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Vintage Donald Duck magic slate toy (1980s)

Nancy — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:30:39 +0000

Donald Duck Magic Slate Paper Saver

The Statue of Liberty unveiled (1886)

Nancy — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:18 +0000

LIBERTY UNVEILED America Accepts the Gift of the French People A CITY AFLOAT HID IN FOG And a Million or So of People Ashore Making Holiday in the Wet The giant statue shrouded in mists like a mountain top — No seeing her from shore and no hearing the great guns — A fine parade [...]

Hollywood’s veteran actresses (1950)

andy — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:54 +0000

The Hollywood picture by Sallie Belle Cox Time has dealt kindly with Hollywood’s veteran actresses. Few of the young glamour girls can top them Whatever else the movies may or may not do, they certainly glorify the older woman. The once prevalent idea that any female who reached the advanced age of thirty faced a [...]

An affordable vacation cabin (1958)

andy — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:10 +0000

Vacation cabin This vacation cabin is the answer to everybody’s dream: a place to get away from it all for as little money as possible. Just $1,500 buys everything you need to build it. On the following four pages you will find the complete story of the cabin: its conception by the editors of Woman’s [...]

Jackie Kennedy on the cover of Cosmo (1967)

Nancy — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:53 +0000

Cosmopolitan magazine cover headlines (May 1967) Mothers and sons: The ultimate hang-up Why German men are insane about American girls The infallable test to tell if he’s married 37 spectacular beautiies reveal their special tricks Shy girls can be the sexiest! 7 pages of Jackie Kennedy and her fabulous clothes The Moors Murders that rocked [...]

The Doors: Light My Fire (1967)

Nancy — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:41:06 +0000

The “new” New Orleans (1966)

andy — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:26 +0000

The “new” New Orleans: Comeback of a southern city A reawakened city is bidding strongly for leadership among growth centers of the South. The challenger is New Orleans — a port that once dominated the area, then declined. Now, all is bustle and go at the mouth of the Mississippi. Not so long ago, New [...]

Yabba dabba doo! The Flintstones opening credits

Nancy — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:41 +0000

The Flintstones (opening and closing credits) Flintstones opening theme song: Flintstones — meet the Flintstones, They’re a modern stone age family. From the town of Bedrock, They’re a page right out of history. Let’s ride with the family down the street, through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet. When you’re with the Flintstones, have a [...]

Meet a very young Jennifer Connelly (1982)

Nancy — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:58 +0000

Meet Jenny: A young model’s story by Pat Brigandi If you’re a model, you’ve got it made! You’re very popular, you get to wear beautiful clothes, and, of course, you make a lot of money. Right? Dynamite wanted to know what it’s really like to be a model. So we went straight to the top [...]

Pennywise party cake ideas (1950)

andy — Mon, 13 May 2013 03:16:01 +0000

Pennywise Party Ideas Luscious with Baker’s Coconut! Love a party? February brings you three “excuses” to have one! And Baker’s Coconut — with its pennywise glamour- – brings you three ways to splurge on a shoestring! Lacy pink glamour on a thrifty Valentine cake. Snowdrift beauty on a Washington’s Birthday pie. Tempting white fluffiness on [...]

The hottest Parker Games from 1961

andy — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:13:28 +0000

Merry Christmas gifts of Parker Games make a Happy New Year Monopoly: Parker Brothers Real Estate Trading Game You make a million in real estate? Of course! Anyone can… playing the world’s most famous game! $4.00-$5.00 Sorry: Parker Brothers Slide Pursuit Game You can chase the other players nearly all around the board and still win. Just [...]

Vinyl plastic-coated wall and floor coverings (1950)

andy — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:57:01 +0000

For a care-free room Wards offer Sandran and Sandura-Wall New vinyl plastic-coated floor and wall coverings. If you’ve dreamed of a kitchen – or bath or nursery – that will stay gay, sparkling, and fresh as the day it was finished, then cover your floors with Sandran, your walls with Sandura-Wall. Here are the reasons [...]

Don’t be skinny! Try Wate-On (1967-1969)

Nancy — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:41:40 +0000

Don’t be skinny! (1967) Look better by adding desired pounds this easy way… without pads, exercise or fishy oils Raquel Welch: “I can’t afford to be SKINNY” … says glamorous actress Raquel Welch, being introduced in Reno Carell’s “A Swingin’ Summer.” True beauty includes a full figure Linda Peck: “If you want to [...]

Vanning craze: Custom hangouts on wheels (1977)

andy — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:01:35 +0000

There’s no madness like nomadness They are named Phantom Flasher, Lazarus, The Red Onion, Chiquita Vanana, Vandal and such. They ride high and graceless, as always, but now their boxy bodies cry out for attention with garish designs and obstreperous Pap art: frontier scenes, Hawaii schlock, seascapes, erotic mush. Even one — the specimen, say, [...]

Chiclets – the candy coated gum (1922)

andy — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:44:19 +0000

Zip! Dash and pep — that’s Chiclets! Try ‘em! Peppermint — Tutti-frutti — Spearmint… 10 for 5c Chiclets, the delicious candy coated chewing gum They’re great! Delicious, delightful Chiclets Sugar-coated pure candy jacket Fine fresh gum — tasty and long lasting Full o’ pep — three dandy flavors “Pretty snappy,” says Eddie Cantor! Does Eddie [...]

Banner retro bathroom decor (1971)

andy — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:33:07 +0000

Banner bathrooms The compact size of the average bathroom needn’t suppress your imagination or limit your decorative efforts. You can easily achieve a great many handsome effects. Experiment with a wide variety of tools: mirrors, decorative tile, a distinctive wallpaper or fabric pattern, unusual lighting fixtures and accessories and, perhaps, a touch of greenery. Even [...]

Maureen O’Hara for Lux soap flakes (1950)

andy — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:31:46 +0000

“My lingerie stays so lovely with Lux care,” says Maureen O’Hara Wearing a palm green and white nylon housecoat, Maureen packs for a holiday. Her favorite slip is pure silk satin in deep sulphur yellow with lace dyed to match. Fairy-tale colors stay enchantingly lovely 3 times as long with this gentle care Maureen has [...]

For John F Kennedy (1964)

andy — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:43 +0000

For John F Kennedy November 26, 1963 Robert Frost, on Inaugural Day, faltered and blinked because the sun was in his eyes. He said his words from memory then. Praise to this green land, to its brave men. He was old, his words soaring; He is dead now. And yesterday an air salute was roaring, [...]

The death of pirate Jean Lafitte (1864)

andy — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:51:41 +0000

Death of Lafitte Jean (John) Lafitte, the “Terror of the Gulf of Mexico,” was a Frenchman by birth, born in 1781, and commenced the life of a mariner whilst he was yet a boy. Soon after he reached the age of manhood, he engaged in the slave trade, which he pursued to such profit as [...]

8 snazzy swimsuits of the sixties (1967)

Nancy — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:37:13 +0000

The young lioness swimsuits Brave… sensuous… graceful… beautiful… Don’t you want to be a young lioness this summer? Of course you to! Grrrrrrooowwwwlll! they’ll say when they see you looking. Indolent… and loving to be lazy — and so much a man’s woman in hot-colored abstract print of nylon and Lycra powernet. By Jantzen. [...]