1950s – Page 7 – Kitschy Kitschy Coo

Dames & Dogs #52

Two Girl Scouts put a hat on a Dalmatian; via a 1955 Girl Scout Calendar.

Dames & Dogs #51

Anita Ekberg and pup, via Nifty Fifties.

Craft Scan Friday: Sales Demonstration For Candle Making

A sales demonstration for Glo Candles, circa 1950s. Found in The Glo Candle For All Occasions, The Glow Candle Co., Kansas City, Missouri; copyright 1952 and 1956 by Consumers Cooperative Association.

Boufant Burlesque Mohawk

Vintage Bruno of Hollywood photo of Precious Diamond and her Precocious Hair.

Certified Meats & Giants

Wilson & Co., originally meat packers, liked big things. Big sales and big people, like certifying giants. They certified Henry Hite, born Henry Marion Mullins in 1915, and put him intp sales promotion in stores and on promotional pieces for their certified meats. Hite also appeared on items dubbed as or promoting Wilson’s Corn King.

Craft Scan Friday: Bunny Booties

better hop to it and make dozens of pairs of these — everybunny will want a pair! Found in the March 1956 issue (Vol 21, No 6) of The Workbasket.

Dames & Dogs #47

Lassie wants in.

…Or does she? The woman inside seems to be looking with longing at all the amenities on that porch.

The seller says this is a vintage photo of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from the 1940s.

Modern Woman Mondays: Bored Housewife Edition

Estell and Patsy were ahead of their house cleaning – and ahead of their time, for certainly they ought to have had their own television show.

Photo via Lynnstudios.

The State Of Delaware Was Proud Of Their Drivers’ Ed Cars

Not one, not two, but three photos of the public instruction vehicles for driver education adorn the pages of Safer Motoring: A Guide For Young Drivers, prepared by the State of Delaware State Department of Public Instruction, Division of Health, Physical, & Driver Education; circa 1957. Plus, one of some cars and drivers which is without a caption or credit.