So guests, make your own freakin’ toast. Toastmaster, 1949.
November 17th, 2011
Frederick’s Wouldn’t Scalp You
“If you can tell it from your own hair… Send it back!” If you can’t tell wigs from your own hair, please don’t scalp yourself and send that back to Frederick’s Of Hollywood.
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful, Ephemera | 
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November 15th, 2011
Dames & Dogs #52
Two Girl Scouts put a hat on a Dalmatian; via a 1955 Girl Scout Calendar.
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November 11th, 2011
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.
November 2nd, 2011
Life, Liberty & The Pursuit Of A Bicycle
An antique advertisement for “The Liberty Bicycle” featuring a corseted Victorian beauty holding the American flag illustrated by Edwin H. Kiefer.
November 1st, 2011
Peanut Butter Buckets
I’ve been saying “peanut butter buckets” ever since I spotted these three vintage beauties. (Three! An instant collection!) Hubby, I think, prefers to say, “Pails of peanut butter.” What say you?
October 28th, 2011
The Doerflinger Artificial Limb Co. Ephemera
Just two sheets left on this vintage notepad from The Doerflinger Artificial Limb Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purveyors of limbs, braces, trusses, belts, crutches, wheel chairs, elastic stockings — and, one presumes, “etc.”.
Since Doerflinger’s sold (and owned patents for) artificial limbs and other medical devices since just after the Civil War — no doubt influenced by young Charles H. Doerflinger‘s wounds in the war.
No date; based on address and phone number, I’d say this ephemera is circa 1940s.
October 27th, 2011
Chef Hector Boiardi & The Old Chef Boyardee Plant
Scans from a vintage Chef Boyardee cook booklet titled Famous Italian Dishes, by Chef Hector Boiardi (Through Courtesy of Stop & Shop) with Recipes tested and approved by The Chef Boy-ar-dee Housewife, Lois Nichols.
Along with recipes & biographical info on Boiardi himself, there are illustrations for products which have perished, long ago… Even if you do still find items with this packaging in grandma’s pantry, they’ve perished. Do. Not. Eat.
Also in the booklet, photos of the manufacturing operations at the “modern plant” in Milton, PA.
No date; I believe it’s from the 30s. The whole book is printed in a sepia-toned brown on off-white paper, not black on white.
October 25th, 2011
Selling Schlitz Beer In Japan At The Turn Of The Century
I’ve posted lots of ads and information from this antique Japan travel guide, but I had to share this pair of advertisements from Pope & Co., who don’t want you to go hungry! I guess their solution is for you to be good and drunk on trips to the interior. I guess numb will keep you dumb to your hunger, so drink up the champagne, the whiskey and the beer! And cigars; smoke ‘em if you got ‘em — and if you don’t have them, buy them from Pope & Co.
