At an antique mall, Liddle Kiddles in bottles.
Month: June 2011
Real Life Sunshine Family
This studio photography of a modern family camping from 1967 reminds me of the Sunshine Family dolls.
The First Day Of Summer
Men, get out your summer whites. And the wicker furniture.
Modern Woman Monday: Vintage Fifth Avenue Toilet Brushware
OK, so it’s not what you expected… But if you pronounce “toilet” in a frou-frou French way, you’ll be reminded that it’s intended meaning was not a bathroom fixture but rather the fixtures on a lady’s vanity.
Vintage women’s hair brush, comb and mirror sets from 1954 via Viva Vintage.
Doll Heads Doll Heads
Creepy Crepe Crusader
Crepe Paper Party Hats, Germany Early 20th Century Collection, part of the Jim Linderman collection.
Dames & Dogs #35
Shirley Temple and pup pals.
Chesterfield & NBC
Bookmarks from the collection of Lauren Roberts, who I just interviewed. Lots more there, including a die-cut NBC microphone bookmark. Yeah, I’m a tease.
Does the existence of these vintage bookmarks prove that smoking is bad for your health? …The old paper has lived longer than the smoking stars… Is that what the calenders were there to imply?
(I also interviewed Lauren several times.)
As Seen On Haunted Collector?
The only thing scarier than a clown is SyFy’s Haunted Collector — and Haunted Collector is stupider. If you watched the first episode, you saw this cookie jar — Boo!
(Sorry, my vintage pottery McCoy clown cookie jar has been sold.)
Excuse Me, Can You Turn The Volume Of Your Straw Hat Down?
Invented in 1931; via Nationaal Archief.
