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The Sweet Life

2010-01-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

Images of an era where everything is an event and every day is colorful... even the rainy ones! It must be that midcentury glow.

1940s & 50s Automotive Art

2010-01-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Promotional automotive postcards and ads I've collected from the late 40s and early 50s.

Sidestepping Life's Pitfalls

2010-01-25T11:03:00.000-08:00

All you need to do is smoke the right brand and save money on haircuts with those thrifty newfangled 1940s gadgets.

One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana, Four...

2010-01-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Five bananas make a bunch and so do many more: Images from The Banana Splits TV show (which ran from 1968 - 1970) and its many pieces of merchandise.

Pssst!

2010-01-25T11:01:00.001-08:00

Snappy cheese? It's no secret to these two!

Stain Aid

2010-01-25T11:01:00.000-08:00

1960s packaging tin for a dish-washing powder.

Bunny Yeager Beach Babes

2010-01-24T10:58:00.000-08:00

Three recently-acquired vintage postcards from Bunny Yeager's 1950s and 60s heyday as a cheesecake photo pinup photographer.

Groovy Gals Of The Splashy '60s

2010-01-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

Ladies... You're soaking in it! Stylish ladies of the 1960s, seen here in print media.

Larry Ferrari & His Two-Tiered Organ

2010-01-24T10:50:00.000-08:00

He looks like a good time guy, doesn't he? A 1950s promotional postcard for entertainer and recording artist Larry Ferrari. Another recent flea market find.

Cinerama 1940s

2010-01-22T10:49:00.000-08:00

Several more 1940s movie advertisements, charmingly illustrated.

Little Lulu Says...

2010-01-22T10:45:00.000-08:00

Lookie! Two 1940s Kleenex ads featuring Lulu, who also had a neon billboard in Times Square during this decade.

Andy Warhol On Wheels?

2010-01-21T10:43:00.000-08:00

Image from a 1969 Brillo Soap Pads promotional contest. The winner got a far out set of groovy Pop Art wheels to take to their next Be-In.

Now Available On LP Or 8 Track!

2010-01-21T10:42:00.001-08:00

More vintage vinyl and 8 track swag from a recent swing through several flea markets.

1950s Quiz Show In A Box

2010-01-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

Weathered box graphics and rather clean interior of a 1950s electronic kids' game which pre-dates Operation. Complete with wires and a red light bulb to reward a correct answer. I bought this so long ago, I don't recall where or when.

Sinatra & Sinatra In The Summer Of Love

2010-01-20T10:41:00.000-08:00

Frank & Nancy: Father & Daughter share the cover of Look Magazine in July 1967.

More Gems From The Vinyl Vault

2010-01-20T10:40:00.000-08:00

All of these LPs were purchased at three different stops during a recent flea market blitz.

Charming Oddities

2010-01-20T10:39:00.001-08:00

Odd angles, strange exposures, tricks of light and personal moments interrupted and frozen by the click of a camera: Photographers unknown.

Mmm-boy!

2010-01-20T10:39:00.000-08:00

1940s and '50s advertisements illustrating items from the shopping list of a wholesome, happy home.

Cinerama 1940s

2010-01-19T10:33:00.000-08:00

1940s full page movie ads from Life and Saturday Evening Post magazines, carefully extracted and collected.

Space-O!

2010-01-19T10:32:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure if this flea market find is 1950s or 60s (the package is undated) but it's got a gorgeous set of graphics. If only the box were in better shape....

From A Photo Album Marked "Book Marks"

2010-01-18T10:37:00.000-08:00

Offering envelopes, prayer cards, funeral announcements, trade cards, price lists, event advertisements and even a decorative Halloween card. All of these items (spanning 80 years) were extracted from a photo album I happened upon in a Pennsylvania flea market.

Krazy Ikes. Concentration. Nirtz.

2010-01-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

Three colorful games (from the 1940s, 50s and 60s respectively) that sit proudly among others in my game collection.

Glam-O-Rama

2010-01-15T10:36:00.000-08:00

Nothing sold "pretty" like Hollywood did in the 1940s and 50s.

Terry & The Pirates: Cola Dropouts

2010-01-15T10:35:00.000-08:00

From my vintage ad collection: Canada Dry ads from the 1950s and 60s which include canoodling characters, cartoons and colorful kids.

Let's Ask The Ladies...

2010-01-14T10:34:00.000-08:00

Ask a 1940s or 50s gal... She'll tell you what's what and where to get it.