December 2011
62 posts
Motto For 2012 →
Try It, You’ll Like It, as seen on this vintage “hippie” embroidered patch. Happy New Year, remember to be kind, recycle, read, collect, and care for one another. Look forwards,…
Burlesque Clown Love →
Bessie Love, as a burlesque clown. Perhaps the only clown that, while a tad creepy, isn’t scaring me to death.
Fall Down, Go BOOM →
Little boy with a pillow strapped on his backside in order to soften the falls while ice skating. The Netherlands, 1933.
Really, Love From Peaches That Will Shake Your... →
A signed vintage photo from Peaches, personally inscribed as follows: To Charlie “The kid with the puns” Best of Luck always your friend “Peaches” See? Women really do love a…
All Dressed-Up & Nowhere To Go →
A lovely real photo postcard of a little girl sitting on the steps.
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With Bacardi Eggnog… →
The elves will come alive! Via.
Whatjamacallit Wednesday: How Do You Get Kitten... →
Kitten hips. No, not the furry kind — the “lithe young American” kind, as described in this vintage girdle ad published in Harper’s Bazaar, 1946. You feel and look as…
For A Sentimental Person With A Practical Side →
Give the gift of GE appliances! Refrigerator or no, you’ll be sure to get the cold treatment for a long, long time. Via.
Happy Holidays →
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What A Cheeky Little Monkey! →
What an expression on showgirl Barbara Anne Sharma! Did someone squeeze the Sharma? This vintage photo was a promo piece for The Boy Friend. Taken by Maurice Seymour; autographed by…
Have A Coke & A Smile →
Thankfully, the old Coca Cola slogan wasn’t “Share a Coke and a smile” or we’d have to say something about sharing a lap and how that leads to smiles… Photo of Sally Eilers sitting on Norman Foster’s…
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Merry Christmas For Him →
Absolutely fabulous vintage tissue or gift wrap featuring pinups!
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My Coke Rewards Is Here To Stay →
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Sunday’s Are For… →
Razor blades? At least that’s what the “Sunday” charm on this Juicy Couture Days Of The Week Necklace looks like to me… Right down to the notched corners. Oddly enough,…
Have Yourself A Beachy Little Christmas →
Long Beach, California; circa 1920.
Which Cat Is Your Wife? →
A “fun little quiz” based on photographs of cats taken by Walter Chandoha — found in Every Woman’s magazine, October 1952. Which seems more than a little odd… Did “every…
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Look At Me, I’m Midget Frankie Dee →
Vera Francis and Jimmy Edwards with “midget liquor salesman Frankie Dee.” (I’m pretty sure that means Frankie Dee was a midget; not that he was a salesman of midget booze bottles, like those you find…
No Newt Is Good Newt →
I had these buttons / pinbacks made back in the day — the early days of the gross ineptitude, racism, and misogyny of the political money-grubbing beast that is Newt…
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Adorable Socks →
I don’t have any babies on my holiday list or I would be shopping the Gilt
You Can't Afford A Bad Fitting Bra →
Busted! As Good As “Our Bodies, Ourselves” →
Continuing my talk with Ali Cudby, author of Busted! The FabFoundations Guide To Bras That Fit, Flatter and Feel Fantastic. (Enter to win a signed copy of the book here!)…
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Things Your Grandmother Knew Blogroll Eaten →
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Of Research & Tinkle Troubles →
Thanks to Twitter and my friend Cliff Aliperti of Immortal Ephemera (and occasionally blogging with me at Inherited Values — nudge, nudge, Cliff lol), I was alerted to a fabulous…
Uncle Wiggily and The Sleds →
Best band name ever. But also the title of Howard R. Garis’ book, published by Platt & Munk in 1939 (illustrated by George Carlson). Sleds with wheels? Coasters, perhaps…
Shrinking Woolens? →
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