Kitschy vintage salt and pepper shakers, souvenirs from Gooseberry Falls. One in the shape of a safe, the other a golden moneybag, it may have some political statement when the rise of tourism in the 1920s created a concern that the area would be accessible only to the rich.
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?
I’m usually a sucker for these vintage stuffed toys with rubber heads, but this time I made eye contact, cooed, but only succumbed to taking a photo. Goodbye, bear.
A vintage home canning and label book from Worthington Rendering CO, Worthington, Minnesota, “Our gift to you in appreciation of your calls.”
What calls, you ask?
Calls to report or turn in what Worthington wants to render:
Wanted All Dead & Disabled Animals
Courteous Drivers
Large or Small — We Make the Call
Hey, they had clean and sanitary disinfected trucks. So don’t worry about it; go can some fruit. Just don’t tell Timmy & Betsy what really happened to Old Shep and that lame kitten… Just tell the kids the pets went to go live on a farm. Or another farm.
Hard to imagine that this plastic floor-standing pinball machine survived at all, let alone in working condition — but there it was, in an antique shop in Fergus Falls, MN. The price on the tag was $75; but it was half-off this holiday weekend (at least).
I spotted the Pretzel Jetzel, the “Jet-Age Pretzel Making Toy,” at Antiques On Second in Milwaukee.
This food making toy from Transogram combines the appeal of the Easy Bake Oven with some of the mold-making fun of Creepy Crawlers.
Additional images: Transogram ad from a comic book, via kenyatabks. Box and toy, via Time Warp Toys.
Vintage pottery planter of a freshly hatched duckling (or chick?), complete with eggshell hat, spotted at a thrift store today.
Spotted at a thrift store today; I didn’t handle him, but I’m pretty sure he’s this one by Hasbro. Price on his shoe is $9.99.
Spotted in the thrift store today, Calendar Girl
It’s the Philbin Sisters, circa 1926. But we’re certain these girls were real shakers.
