From The Post-Standard, Syracuse, August 6, 1952.
Miss Jane Seymore Fonda, daughter of Actor Henry Fonda and the late Frances Seymour Browkaw Fonda, is met at the New York Central station by Miss Joan Molyneux, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Molyneux of 1522 Salina st. Students at the Emma Willard School, Troy, the young women will spend vacation together at the Molyneux cottage at King Fisher Point, Redfield. Miss Fonda came from Huntington, L.I., where the Fonda family is passing the summer.
You know we love our facial hair here at Kitschy Kitschy Coo, so we greatly enjoyed viewing these mustache styles from The Art and Craft of Hairdressing (1958). Via The Worker-Dandyist International.
No matter the suction of this mod canister vacuum, it can’t clean up all the pattern clutter in this vintage photo. Via.
Not even his thick 1950s eyeglasses can save him. Via.
What could be odder than a vintage “apron” for your soda pop bottles? One that bears both the Pepsi and Coke names — as well as 7-Up and Dr. Pepper. Via.
Eames toys shown in Life magazine.
There’s also a video of the recently brought-to-life elephant toys designed in 1954 by Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses designed the toy elephant in plywood, but they are now mass produced in colorful plastic by Vitra.
Straight out of 1958, 99 Wife-Savers, “For GM Men and Women, Information Rack Service, General Motors Personnel Staff.”
Available at Listia; my review of Listia is here.
Jayne Mansfield exposing her pups. Via this post at Slip’s lingerie blog.
Mom was never happier.
Illustration from a story, We Left Mommy Home, by Daniel L. Lionel; June 1952 issue of Woman’s Day.
Tupper Diva‘s got an archive of old Tupperware catalogs and ephemera.
