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Loose lips might sink ships - World War II poster
Loose lips sink ships: See WW2 posters telling everyone to keep military actions secret

Since “loose lips sink ships,” keeping people from oversharing during WWII was a huge deal. These posters were created specifically to remind people to keep quiet about what the military was doing.

Victorian graphic design Stylized paint labels
Victorian graphic design: Stylized paint labels (1870s & 1880s)

These bits of well-preserved vintage graphic artistry come from the simply-named Paints Oils Varnishes catalog from F. W. Devoe Co. of New York, which was

farm Colonial-style barn signs for good luck
Vintage Pennsylvania Dutch and other Colonial-style barn signs for good luck (1959)

The “hex marks” painted on the old barns of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, even on some of the modern new barns, now are merely traditionally ornamental.

 
The Supremes - 1960s Motown girl group
The Supremes: The #1 hits kept coming for these harmony legends after releasing ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ (1964)
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1980s Stripe-it-Rich cake recipes
Stripe-It-Rich cake recipe: How to make a Jell-O pudding poke cake, 80s-style
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Popular perfumes of the 1990s
Remember these 150 popular vintage perfumes from the 90s?
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The Supremes - 1960s Motown girl group
The Supremes: The #1 hits kept coming for these harmony legends after releasing ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ (1964)
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1980s Stripe-it-Rich cake recipes
Stripe-It-Rich cake recipe: How to make a Jell-O pudding poke cake, 80s-style
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Popular perfumes of the 1990s
Remember these 150 popular vintage perfumes from the 90s?
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