tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:18:16 +0000gallery1940svictorian18th century1960sbooksbroochdressjewellerysteampunk1700s1920s1930s1950s19th centuryEnglishWWIcostumecostume jewelleryearringsedwardianembroiderygeorgianglassmilitarysatinsilksilvervintagevintage gallery1870s19101930s recipe1970s1980s20th Centurt20th CenturyBangleCinemaCrichFilmstarsFisher PriceGermanGolden AgeHollywoodMourning JewelleryPlay FamilyPressed HornRegencyRonsonStarletsWhitby JetYorkshireadvertadvertsantiquesapothecarybabybakelitebaublescarouselchildchildren'schildren's illustrationschinachristmaschromeclothes hangersclothingcoathangerdorothy annfairgroundfloralfunfairgravegreatcoathearthorsesillustrationsjunkletterlightermake-upmerry-go-roundneedleworknurseryperspexpickled onionspicnic hamperpolonaisepostcardpostcardsposterpowder compactrabbitrosesamplershoespitalfieldstheatretoytoystramturquoisewedding dresswoolGorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montaguehttp://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-8888443798443120425Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:40:00 +00002020-04-21T15:56:19.255+01:001940s1950s20th CenturybooksCinemaFilmstarsGolden AgeHollywoodStarletsvintage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHAvvSfMcC1ZwKOjuTdWrPtxYG0gz97KnuRhwbsS-XCESaUP1x_RGyQ2EwZqUuPJCXnrdzPhwbHGvc16wM551wINcntuYWJcoo89cN5GSH8rBqIk79mRURm-rh9DXCeDdfE30Vfu05A0s/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+The+Film+Fans+Bedside+Book+1949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHAvvSfMcC1ZwKOjuTdWrPtxYG0gz97KnuRhwbsS-XCESaUP1x_RGyQ2EwZqUuPJCXnrdzPhwbHGvc16wM551wINcntuYWJcoo89cN5GSH8rBqIk79mRURm-rh9DXCeDdfE30Vfu05A0s/s400/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+The+Film+Fans+Bedside+Book+1949.jpg" width="285" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have about fifteen of these Hollywood albums, handed down from my grandmother Molly Montague. According to family legend, she only married my grandfather because he looked like Clarke Gable, so I think it's safe to say she was a film fan.</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">With the Golden Age of Hollywood pressed between their pages, these books combine exquisite studio portraits with goofy behind the scenes gossip and articles attributed to the stars themselves, talking to you like the delightful best friend you deserve. Listen in to Rita here:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Every Woman Should Glamour for Attention - by Rita Hayworth</b></i></span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Glamour does not mean the flagrant overplus of personality, it does not mean the striking hairdo or the marvellously enamelled completion. And, to girls in coupon-starved Britain, I would point out that it certainly does not even me an enormous wardrobe of expensive clothes. To possess glamour a girl must have perfect hair, perfect hands, perfect voice&nbsp; - and mystery.&nbsp;</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(1946 Film Review, editor F Maurice Speed)</i></span></blockquote> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">What really catches my attention in these albums, though, are the portraits of the starlets I don't know. All so young and dazzling on the page, then (with a quick trip to Madam Wiki the fortune teller) their life flashes before me... and it's always fascinating to find out what happened next.&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">So that's the anatomy of this blog: the portrait, the caption &amp; the Wiki.&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The first starlet I want to introduce, though, is Molly, my Granny Monty. In the wedding photo below, she's the bridesmaid on the far left (April 1934, the marriage of Madge Wilkinson to Bill Lazenby). The photo of the five young gentlemen includes my Clarke Gable lookalike grandfather, William, he's the one sat down. That was taken on Christmas Eve, 1932 - we think these are members of the Grimby Chess Club.&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfOt3S58sYP73rblFHg57RLD1ENR0mHugA7RroyoE3O8V5Pbv7fao3gh2WaFoNHxeK6zMO3ixY6ulOYo8mDkg3JxY-IeMcZchKNePIx_rlPLkfFCI_yCXihD7GFswevV9ywY1hPeek3MK/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Molly+Montague.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfOt3S58sYP73rblFHg57RLD1ENR0mHugA7RroyoE3O8V5Pbv7fao3gh2WaFoNHxeK6zMO3ixY6ulOYo8mDkg3JxY-IeMcZchKNePIx_rlPLkfFCI_yCXihD7GFswevV9ywY1hPeek3MK/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Molly+Montague.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> So onwards to the golden age of Hollywood...</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiomyr2NMIUxLIFizFhb91uD0-d5gsqyeQ8wPWsLyb7BHvr6IWIvSfUcdA0XxuIk1HvL8jT-a9eqmOMa-e1dLwgcB7OJF3FCYX4-37MPxLRqJCqUofENYFbCSdm2IcFpkbilmBxYofoZ1Q/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+Mitzi+Gaynor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiomyr2NMIUxLIFizFhb91uD0-d5gsqyeQ8wPWsLyb7BHvr6IWIvSfUcdA0XxuIk1HvL8jT-a9eqmOMa-e1dLwgcB7OJF3FCYX4-37MPxLRqJCqUofENYFbCSdm2IcFpkbilmBxYofoZ1Q/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+Mitzi+Gaynor.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">MITZI GAYNOR - pert and full of vitality - a girl with a rare sense of humour</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The Picturegoers Film Annual 1952-1953, Connery Chappell)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzi_Gaynor" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Mitzi Gaynor's wiki page</span></a></i></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFf7d7y48LWiasinDvxYExjsWwuJ6IMm-94_n4lhIVKZcZb8GPDZ5Wh_d3YTe8LTOe6S4i6CIacROmMWwM3vklexUOpbXYm7HwYS8I62ykcUnDrboq0R0ivfYprVE21CaPm9wVBsGZsrB/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Peggy+Dow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFf7d7y48LWiasinDvxYExjsWwuJ6IMm-94_n4lhIVKZcZb8GPDZ5Wh_d3YTe8LTOe6S4i6CIacROmMWwM3vklexUOpbXYm7HwYS8I62ykcUnDrboq0R0ivfYprVE21CaPm9wVBsGZsrB/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Peggy+Dow.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">She was educated in the southern part of the United States, which perhaps explains the richer silky texture of her accent; and she started life on the bacon-slicer in Papa's grocery store. She is one of those "misses" with enormous vitality, and with that odd "plus" quality that is so typical of the young people in America. Inside Hollywood, Mrs Walter Helmerich, heiress - with hubby - to a substantial oil fortune, is considered to be one of the top bets around town. If Hollywood has a future - and even Hollywood is prepared to admit that it may have - they young Peggy Dow is market to have a large slice of it</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The Picturegoers Film Annual 1952-1953, Connery Chappell)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Dow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Peggy Dow's wiki page</span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiFFh0EopOHcgwDoz3_DpdQrL1ZvD7lSFJ09EmvICWMU31fNxyJsliVC0d6WvcpHufb0px34cmNAYhg7p-7QVFcA1cFLi4KIUU08vuPIMjedrh1fAW760lVURHpQBOzIz-Kac9OOHKufl/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+Jeanne+Crain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiFFh0EopOHcgwDoz3_DpdQrL1ZvD7lSFJ09EmvICWMU31fNxyJsliVC0d6WvcpHufb0px34cmNAYhg7p-7QVFcA1cFLi4KIUU08vuPIMjedrh1fAW760lVURHpQBOzIz-Kac9OOHKufl/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+Jeanne+Crain.