An case of retro kitsch collectibles, including Care Bears, My Little Ponies, figurines, jewelery and bits and bobs in sheer pastel bags, and whatnot at Antiques On Broadway in Fargo, ND.
Month: April 2013
I Love Cars That Love Shell
Vintage newspaper ad for Shell gasoline with TCP, 1959, featuring illustrated cars so cute I could coo!
Thundarr Eats He-Man For Lunch
Tomato Buttermilk Pickup
Normally I save the vintage recipes for Things Your Grandmother Knew, but this one? Phew! It’s not much of a recipe (buttermilk and tomato juice, two-to-one), but is sure sounds disgusting. While you’re here, help yourself to a prune shake — recipe. (Via.)
Superhero Lamb
A felt creation by Bossy’s Feltworks. (I especially love the little wrist sweatbands on the little lamb’s legs.)
Dames & Dogs #71
A young Queen Elizabeth II with Corgis, of course. Via.
Nancy Was A Shaun Cassidy Fan
I found this vintage Arrow Scholastic Book Services order form inside one of the retro ’70s books. You’ll notice that Nancy was ordering the Shaun Cassidy Scrapbook. Which proves just how much of a fan she was, because this slip was the bookmark in that very book. Maybe they gave the order slips back when they passed out the books… Maybe not. I prefer to think of Nancy as ordering an extra copy. You know, to keep one clean and drool free. Wherever you are, Nancy, we salute you!
While we’re talking about Shaun Cassidy, note the photos of him with Darth Vader, a Harlem Globe Trotter, and John Wayne which are found inside the book.
My Foster Mother Is Cow. So Is Yours.
From Favorite Recipes From America’s Dairlyand, by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture (who else?) comes the following moo-ving sentiments:
This Dairlyland Cook Book is a Tribute to the Foster Mother of the Human Race whose Dairy Products have made America strong and mighty.
Least you have any doubts who our “foster mother” is, there’s a photographic portrait of the divine bovine.
PS This that’s cheesy? Check out my “Better Know Your Cheese” contest.
Do Pistol-Packin’ Mamas Raise Rifle-Using Daughters?
Another one of the Dolly Toy Company pinups, this one featuring a gun-toting toddler defending the stagecoach. OK, so many she’s not a toddler. …But then again, maybe the little girl isn’t defending the stagecoach either. You can see the rest of the pieces in this set here, in our Etsy shop. (Better look quick — these vintage nursery pieces sell fast in our store!)
Those ’70s Teen Idols
Just listed a bunch of retro pop culture books featuring TV and rock stars from the 1970s. Here are the covers.
