The showgirl from the Midnight Frolic of 1917 featured in a photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston.
January 3rd, 2012
Ruby Lewis In Some Sort Of A Hat
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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 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.
October 23rd, 2011
Dames & Dogs #48, Contest Giveaway Edition!
This real photo postcard of a woman and her dog has some signs of wear — but it’s charming and utterly free in this giveaway!
There are a number of easy ways to enter; multiple entries are allowed.
How To Enter
You may do one (or more) of the following:
* Post your entry as a comment — that’s easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy, right?
and/or
* Follow me on Twitter: @DPopTart. (Please leave your Twitter username in your comment so I can check.)
and/or
* Tweet the following:
I entered @DPopTart’s contest to win a kitschy old postcard!http://bit.ly/q3GM3B
(Remember to come back here and leave a comment with your tweet for me to verify.)
You may tweet your entry once a day.
and/or
* Friend me on Face Book: Deanna Dahlsad. (When making the request, note that you are entering the Kitschy Kitschy Coo contest.)
and/or
* Post about this contest at your blog or website — if you do this you must include in your post to this contest post or the main URL of Kitschy Kitschy Coo.
(Please include the link to your blog post in the comments section so that I can find your post.)
Here’s the giveaway fine print:
* Giveaway is open to US residents only
* Contest ends November 11, 2011; entries must be made on or before midnight, central time, November 10, 2011. Winner will be announced/contacted on or around November 12, 2011. Winner have 48 hours to respond; otherwise, I’ll draw another name.
October 6th, 2011
Gernsback’s ADD & ADHD Treatment
The Isolator by Hugo Gernsback, as it appeared on the cover of, and the pages in between, the July 1925 issue of Science and Invention.
While Attention Deficit Order, with or without hyperactivity, isn’t mentioned (it didn’t exist as a diagnosis back then), The Isolator was designed to help focus the mind, particularly when reading and writing (literacy is hard work!). The helmet not only eliminated all outside noise, limited sight to just one line of text at a time, but it also pumped in oxygen. From the looks of it, the contraption would also assist in limiting hyperactivity by limiting movement, or, between weight and limited visibility, it would at least slow you down.
Via A Great Disorder and 50 Watts. At Boing Boing, Mark captions the mag cover “Portrait of a Blogger in the 1920s.”
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October 1st, 2011
Babs In Bibs: Donning Overalls, She Saw The Light
Up for auction at Heritage Auctions:
Attributed to CHARLES GATES SHELDON (American, 1889-1960)
Admiring the Saw
Pastel on board
30 x 19 in.
Signed lower rightFrom the Estate of Charles Martignette.
September 28th, 2011
Genuine Mothers’ Bread Parade Float
A parade float, horse and wagon style, advertising C. R. Henerys genuine Mothers Bread (Steelton, PA). Apparently they didn’t believe in apostrophes so much in the 1880s. Via.
September 23rd, 2011
Dames & Dogs #46
Vintage pencil & ink sketch by Charles Gates Sheldon, up for auction on September 30, 2011.
CHARLES GATES SHELDON (American, 1889-1960)
Lady Posing with her Dog, magazine story illustration
Pencil and ink on board
21 x 15.5 in.
Signed lower rightFrom the Estate of Charles Martignette.
September 1st, 2011
Dames & Dogs #44
Belding’s Silk Thread: Dogs beg for it.
…Would you prefer, “Please put a penny in the dressed dog’s hat”?
