my own fireplace, or I can settle in by the fire at this address. See you there….you know the way! #221B
January 26, 2024 at 3:56 AM
On a chilly winter evening I can curl up in front of my own fireplace, or I can settle in by the fire at this address. See you there….you know the way! #221B
My collection of 1,145 #Sherlockian greeting cards (1890s - 2023) is now at the Univ of Minnesota -- soon to be joined by a few more I have here at home. Birthday, valentines, anniversary, graduation and a surprising number of GET WELL cards...like this one, from the 1950s. Beautiful condition!
January 24, 2024 at 4:09 AM
My collection of 1,145 #Sherlockian greeting cards (1890s - 2023) is now at the Univ of Minnesota -- soon to be joined by a few more I have here at home. Birthday, valentines, anniversary, graduation and a surprising number of GET WELL cards...like this one, from the 1950s. Beautiful condition!