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The magic of first love - that's the strong suite of JEANNE CRAIN, real-life mother of four</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The Picturegoers Film Annual 1952-1953, Connery Chappell)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Crain"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Jeanne Crain's wiki page</span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLx4hvyKVWTYLH-FXOZ6QV87C4rJ2AtSqiti7oCcr825hIz2AnV2ObZ6fgbsNSBqi1So9UxzZqYaW_FA19PGKRrxj88aZXX37VAkWaFFVsyMaek4EPYQlICEBQMErpPFEro0mJVg3FSZB/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Susan+Perry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLx4hvyKVWTYLH-FXOZ6QV87C4rJ2AtSqiti7oCcr825hIz2AnV2ObZ6fgbsNSBqi1So9UxzZqYaW_FA19PGKRrxj88aZXX37VAkWaFFVsyMaek4EPYQlICEBQMErpPFEro0mJVg3FSZB/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Susan+Perry.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Off duty for a moment, Susan Perry watches some scenes from "Knock on Any Door" in which her leading man is also the producer - Humphrey Bogart</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Hollywood Album Edited by Ivy Crane Wilson, probably 1948)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Toxton"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit her wiki page (under Candy Toxon)</span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVf9SbrkEdThRjd5ZzPx5jxuG3NM6ggm5lr2kY9rffl9IJglcoUr3hCfhtcG39nDz4eJ6KDn_w_P2kBobaAnCrbPsJxLjVRYsGVBWQ4JnJTVXmxrjULkVArXoMePrVWXiKOTrqXd5vZ1Q/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Dolores+Moran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVf9SbrkEdThRjd5ZzPx5jxuG3NM6ggm5lr2kY9rffl9IJglcoUr3hCfhtcG39nDz4eJ6KDn_w_P2kBobaAnCrbPsJxLjVRYsGVBWQ4JnJTVXmxrjULkVArXoMePrVWXiKOTrqXd5vZ1Q/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Dolores+Moran.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">BEAUTY QUEEN makes good! Believe it or not, Mr Ripley, it still can happen in Hollywood where the beauty route ends more often in the breadlines than in the headlines. So behold the Miracle of Dolores Moran.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1941 a talent scout saw her crowned Queen of the Butte County Fair. Instead of ducking away through the crowd before the judges could pester him for a Hollywood contract, the scout actually moved in for a closer look - which in itself is a miracle. A 15-years-old natural blond, five-feet-seven, weighting a perfectly proportioned eight-stone-four, Dolores had that something extra which clinched a screen test.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Six months' training in the studio dramatic school found a rich vein of talent beneath her beauty. You don't remember seeing her in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" do you? Neither do we. She was only there for adornment. But everybody remembers her vivid moments with Bette Davis in "Old Acquaintance," playing Miriam Hopkins' daughter of discontent. And there were times in "To Have and To Have Not" when she challenged Lauren Bacall. Beauty along can't do that!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Two hits in quick succession, and "Too Young to Know" coming next, stamp Dolores Moran as a girl to be watched during 1946, if you like a little game of star picking with your picture going.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Preview of 1946 by Martin Macall)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Moran"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Dolores Moran's wiki page</span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIE59jsyFW4Jllup_pv5DZEI8c5we9YWUTeJzFaUuBfQIaCaALCkmh5iQwIh8G68xp5fS8_ddkLpPJ1tOxcM7f-9lY4ejhgdADP348MwBJ6pdetXNL45kaoOZEqd-0ZR8Bl_32tuFD0WR/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Dorothy+Malone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIE59jsyFW4Jllup_pv5DZEI8c5we9YWUTeJzFaUuBfQIaCaALCkmh5iQwIh8G68xp5fS8_ddkLpPJ1tOxcM7f-9lY4ejhgdADP348MwBJ6pdetXNL45kaoOZEqd-0ZR8Bl_32tuFD0WR/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Dorothy+Malone.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In a sweeping gown combining the new colour combination of white and gold, Warner Bros' beautiful Dorothy Malone makes a truly lovely picture. The gown is of white crepe embroidered with gold sequins.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Hollywood Album Edited by Ivy Crane Wilson, probably 1948)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Malone"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Dorothy Malone's wiki page</span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jCqnf4ZInJGHZlsv7XZ4fmj3Hj2Rv5512ywDOfDRz8RWD786VKGpHVetrIWinnv210ilrbXZa6MuqsX3_njpQ4JIjiHFwopvTRqQs8IEpVvRSfYcTlFlOaNc12JaELSEBNfy0z5mzO8v/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Jene+Wyman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jCqnf4ZInJGHZlsv7XZ4fmj3Hj2Rv5512ywDOfDRz8RWD786VKGpHVetrIWinnv210ilrbXZa6MuqsX3_njpQ4JIjiHFwopvTRqQs8IEpVvRSfYcTlFlOaNc12JaELSEBNfy0z5mzO8v/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Jene+Wyman.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Jane Wyman, Warner star in NIGHT AND DAY</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Film Review by Maurice Speed, 1946)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Wyman"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Jane Wyman's wiki page</span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6XaAZnuvM5yqOcMYRsXqQ6UR6q3gPItszCNOpRxNJeMvuUXAhTzHn2_6LJT_1EIg6b3qZsC_Ox8ijG2vgqs5So2XSkc74T_GX-u4YDdf9nh7C0HTHeCMhfRmBIQUi7G75DZVHE2Npvia/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Marsha+Hunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6XaAZnuvM5yqOcMYRsXqQ6UR6q3gPItszCNOpRxNJeMvuUXAhTzHn2_6LJT_1EIg6b3qZsC_Ox8ijG2vgqs5So2XSkc74T_GX-u4YDdf9nh7C0HTHeCMhfRmBIQUi7G75DZVHE2Npvia/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Marsha+Hunt.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">MARSHA HUNT - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(File Review by Maurice Speed, 1946)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Hunt_(actress,_born_1917)"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Marsha Hunt's wiki page</span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGrJooOlgNKfFRW4BT-1YMUNdLO7ZYgV88tH1ox6hKPehACGiq5asbRLqaRqgBjNxIKNlXeJ0o2hSrCLf3yPHU8rpeXh-yVn29tNFnriWvnmXugOfHlHWdAwTCZ9pBf6a2aImvrGlqVYd/s1600/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Marthat+Vickers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGrJooOlgNKfFRW4BT-1YMUNdLO7ZYgV88tH1ox6hKPehACGiq5asbRLqaRqgBjNxIKNlXeJ0o2hSrCLf3yPHU8rpeXh-yVn29tNFnriWvnmXugOfHlHWdAwTCZ9pBf6a2aImvrGlqVYd/s640/Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+Marthat+Vickers.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">IN ANALYSING STAR PROSPECTS experienced judges have named three youngsters as definite discoveries, selections being based on how they handled their first important roles. With Martha Vickers, not yet 20, her only film appearance won distinction - "The Big Sleep". Now cast in "The Time, The Place and The Girl".&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Preview of 1946 by Martin Macall)</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Vickers"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Martha Vicker's Wiki page</span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Invitation to comment</h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> So who did you already know about here, and which starlet was new to you?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Who's life story was the most surprising when you looked it up?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.