Thursday, June 19, 2014
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Happy Holidays! Vintage Christmas Catalog Scans...
Here's some special holiday joy....1929 J.C. Penney Co. children's Christmas activity book/catalog scans on flickr.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
I Haz A Craigslist Sad
Ok, first off let me say I am happy that these people are together enough to recognize that this stove needs a new home instead of a trip to the dump, BUT.....I'm so sad they bought this house and it's kitchen with lovely pink counters, birch cabinets, this glorious stove....AND IT'S NOT THEIR STYLE. I guess I just don't get it, why would you buy this house if it's not your style? I bet they are going to to rip that kitchen apart and install some boring HGTV approved greige granite 'decor'. Seriously, aren't there enough newer homes out there for these people to buy so they can stop mauling cool old houses?!!
Labels:
1960s,
craigslist,
frigidaire flair stove,
frigidaire imperial,
greige,
hgtv,
mid century kitchen,
pink kitchen,
poor taste,
rant,
ugly,
vintage kitchen,
vintage oven,
vintage stove
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Montgomery Ward Great Spring Sale 1941 Catalog Scans
I just added some scans from the Montgomery Ward Great Spring Sale 1941 Catalog on flickr. (click the link or click on the first pic to go there)
Store Alert: I have scanned three vintage Ward's catalogs (two from 1941 and one from 1955) and put them on a usb stick for ease of use...if you are interested in purchasing one, please click here.
Store Alert: I have scanned three vintage Ward's catalogs (two from 1941 and one from 1955) and put them on a usb stick for ease of use...if you are interested in purchasing one, please click here.
Monday, September 30, 2013
"The Front Line" 1965 Supermarket Checker Training Film
If you love old grocery stores as much as I do, this is one of those holy grail films....check out the glorious supermarket interiors (so much pastel!), the beautiful food packaging and the little magazine kiosk at each station. It's product placement heaven for the Reader's Digest family of magazines. (I guess you are entitled to do that when you finance the film.)
Also, I really love the cute little pink uniforms these checkers are wearing, not the blue one so much though.
I actually took a supermarket checker course at the community college back in 1990 and this is one of the films they showed us.....this one, and a really awesome 60's one about shoplifting, called The Shoplifter. Find it if you can, it's completely worth your time. It's full of hammy acting and it does show the fabulous interiors and merchandise of quite a few types of stores.
Lastly, I don't think we have a Checker of the Year anymore here in the states, but it looks like New Zealand does! :)
Also, I really love the cute little pink uniforms these checkers are wearing, not the blue one so much though.
I actually took a supermarket checker course at the community college back in 1990 and this is one of the films they showed us.....this one, and a really awesome 60's one about shoplifting, called The Shoplifter. Find it if you can, it's completely worth your time. It's full of hammy acting and it does show the fabulous interiors and merchandise of quite a few types of stores.
Lastly, I don't think we have a Checker of the Year anymore here in the states, but it looks like New Zealand does! :)
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
New In The Store/Vintage Ad Of The Week
Fantastic mid century 'Beer Belongs' Ad (#99 in a series) taken from a 1955 issue of 'Woman's Home Companion' magazine. Click here to own it.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
For The Love Of Old Grocery Stores....
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