<br /> <br /></div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2020/04/vintage-hollywood-startlets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-5763639009224824152Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:13:00 +00002020-04-20T17:09:31.292+01:001970sFisher PricePlay Familytoys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><h2> <b>Introducing the 1970s Fisher Price Play Family Camper, with rufty-tufty, chunky plastic in a soft, satin finish.</b></h2> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4neNEqgQhPizp1R45Hvo2uZvpxrgnmUNfojVl2iS6srMR7L6jB257irmAHtOTqJ3zhks7nPYmkICw7p8k-q-yTJrcwcNtIjIrldeIwDEWw7cheClwECUclydy_aav5fqbC5j9_7pa67my/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4neNEqgQhPizp1R45Hvo2uZvpxrgnmUNfojVl2iS6srMR7L6jB257irmAHtOTqJ3zhks7nPYmkICw7p8k-q-yTJrcwcNtIjIrldeIwDEWw7cheClwECUclydy_aav5fqbC5j9_7pa67my/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+21.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This arrived in my life in Christmas 1974, and I played with it for hours.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbpQXf9moC9FIaT9hpWdGvpVBURQ4ybVTxNeN8uT5KSPyVd5zhBRm0gEXPg638oWfJRALx_23f6FdP78ajGZO6LLgAEoP4_L4KGaQeIgI77q18vUkmsQzcmVwu4SKL-NsrdPrTaImtXMJ/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbpQXf9moC9FIaT9hpWdGvpVBURQ4ybVTxNeN8uT5KSPyVd5zhBRm0gEXPg638oWfJRALx_23f6FdP78ajGZO6LLgAEoP4_L4KGaQeIgI77q18vUkmsQzcmVwu4SKL-NsrdPrTaImtXMJ/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+09.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Zoom into those worktops and see a frozen moment from the 1970s family holiday:&nbsp;a camera with a flash cube, photos of the dog, sea shells gathered and postcards being written (click the image to open up larger)</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BsRYFjuy14LK8o0mCRg2ErWrK5WUytlfInKIhKaCjq012U4q9O_m6D9qhfetjblXwDXCQWv3pEBMLkymvebv-lQiCrAPUGTiZwd8nsA9TA870H2iks2k8Vzp9VP1rHR6qt3qVMgQZCrl/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BsRYFjuy14LK8o0mCRg2ErWrK5WUytlfInKIhKaCjq012U4q9O_m6D9qhfetjblXwDXCQWv3pEBMLkymvebv-lQiCrAPUGTiZwd8nsA9TA870H2iks2k8Vzp9VP1rHR6qt3qVMgQZCrl/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+22.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">As with any 'small world' toy, the magic really happened when you got eye-level with the little people.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_kID5hKvCoIqEgimLCV-jWnWboN-2EYKj0cfb1J5C7Ou54BcacIAacuAyq3vPUzEahAx7DU5neA-GGgnelMKCIvyeGsVZSPMpMt7p4VjGFWkigSm_r6IEGQVPb8mJ-Tz2JfiBu5MiH3k/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_kID5hKvCoIqEgimLCV-jWnWboN-2EYKj0cfb1J5C7Ou54BcacIAacuAyq3vPUzEahAx7DU5neA-GGgnelMKCIvyeGsVZSPMpMt7p4VjGFWkigSm_r6IEGQVPb8mJ-Tz2JfiBu5MiH3k/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+16.jpg" width="323" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The boat really floated. I discovered this a few months in, after which time no bath was complete without it.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRfQJiuCdbYysNsUBuzXgwQPrGuXS7gHkmMyOnh86AhFCGFoeM2BHNmGf3mLu6ice8KHI-NTDRg4bPZuN2RiOKv-DBLyCyAnWTtants1KrMPSGoHAKusqPEL-WUq9BoDPq6ZPJHKPIpeT/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRfQJiuCdbYysNsUBuzXgwQPrGuXS7gHkmMyOnh86AhFCGFoeM2BHNmGf3mLu6ice8KHI-NTDRg4bPZuN2RiOKv-DBLyCyAnWTtants1KrMPSGoHAKusqPEL-WUq9BoDPq6ZPJHKPIpeT/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+20.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I once saw another child's camper where the patio set had a <i>yellow</i> umbrella with a <i>red</i> table. &nbsp;I can still remember how wrong this felt.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsGKdGpmsAu6wucpAAlIDzvaW2z_fMHfzr9GIokbdOU04w-if8yi5WTnzln3GPxgEcRg1kc6fHvK5-jyGf2XCvGN3zRlNiQW5qoNg2g2mubsMyCIHZZcAVf5VD0QhSJIic6yiit8_6Uhx/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsGKdGpmsAu6wucpAAlIDzvaW2z_fMHfzr9GIokbdOU04w-if8yi5WTnzln3GPxgEcRg1kc6fHvK5-jyGf2XCvGN3zRlNiQW5qoNg2g2mubsMyCIHZZcAVf5VD0QhSJIic6yiit8_6Uhx/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+23.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I may have mixed in some stuff from my Play Family House. Fisher Price&nbsp;aficionados,&nbsp;don't&nbsp;hurt me.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO1Vmc2VeBr9UnB74ZwM7Zxy35DzPj91M-sXowWd87wW7vcU-fX-9Zg3IUgcFhIXIXRei0GCB__-s9S6OXTa36ewCflIU5SfY1pXI1Gy6uFZTQUH4chD5JDQf0t_vODq6cCtVqvk-J3Cb/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO1Vmc2VeBr9UnB74ZwM7Zxy35DzPj91M-sXowWd87wW7vcU-fX-9Zg3IUgcFhIXIXRei0GCB__-s9S6OXTa36ewCflIU5SfY1pXI1Gy6uFZTQUH4chD5JDQf0t_vODq6cCtVqvk-J3Cb/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+24.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The baby is adorable, with vintage kiss curl.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6B2nNYBQtSUYtzjCZbBhcQFuuUUI16Xb-Z_l3SJVKQxXzSyju0JfEd1dyw91dNoF36JG43lCqUc1eeLK_VrHe_UBu4nA2HHh3HzXfu-2LEoSDXMqVfrCRGl-212foFJABS_n_iQOeq9x/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6B2nNYBQtSUYtzjCZbBhcQFuuUUI16Xb-Z_l3SJVKQxXzSyju0JfEd1dyw91dNoF36JG43lCqUc1eeLK_VrHe_UBu4nA2HHh3HzXfu-2LEoSDXMqVfrCRGl-212foFJABS_n_iQOeq9x/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+25.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The copywriting on the original advert reads: "When pulled, truck makes motor noise. And campers bounce merrily in front seat." I can confirm the motor noise is a click, click, click, click, click, and bouncing does indeed happen.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDOXlAKRdinRAMiV2TgqfDURtoVRf-ZlIPZ6Od5P76m2K6pr2nHkmXwCQXTySbjOBeyqm4kGxcEPBsb38lsYQD1sp38_rdeVekV46iHAW40bJCebe19Y6uW9G-gP9bBzzM_DfCw7iwtPQ/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDOXlAKRdinRAMiV2TgqfDURtoVRf-ZlIPZ6Od5P76m2K6pr2nHkmXwCQXTySbjOBeyqm4kGxcEPBsb38lsYQD1sp38_rdeVekV46iHAW40bJCebe19Y6uW9G-gP9bBzzM_DfCw7iwtPQ/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+26.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My sister and I called this boy Gary because he looked naughty. &nbsp;The naughty boy in our street was a Gary.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWhIEj8oDXZyw7TL1_hBs_w_eBXZbtXDE0p5NbqHaLFOMaW3sPOmFV3gLBeSnurkaDqd1pI6rB9nR7QjhcKolymObpRw_eaEqoWS7cMHK75KNkaeSef-UKEtCA8-9TY2Gk_42r896bxf/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWhIEj8oDXZyw7TL1_hBs_w_eBXZbtXDE0p5NbqHaLFOMaW3sPOmFV3gLBeSnurkaDqd1pI6rB9nR7QjhcKolymObpRw_eaEqoWS7cMHK75KNkaeSef-UKEtCA8-9TY2Gk_42r896bxf/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+27.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Nothing is funnier than a toy on the toilet. The lid to the loo closed with such a satisfying snap.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IZlckesv3rozuF6Pp9Uxfgv7vyDbba6C9qwFlQDqWD1yCNLszVmtJeM5p9zNBcWZAmPmZprmGToSjswJWm7EOD8IJKp9yd_zOF4xKtUQp9qqTWylbuUSYBJNFXSJIRwV5mD1VPvT6Q0b/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IZlckesv3rozuF6Pp9Uxfgv7vyDbba6C9qwFlQDqWD1yCNLszVmtJeM5p9zNBcWZAmPmZprmGToSjswJWm7EOD8IJKp9yd_zOF4xKtUQp9qqTWylbuUSYBJNFXSJIRwV5mD1VPvT6Q0b/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+28.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">1970s children could play house, go brum brum with the truck, ride the motorbike up their arm (ooh... bumpiness),&nbsp;float the boat and sit a toy on the toilet. &nbsp;And no colour dominated. 2016 gendered toy makers, take note.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajor0M8KSZ_itk0rb36aXiPfMj2GN7ty6Y4o1R2rdv2I9EFnVmANpgtplKBubmIn9EcZldarL7VNdOzw-p9o-t4Dpzfiu34UdOyJrbf87ggWTPLg-w-wbviwtu3CWdXAFYfdirzW1cSGc/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajor0M8KSZ_itk0rb36aXiPfMj2GN7ty6Y4o1R2rdv2I9EFnVmANpgtplKBubmIn9EcZldarL7VNdOzw-p9o-t4Dpzfiu34UdOyJrbf87ggWTPLg-w-wbviwtu3CWdXAFYfdirzW1cSGc/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+29.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">In our stories, the dog often came to the rescue and was the real brains of the Play Family. His smile confirms this.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7tKEB4s4lbOO5SZ10DyjirrP5P6fsnGWAzbLtoWb3CpouQOBYmIzix_Y2LXB2GosC-6YBM5d_-5Cyh3kqPMPc7g44pFS_MKjrcxbQ7GxxTatf6bttX04f_U4EygKNAnOUpVVA_5VqSnf/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7tKEB4s4lbOO5SZ10DyjirrP5P6fsnGWAzbLtoWb3CpouQOBYmIzix_Y2LXB2GosC-6YBM5d_-5Cyh3kqPMPc7g44pFS_MKjrcxbQ7GxxTatf6bttX04f_U4EygKNAnOUpVVA_5VqSnf/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+32.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">We called the girl with the blond hair Lucy. This was most likely due to Narnia.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADf-0QTZEljHpTteCDxdfKnqV4yQhxvnVhup8migcbDsGYLLPZJPV_F2dYfYV_TIfSpf3LBOGTjyaRcQkZIwlzV2JhDS6JCGaxu_VaVt8gUAsacgeJ6AF2CbbMR-ddXDXc1vXSBG43JDg/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADf-0QTZEljHpTteCDxdfKnqV4yQhxvnVhup8migcbDsGYLLPZJPV_F2dYfYV_TIfSpf3LBOGTjyaRcQkZIwlzV2JhDS6JCGaxu_VaVt8gUAsacgeJ6AF2CbbMR-ddXDXc1vXSBG43JDg/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+14.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Hot dogs with a knife and fork? Must be the Cameron family.&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici4neu2MxmuEsqMTBRu8cvk-G-ZKlyymki7Nk-rRV3rG2L6d4ipOO1t6LpJVOo05NOfGTA-ArU4_-JJCENyqhq4O6rqtkvTM_TrZYWp7rP0irYmG-_axFqC92rnzGro_EqcSAhRBX5EJH/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici4neu2MxmuEsqMTBRu8cvk-G-ZKlyymki7Nk-rRV3rG2L6d4ipOO1t6LpJVOo05NOfGTA-ArU4_-JJCENyqhq4O6rqtkvTM_TrZYWp7rP0irYmG-_axFqC92rnzGro_EqcSAhRBX5EJH/s640/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+19.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">It was so satisfying to help them all climb safely into bed (tap, tap, tap up the ladder) after a grand tour of&nbsp;the living room and the kitchen. Maybe the garden too, if it was sunny.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ScjFH3CltkSRQtcvs-GXJahbKmjRZ3iUpCHct7Z_FEb8M3Z3nSroRhLBaGEM7hNIZlOtmiIllf_noJ8iWZp4G3YhNr9IbwEaYk4Ip_YSs28CFGejjvD4OymKwcUJlif2wvnAS6ogRkHV/s1600/vintage+copywriting+blog+fisher+price+camper.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ScjFH3CltkSRQtcvs-GXJahbKmjRZ3iUpCHct7Z_FEb8M3Z3nSroRhLBaGEM7hNIZlOtmiIllf_noJ8iWZp4G3YhNr9IbwEaYk4Ip_YSs28CFGejjvD4OymKwcUJlif2wvnAS6ogRkHV/s400/vintage+copywriting+blog+fisher+price+camper.gif" width="400" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2D5gnfDPjEDD6tBg0BZjfhb4DN4BzX2i4rHMM7UiNatO9O23XjI0jS2bnof_twb3uYvGAjC72Dx8pczWSpFHS8RqEK1nLG9DqSwu5pSPYJSAE1xeG5dtda4cnvQuvSbeq1WD6LqplWqm/s1600/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+01+Breaking+Bad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2D5gnfDPjEDD6tBg0BZjfhb4DN4BzX2i4rHMM7UiNatO9O23XjI0jS2bnof_twb3uYvGAjC72Dx8pczWSpFHS8RqEK1nLG9DqSwu5pSPYJSAE1xeG5dtda4cnvQuvSbeq1WD6LqplWqm/s400/Fisher+Price+Camper+-+Vintage+Copywriting+Blog+-+01+Breaking+Bad.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Could not resist it: the Breaking Bad tribute.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;"><b>Invitation to Comment</b></span></h2> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Did you have any of the Fisher Price Play Family toys? Which ones? And are they still with you, like mine?</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></span> </span></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;">What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</span></b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span> </div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-1970s-fisher-price-play-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-291263735774551180Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:29:00 +00002020-04-19T15:46:52.626+01:001930sbookschildren's illustrationsillustrations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK3883Xmfc_MSnCVH4Sf6j4VvRh9_1gspifASPIfMrNpFuL_AUY-vYFxmzj8oeCWi2gUixCiENxNOaVK29nlkKJkZMzIfUeEPKXRyH03vlW_Lvl8QMHRbpuwnEO70ysyi0tBqTYLtt2oW/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+colour+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK3883Xmfc_MSnCVH4Sf6j4VvRh9_1gspifASPIfMrNpFuL_AUY-vYFxmzj8oeCWi2gUixCiENxNOaVK29nlkKJkZMzIfUeEPKXRyH03vlW_Lvl8QMHRbpuwnEO70ysyi0tBqTYLtt2oW/s640/Joyce+Mercer+colour+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="444" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-pin-config="beside" data-pin-do="buttonPin" href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vintage-copywriting.push.uk.net%2F2011%2F02%2Fjoyce-mercer-1930s-childrens.html&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-dTjG5PT7RsU%2FTV0Ey4DEJSI%2FAAAAAAAABGQ%2FQxA_oe6bTwQ%2Fs400%2FJoyce%2BMercer%2Bcolour%2Bplate%2B1930s%2B%252540%2Bvintage%2Bcopywriting.jpg&amp;description=Commissioned%20for%20The%20Big%20Christmas%20Wonder%20Book%20(1937)%20these%20incredibly%20stylised%20children%E2%80%99s%20illustrations%20by%20British%20artist%20Joyce%20Mercer%20(1896%E2%80%931965)%20demand%20to%20be%20stared%20at%2C%20whether%20you%E2%80%99re%20a%201930s%20child%20sinking%20into%20your%20pillow%2C%20or%20a%2021st%20century%20vintage%20lover%20revelling%20in%20the%20elegance%20of%20a%20lost%20decade.%20"><img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pin_it_button.png" /></a> </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I feel I should just take a bow and shuffle back stage, letting you look at these illustrations without the distraction of words.&nbsp;</span>But I am a writer, so I'll dilly-dally a little longer.&nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Commissioned for </span><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The Big Christmas Wonder Book (1937)</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> these incredibly stylised children’s illustrations by British artist</span><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> Joyce Mercer (1896–1965)</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> demand to be stared at, whether you’re a 1930s child sinking into your pillow, or a 21st century vintage lover revelling in the elegance of a lost decade.&nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfzVo0r2A-o/TV0Eb_DSMmI/AAAAAAAABGE/v0yZKz2dth4/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+childrens+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ODIoP109i-bhZA235mQnMtHzqe_dxbki0ieRDug2kxDavWUMicM_LpDkalN0VWAZ_ABWH5ovC_zzMCRplTR_7AA0hspJav4rDR6DhBZvBb6hkaBhAFAWa6n6Nv7iaGR4ilUFSAScpNKn/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+childrens+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ODIoP109i-bhZA235mQnMtHzqe_dxbki0ieRDug2kxDavWUMicM_LpDkalN0VWAZ_ABWH5ovC_zzMCRplTR_7AA0hspJav4rDR6DhBZvBb6hkaBhAFAWa6n6Nv7iaGR4ilUFSAScpNKn/s400/Joyce+Mercer+childrens+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hard black lines give the precision of stained glass, whilst the abundance of&nbsp;perfectly&nbsp;executed&nbsp;curls give the satisfaction of fine calligraphy. I wonder what the artist's handwriting was like?</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-klrRr7hhr2A/TV0EXYCiq3I/AAAAAAAABGA/v5nGFonsNKg/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+black+and+white+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vbFg_F8VxcX3GVEXLR80l7ub93nd1-20bEPnB111KD-U38QRQL95WxRxLZCNLs1J5Uga6CL8t-D_sB6Iq2zO5R9kvuDjwUYNxEI0NhNf0mhLs2tBYlXl3iIAX4Y9i5ZZ71yMTpDR4xzE/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+black+and+white+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vbFg_F8VxcX3GVEXLR80l7ub93nd1-20bEPnB111KD-U38QRQL95WxRxLZCNLs1J5Uga6CL8t-D_sB6Iq2zO5R9kvuDjwUYNxEI0NhNf0mhLs2tBYlXl3iIAX4Y9i5ZZ71yMTpDR4xzE/s400/Joyce+Mercer+black+and+white+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEPkvmve4yVKuKWs6Swek79kch1hFFKHPZpkaI23-Ae2sEgDDTG4ybqTFk1BSDI8xYErgmFYXRVfqpAKnSJ6-pWahcyfhnzRmnFIH-9Lk4pkkaxU-E2UMh9IEyTJXT3nhUD3ovOHAhl4/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+childrens+illustration+The+Big+Christmas+Wonder+Book+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEPkvmve4yVKuKWs6Swek79kch1hFFKHPZpkaI23-Ae2sEgDDTG4ybqTFk1BSDI8xYErgmFYXRVfqpAKnSJ6-pWahcyfhnzRmnFIH-9Lk4pkkaxU-E2UMh9IEyTJXT3nhUD3ovOHAhl4/s400/Joyce+Mercer+childrens+illustration+The+Big+Christmas+Wonder+Book+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Look at them from a distance, or upside down, and the balance and&nbsp;poise&nbsp;of the&nbsp;</span>whole<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;composition comes to the fore, letting you enjoy them all over again.&nbsp;</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi18zkkwuMe2Mn5Shd418bllDi2cXSJnuiku_qdYCcIwceOdKR6TiKqROJkp2N8aJPuNst-sIl4vqfT7PC3Op2MCBGl64mr5A4LEQtpjHrVip68kSxbjrDVDCWsZXJqjHL3mAJ5QyZAyTq/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+colour+plate+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi18zkkwuMe2Mn5Shd418bllDi2cXSJnuiku_qdYCcIwceOdKR6TiKqROJkp2N8aJPuNst-sIl4vqfT7PC3Op2MCBGl64mr5A4LEQtpjHrVip68kSxbjrDVDCWsZXJqjHL3mAJ5QyZAyTq/s640/Joyce+Mercer+colour+plate+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Encapsulating the character of the period and dramatically telling a story, Ms Mercer, I doff my hat to you. &nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cB4e2Y_Gju4swRqDOgLbdTvHL59jXb83Ue0OHcjiJS1dRFUMN6Nx1r7Nj8i2V6GPeb6ehUxgFzaWM8VJX6s21XH2ChkH_FW7tlZ7WQXeZ9WYVv75eALQZdXz3TlqLbBFh6QPLctFgejn/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+Wonder+Book+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cB4e2Y_Gju4swRqDOgLbdTvHL59jXb83Ue0OHcjiJS1dRFUMN6Nx1r7Nj8i2V6GPeb6ehUxgFzaWM8VJX6s21XH2ChkH_FW7tlZ7WQXeZ9WYVv75eALQZdXz3TlqLbBFh6QPLctFgejn/s400/Joyce+Mercer+Wonder+Book+illustration+1930s+%2540+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;"><b>Notes</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For those of your who’ve just watched <a href="http://www.kingsspeech.com/">The King’s Speech</a>, The Big Christmas Wonder Book was published in the middle of those events, for that was the Christmas when Edward VII gave up the British throne for Wallis Simpson. Eight pages of illustrations in the book offer a souvenir of the coronation of Edward VII, an event that never happened. &nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you’d like to know more about the owner of my family’s copy of The Big Christmas Wonder Book, please click through to this blog post <a href="http://angelarambleson.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-hand-written-letter-from-1946.html">A Hand Written Letter from 1946</a>.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;"><b>Invitation to Comment</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Which is your favourite picture? I think mine is “The Princess was more lovely than words could tell”.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And who are your favourite children’s illustrators? I of course also like Arthur Rackham, "Google Image" his name if you’re not familiar, you're in for a treat.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Don't miss the next post:</b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0DIHK_XHdldynZwV2y4Xak1c0J7TZwRy8rqSbARIFNoue-jKcJoyvDbo6AmZm5t7WTe29rljbffVZ8ur2gb34BI9_J4BnGaega3_9_0q8GSFjkzk6yBsEFVW2YsRiJpVEJPfRFXBPZjY/s1600/Fisher+Price+Family+Camper+Van+-+Vintage+Copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0DIHK_XHdldynZwV2y4Xak1c0J7TZwRy8rqSbARIFNoue-jKcJoyvDbo6AmZm5t7WTe29rljbffVZ8ur2gb34BI9_J4BnGaega3_9_0q8GSFjkzk6yBsEFVW2YsRiJpVEJPfRFXBPZjY/s400/Fisher+Price+Family+Camper+Van+-+Vintage+Copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next Post: The Fisher Price Play Family Camper</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-joyce-mercer-1930s-vintage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-1024254148609804120Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:23:00 +00002020-04-20T17:16:25.782+01:0019th centurycostumegallerysteampunkvictorianvintage gallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV_W83CqQymF-nK4yZbzGAPvqHNycVdoCoALwSzuUlqgs4TrAnoF3DWSkKKe1XqyDc9g8KrdkMMdjuF4PMn-XxjpE9z0pxIlPL_ya-z1AxaIsVm_wHTD6N6xx3zLYtf0tnHtv1_wdMUQ/s1600/10679821_739751376096311_7152628927479269284_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV_W83CqQymF-nK4yZbzGAPvqHNycVdoCoALwSzuUlqgs4TrAnoF3DWSkKKe1XqyDc9g8KrdkMMdjuF4PMn-XxjpE9z0pxIlPL_ya-z1AxaIsVm_wHTD6N6xx3zLYtf0tnHtv1_wdMUQ/s1600/10679821_739751376096311_7152628927479269284_o.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /> </b></span></div> <b></b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><b>My other half is a photographer, and he was asked by <a href="http://www.visitlincoln.com/">Visit Lincoln</a> to photograph this year's Steampunk Festival in Lincoln, known as "The Asylum". As lovers of vintage, I though you'd appreciate the creativity of these costumes, and the homage to all things Victorian.&nbsp;</b></b></div> <b> </b> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>According to Wikipedia, Steampunk is:&nbsp;</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ...a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>In the organiser's own words:</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> "Weekend at the Asylum is the largest purely steampunk event in Europe and attracts participants from around the world. For three glorious days each year the historic streets of Lincoln are thronged with splendidly dressed steampunks enjoying a festival which strives to combine art, literature, music, fashion, comedy and simple good fun. Where else can you find a regency masonic lodge, a Victorian university and a medieval castle as the venues for a retro-futurist extravaganza?"</div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YibOwbDspds/VBsHHZBTC3I/AAAAAAAABIQ/8q5J9jRulmQ/w1023-h682-no/IMG_4311%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YibOwbDspds/VBsHHZBTC3I/AAAAAAAABIQ/8q5J9jRulmQ/w1023-h682-no/IMG_4311%2Bcopy.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gZQBfrsoWRo/VBsG6VokynI/AAAAAAAABHw/O-SkoEXrFrA/w487-h682-no/IMG_4292%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2014/09/vintage-gallery-15-stunning-steampunk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-2583885182747070569Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:46:00 +00002020-04-20T17:17:29.508+01:001700s18th centuryapothecarygallerygravevintage gallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuu4nOs_AZSdaECHHXFXCHwoHgHQ4q0w_SnBG_GlZVp8f-zPXoxh9BwvH2lTl3Ubqx-a4w1Bt-tfQjR84JCGGicUUdMjT1QNCbNrLdTPuSErix2xT6XQmNhJn9JO09cdIIhRDl_2k5xQx/s1600/old+gravestone+1700s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuu4nOs_AZSdaECHHXFXCHwoHgHQ4q0w_SnBG_GlZVp8f-zPXoxh9BwvH2lTl3Ubqx-a4w1Bt-tfQjR84JCGGicUUdMjT1QNCbNrLdTPuSErix2xT6XQmNhJn9JO09cdIIhRDl_2k5xQx/s1600/old+gravestone+1700s.jpg" width="370" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This gravestone can be found inside The Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /></div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2014/02/vintage-gallery-14-grave-of-apothecary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-7249226388210833377Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:58:00 +00002020-04-20T17:22:18.631+01:001960schromelighterRonson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfLcVUS1-S7U5jiKCHycybnf0oUIB4G3Cdh3HA52xxi3L6Y8nXeKo3s6EO7dpH1hIvJTdQbjPjygo53rslICMR-NE25gtLpU4phCTqBKkC_xo0bYvfi-KX8Y-j_AVsuxFmkmD7Oe8zQ/s720/1960s%2520Ronson%2520Lady%2527s%2520Cigarette%2520Lighter.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></a> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MnwGJU0FfQy6ZxuLakGW7CwQ0jrIa2Q4jEQZ7-_CG0lWyKSs9lPJQ0tu8V6VwTpul-tt96ybxI-vnfcg-VPoWiaDg7p4cpwaWbVEmjC-8m2Bho8WCNccn1wJn627D958sZnDZErQpOc/s1600/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MnwGJU0FfQy6ZxuLakGW7CwQ0jrIa2Q4jEQZ7-_CG0lWyKSs9lPJQ0tu8V6VwTpul-tt96ybxI-vnfcg-VPoWiaDg7p4cpwaWbVEmjC-8m2Bho8WCNccn1wJn627D958sZnDZErQpOc/s400/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+1.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Dainty, ain't it? The 1950s Ronson Cadet Mini </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Purse Cigarette Lighter</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> As feminine as it gets, this tiny chrome lighter sits pretty at the crossroads between glamour and gadget. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Embossed with twirling leaves and vines, deliciously tactile to bare fingers, you may overlook the pattern's very practical purpose: it's easy to grip in white gloves.</div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> And those leaves go everywhere, embossing the whole case as it gently curves to a slender edge.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Among hourglass figures, sweetheart necklines and frothy lace petticoats, this shining accessory knew how to ... accessorise.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Ronson patented the mechanism that lets these lighters be operated with one hand. In a piece of genuine vintage copywriting, they marketed this feature with the line: "A flip - and it's lit! Release - and it's out!".</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Ronson also did things differently by designing lighters for women. Tiny. Delicate. Sparkly.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> What girl wants to fumble with matches and snag her nails? What woman wants to wait for a man to light her cigarette?&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We all know the answer to that: a woman looking at a handsome man with a lighter in his pocket.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> But with a Ronson in your purse, you have the choice. Light your own cigarette with a lighter only a woman would use. &nbsp;Small flames of independence.</div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.1875px;"><br /></span></span></div> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfLcVUS1-S7U5jiKCHycybnf0oUIB4G3Cdh3HA52xxi3L6Y8nXeKo3s6EO7dpH1hIvJTdQbjPjygo53rslICMR-NE25gtLpU4phCTqBKkC_xo0bYvfi-KX8Y-j_AVsuxFmkmD7Oe8zQ/s720/1960s%2520Ronson%2520Lady%2527s%2520Cigarette%2520Lighter.JPG" style="clear: right; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfLcVUS1-S7U5jiKCHycybnf0oUIB4G3Cdh3HA52xxi3L6Y8nXeKo3s6EO7dpH1hIvJTdQbjPjygo53rslICMR-NE25gtLpU4phCTqBKkC_xo0bYvfi-KX8Y-j_AVsuxFmkmD7Oe8zQ/s400/1960s%2520Ronson%2520Lady%2527s%2520Cigarette%2520Lighter.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Ronson&nbsp;pioneered&nbsp;lighters aimed at women</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cC3iqW_EZa4hnYgnW57d9I1oXZiH3QB14b8P3wRKBiZi5REKtBQWkpXzNWFEImINIkGT-OtXZMkILcgcncbRvZfwvNnVvymFoZWzyXw_SBFF6UTzx1TK2VZBTKkRQMghFUCYVgwRwZI/s1600/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cC3iqW_EZa4hnYgnW57d9I1oXZiH3QB14b8P3wRKBiZi5REKtBQWkpXzNWFEImINIkGT-OtXZMkILcgcncbRvZfwvNnVvymFoZWzyXw_SBFF6UTzx1TK2VZBTKkRQMghFUCYVgwRwZI/s400/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+3.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Elegantly curved and fabulously&nbsp;floral</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Mix and match with a lace petticoat</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ei_MXZOQgG3HRqz3eLm19AguOTHhJSjbHWNk_FpwnThFPl6i2Y1CyfgW5cHztmWhDQNiTf1xwYtr1SNaR5QibahGs1gc5IWoosc3F0mIxla3kjJkbdMWb5EVnxeJ7k0Mw2FJLm6PIRU/s1600/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ei_MXZOQgG3HRqz3eLm19AguOTHhJSjbHWNk_FpwnThFPl6i2Y1CyfgW5cHztmWhDQNiTf1xwYtr1SNaR5QibahGs1gc5IWoosc3F0mIxla3kjJkbdMWb5EVnxeJ7k0Mw2FJLm6PIRU/s400/1960s+Ronson+Ladies+Cigarette+Lighter+-+Vintage+Copywriting+4.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">For the real vintage geeks, here's the base</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">British patent 621570</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">More Details to Note:</span></b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unusually, this Ronson design was made in England (not the US). It was in production for a relatively short time in the 1950s and early 1960s. So it's on the rare side.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This very lighter was bought by my mother in the early 1960s with her first wage packet as a celebratory present for her mother, before anyone knew the damage smoking did.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This story is not complete without reference to the damage smoking does. For that, click </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/smoking_health_effects.shtml" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">this link</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Invitation to comment:</b></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What did you buy with your first wage packet? A present for your mum?</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Don't miss the next post</b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yncYDgqFLrSYj_hNNc1_jsxrmhlbmpJG-1ZZ4s0wO6Z71RE1MRlbKxh8lnDYlfvZz_rX1DPqmeQeY_NVsNUG8SmowDxdzL7F36novIS4FHxemUQ2k6FWpKCa1zHU-1SPMLJBO5JSTX57/s1600/vintage+christmas+ornaments+in+box+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yncYDgqFLrSYj_hNNc1_jsxrmhlbmpJG-1ZZ4s0wO6Z71RE1MRlbKxh8lnDYlfvZz_rX1DPqmeQeY_NVsNUG8SmowDxdzL7F36novIS4FHxemUQ2k6FWpKCa1zHU-1SPMLJBO5JSTX57/s320/vintage+christmas+ornaments+in+box+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" width="320" /></a><br /> <br /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next post: The 1950s Christmas Baubles<br /> <br /> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> </div> <div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2013/03/1950s-ronson-cadet-mini-leaf-pattern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-8323004693027172486Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:00 +00002020-04-19T15:50:15.873+01:001960santiquesbooksgalleryjunkvintage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1JiZcs0bK_u9RlJNfSyvZ5D6XaYCd-l_xELZgeZ0jTEpKkeeI-QX1lkuWbLY7mnpkZvD-N_UdCivGsrBgGM1B1kG95-ZGIQp8emob5BupENsYmIpYhES6SDSMYEuEO1AG1CCHTjkOeM/s1600/photo+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1JiZcs0bK_u9RlJNfSyvZ5D6XaYCd-l_xELZgeZ0jTEpKkeeI-QX1lkuWbLY7mnpkZvD-N_UdCivGsrBgGM1B1kG95-ZGIQp8emob5BupENsYmIpYhES6SDSMYEuEO1AG1CCHTjkOeM/s400/photo+(1).JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">spotted in a junk shop - that set the irony alarm off</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Published in 1961, cover illustration by Susan Holland.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> "The ideal handbook for all who have gone into junk shops and antique shops, hesitated and dithered and then come out - either empty handed or with 'junk'. John Bedford is himself an life-long collector and amateur whose knowledge is wide-ranging in many fields. But his style is always friendly and down-to-earth. If an article is likely to be 'in the Sotheby class', he will tell you so."</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2013/03/looking-in-junkshops-by-john-bedford.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-9084369520082509143Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:57:00 +00002020-04-19T15:51:40.956+01:001940sbabybakelitechildren'sclothes hangerscoathangergallerynursery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53P4Rlyo8A2Cuo8PqLKJbImyhId24Y2lO4b8AGgksdcNw67GBDRInHM7VzOrHSkcnfVfzBG3qvc54yY3LVfBMMFv7cjRoQa0ggVeu91osvyHrI007TJvzB_NAxX1BSnnU2iAAUdxqlcs/s1600/photo+(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53P4Rlyo8A2Cuo8PqLKJbImyhId24Y2lO4b8AGgksdcNw67GBDRInHM7VzOrHSkcnfVfzBG3qvc54yY3LVfBMMFv7cjRoQa0ggVeu91osvyHrI007TJvzB_NAxX1BSnnU2iAAUdxqlcs/s640/photo+(4).JPG" width="310" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bakerlite 1940s children's hangers</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I've just packed these away. They have finished their duty as hangers for my children's clothes. Before that they were hangers for me, as a child in the 1970s. Before that (and first and foremost) they were hangers for my father when he was a child in the 1940s.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> In pastel Bakelite with cut-out images of animals and gnomes, &nbsp;they now await the next generation of babies from a dark corner of the attic. I'm sure the Christmas decorations will keep them company. &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. 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It had clearly been discarded and forgotten decades ago, and we have no idea how it did not suffer from damp or mould out there.<br /> <br /> The wash house did not survive. When my dad pulled the ivy from the walls, the walls came down with it. But the picture did. Framed and cherished, it now hangs in my parents' new home. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF1nQO9kSXwc2dQK7Ney1RfRbMzCAjpSlqzMBcsCnyGACDJw-ex4VE1P21GZXnDfR4i2aTR5xAKQwDRaJzfqyCWjh6M_0cht2vFbrj6CHmeNk7VueDqZHYo9mHLRIebIA4qJLd8qnCx3G/s1600-h/Dent+Du+Midi+from+St+Maurice,+1895+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF1nQO9kSXwc2dQK7Ney1RfRbMzCAjpSlqzMBcsCnyGACDJw-ex4VE1P21GZXnDfR4i2aTR5xAKQwDRaJzfqyCWjh6M_0cht2vFbrj6CHmeNk7VueDqZHYo9mHLRIebIA4qJLd8qnCx3G/s200/Dent+Du+Midi+from+St+Maurice,+1895+2.jpg" width="191" /></a> My childhood home was a Georgian farmhouse that had put on airs and graces as posher residences sprung-up around it. Located in Abbey Road, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby">Grimsby,</a> it was quite the time capsule, with owner after owner barely maintaining it. This picture was our greatest find. <br /> <br /> The location of the sketch is given as The Dent Du Midi, from St Maurice. The artists is Mabel Chard and she has dated the picture 1895. <br /> <br /> St Maurice is a little town in Switzerland, squeezed into a narrow pass in the Rhone valley, south of Lake Geneva. Somewhere I'd like to go. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfblX8zlhmIhdvF7vssKarnLDLBv82J0cQVVdwF-p_wRX7oebNUNcl9zyPUMhyYRkDQxBLV2kKJan7HmB4OXfCUoLxP1mnlhNw7vIdBs3JVheLrbfG6M911YdXOsTOz0_v4KYnKoPGfbV/s1600-h/Dent+Du+Midi+from+St+Maurice,+1895+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfblX8zlhmIhdvF7vssKarnLDLBv82J0cQVVdwF-p_wRX7oebNUNcl9zyPUMhyYRkDQxBLV2kKJan7HmB4OXfCUoLxP1mnlhNw7vIdBs3JVheLrbfG6M911YdXOsTOz0_v4KYnKoPGfbV/s200/Dent+Du+Midi+from+St+Maurice,+1895+3.jpg" width="183" /></a></div> I wonder what the street looks like now? No goats I suspect, and the Swiss version of Health &amp; Safety will have knocked the romance out of it.<br /> <br /> As for Mabel Chard, I suspect she lived in my old home through Victoria's reign and this sketch was completed in St Maurice on her Grand Tour. I hope she rests in peace knowing it has a safe home after all those years in the wash house, and is now enjoying a flutter of fame on the Internet.<br /> <br /> If you know anything else about this sketch, St Maurice or Ms Chard, please let me know with a comment or through <a href="https://twitter.com/Angpang">my Twitter page</a>. Thank you.<br /> <br /> <br /> UPDATE 1: My sister <a href="http://twitter.com/dwese">Louise </a>has just emailed added her recollections<br /> <br /> <i>"Dad remembers a shirt box behind the boiler to Dr Chard so think her and a this doctor lived there I think I found them when I did research into who had lived in our house at Grimsby library (who have records of ownership / occupation) and map showing the house as a stand alone farm house on a "turnpike" road into town."</i><br /> <br /> UDPATE 2: <a href="http://www.christinefarmer.com/home/">Christine Farmer</a> has located a Mabel Chard born in Louth in 1880, the daughter of a solicitor's clerk who went on to marry John Gilbert Jones. Louth is about 12 miles from Grimsby so the date and location all fit. This Mabel would be 15 when this sketch was completed. As talent can be well developed by that age, I would say this could be the same woman. Christine has kindly contacted Mabel's descendants, now living in South Africa, to see if they can shed more light and confirm if this Mabel is my Mabel. I will update the blog again should any new information come in. <i><br /> </i><br /> <br /> <div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfblX8zlhmIhdvF7vssKarnLDLBv82J0cQVVdwF-p_wRX7oebNUNcl9zyPUMhyYRkDQxBLV2kKJan7HmB4OXfCUoLxP1mnlhNw7vIdBs3JVheLrbfG6M911YdXOsTOz0_v4KYnKoPGfbV/s1600-h/Dent+Du+Midi+from+St+Maurice,+1895+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /> </a></div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2012/07/dent-du-midi-sketched-in-1895-lost-then.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-8601852016274951764Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +00002020-04-20T17:27:52.255+01:001940sletterrabbittoy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pCZwrAB9Sz9VVSRba4sQr4K-HpmmlMLYS6s9MMGPUVYUCfOvM0_fUW_RpX_Uk7uUtWmmkbf9hbjCejGPPqRPlxe8Icx7MH_0NvSUJ8FGAC6ELiSLiRWEWJs8wS7ZdY8qD1ePLxG7A9X7/s1600-h/letter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /> </a></div> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breaking with the usual blog format, a personal piece that's still very vintage.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3dunDjr4LBfMA0HKL60jFBi8fAQW_pohlvBZZuKzZfPreZ44Ngk0Yla4CiQ1LNr9RDPpxrGFJe-JFxpAonPj4iU6t0ihc5Rg1s8CVLQvFHMeEpyYX9rt2wZFOjCvAyffeqz4YgLxdd28/s1600-h/IMG_0709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3dunDjr4LBfMA0HKL60jFBi8fAQW_pohlvBZZuKzZfPreZ44Ngk0Yla4CiQ1LNr9RDPpxrGFJe-JFxpAonPj4iU6t0ihc5Rg1s8CVLQvFHMeEpyYX9rt2wZFOjCvAyffeqz4YgLxdd28/s400/IMG_0709.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When did you last receive a hand written letter? <br /> <br /> With the internet, I can access millions of words in seconds, without paying a penny for the effort taken to create them. I can comment on a blog by a celebrity journalist, and my words are on-screen with theirs. I can update my Facebook or Twitter and around 1000 people across the planet know my daughter has lost a tooth before the blood has dried. I am famous for 15 minutes. But has this flood of words diluted their value? When I go clack-clack-clack and slap ‘send’, have I created anything my great-grandchildren could find? And if they found it, would it give them a piece of me or a piece of fluff?</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I have finally investigated a family story. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">As a child my mother was often told, ‘if it was not for the snow you would be Welsh!’</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In Britain, the winter of 1946-47 was legendary. It lasted from December through to March, with temperatures dropping to –21 degrees centigrade and snow drifts of 23 foot in the Scottish Highlands.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Just before the first flakes fell, my grandparents were in England staying with my grandfather’s family; my grandmother in the final stages of her pregnancy. They planned to return to North Wales for the birth and to set-up home, but the snow started to settle. There was no M62 motorway then, the only route to Wales was through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Pass">Snake Pass</a> - across the Peak District and full of hairpin bends and steep gradients. They could not risk it. So the baby came in Lincolnshire, and mum was a Yellow Belly not a Taffy. They called her Rita after Rita Hayworth. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Soon after the birth, a parcel arrived from Wales. It was addressed to Rita Bach (in English, Little Rita). Inside was a tiny, soft toy rabbit and a letter.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pCZwrAB9Sz9VVSRba4sQr4K-HpmmlMLYS6s9MMGPUVYUCfOvM0_fUW_RpX_Uk7uUtWmmkbf9hbjCejGPPqRPlxe8Icx7MH_0NvSUJ8FGAC6ELiSLiRWEWJs8wS7ZdY8qD1ePLxG7A9X7/s1600-h/letter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pCZwrAB9Sz9VVSRba4sQr4K-HpmmlMLYS6s9MMGPUVYUCfOvM0_fUW_RpX_Uk7uUtWmmkbf9hbjCejGPPqRPlxe8Icx7MH_0NvSUJ8FGAC6ELiSLiRWEWJs8wS7ZdY8qD1ePLxG7A9X7/s320/letter.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello Rita<br /> <br /> This is Tommy Rabbit introducing himself. I am to be your new boy friend, but there is a catch in it. I’m to play with you during the day but I’ve got to sleep with the girls at night – your Aunty Jean and Aunty Grace. I only hope that they will let me give you a good night kiss. By the way it’s your Uncle Bill that sends me and he wants me to give you a big kiss when I arrive – if I can get my breath back after being in that box.<br /> <br /> From Uncle Bill to Rita Bach </span></i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t you love his graceful, copperplate hand?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill was my grandmother’s brother. And yes, that's his photograph at the start of this blog, taken around the&nbsp; time he wrote the letter, when he was 25. I know, he looks older, doesn't he?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Aunty Jean and Aunty Grace were the sisters of my Grandfather; with those names they now sound like old dears, but of course they were pretty young ladies in 1946. Seems they had caught Bill’s eye, anyway. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">A receipt from a removal firm confirms the family did get to Wales some five months later. So Bill and Rita Bach finally met when she was a plump, giggling, starting-to-sit-up-on-her-own kind of baby. </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sqEVwB-BTd4kZSAsEYlyG8NnbNzH3w_5_DnXNBR-Ddoz5QDhmorGylVEOU6XpIBDpgK_loBmICn0hX29Q5L7QnwA_1SgXBbhCHeNq4v6pNcOR4B8xu4vSmkYyt5waSWc7ASKMFKWIdVu/s1600/tommy+bunny.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sqEVwB-BTd4kZSAsEYlyG8NnbNzH3w_5_DnXNBR-Ddoz5QDhmorGylVEOU6XpIBDpgK_loBmICn0hX29Q5L7QnwA_1SgXBbhCHeNq4v6pNcOR4B8xu4vSmkYyt5waSWc7ASKMFKWIdVu/s320/tommy+bunny.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sqEVwB-BTd4kZSAsEYlyG8NnbNzH3w_5_DnXNBR-Ddoz5QDhmorGylVEOU6XpIBDpgK_loBmICn0hX29Q5L7QnwA_1SgXBbhCHeNq4v6pNcOR4B8xu4vSmkYyt5waSWc7ASKMFKWIdVu/s1600-h/tommy+bunny.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sixy-four years later Tommy Rabbit still sits at my mum’s bedside. He now carries the letter in a little pouch around his neck. Made from sheepskin, Tommy was originally baby pink, but that’s faded away. If you dig your fingers into his fur you can see a little peach, though, and there's still a twinkle in his eye.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Uncle Bill died at 28 from tuberculosis, three years after writing the letter; three years into my mother’s life. Of course she has no memory of being with him, but because of the letter he is a real person to her, not just a few photographs, documents and a gravestone. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">He’s someone who sprinkled magic onto one of the few toys she owned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">She often talks about the letter from the rabbit, so last week I asked to have a look at it for myself. And of course it got me thinking. And here’s what I think.</span><br /> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Keep the hand-written letter alive, for those big moments at least. I guarantee it will make someone feel incredibly special. But it will also stop your contribution to history, to your family’s story, becoming a handful of certificates and some dusty gadgets that don't work.</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">And don’t get me started on digital photos…</span><br /> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> If you enjoyed this, you might also like to read <a href="http://angelarambleson.blogspot.com/2009/07/humiliating-mother.html">In Which I Humiliate my Mother</a>, which tells of her return to school after a 50-year gap. <br /> </span></i><br /> <i><br /></i> <b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;">Invitation to Comment</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">When did you last write a hand written letter? And when did you last&nbsp;receive&nbsp;one?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Is your writing different in tone when you're handwriting, as opposed to typing?</span><br /> <div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <i><br /></i></div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2012/01/1940s-hand-written-letter-rabbit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-5483812751750655030Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:01:00 +00002014-02-06T14:48:13.989+00:001940sgallerypostcard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IYkbewvY8jk-6bIiQEhTL2HnhXRepzP3vsSmhGQxZ7_QiziIPKvUdjml7o52gniYLZqDRWPDasgingwPnVW_sI_xvefeaNbN8_dwQI0DDFJwztflNtaWGUvZ9vvw1BgbEZDbUpoaQLA/s1600/Card+splash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IYkbewvY8jk-6bIiQEhTL2HnhXRepzP3vsSmhGQxZ7_QiziIPKvUdjml7o52gniYLZqDRWPDasgingwPnVW_sI_xvefeaNbN8_dwQI0DDFJwztflNtaWGUvZ9vvw1BgbEZDbUpoaQLA/s1600/Card+splash.jpg" height="640" width="412" /></a></div> <br /></div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/11/vintage-gallery-10-splash-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-6046291392673196057Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:48:00 +00002020-04-18T16:18:44.985+01:00costumesteampunkvictorian<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbId2EXuTXgWD-e_ijEq-FUyp9bx59o5JmffsfpScR0uBCAbXsfr70icFf5wJ_FJGq2Q56ZTNVc7t9V8hVlFLQWOhtXAZJ88wrrSz09fLzPJaCNY7m4F6FczM6PD5sfn6CnJhBkGYk7Yw/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbId2EXuTXgWD-e_ijEq-FUyp9bx59o5JmffsfpScR0uBCAbXsfr70icFf5wJ_FJGq2Q56ZTNVc7t9V8hVlFLQWOhtXAZJ88wrrSz09fLzPJaCNY7m4F6FczM6PD5sfn6CnJhBkGYk7Yw/s640/DSC_0021.JPG" width="425" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Incredible Steampunk Costume as seen at The Asylum festival</i></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I must admit I do love a bit of Steampunk.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">These phantasmagorical costumes were photographed at <a href="http://steampunk.synthasite.com/">The Asylum</a> festival in my hometown of Lincoln (UK) this September. Alas, I did not take the image so do not know the names of the people, but anyone out there does please get in touch. I'd like to give credit where credit is due.&nbsp;</span></div> <div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qn6A08X4P6WfY8h5DC8bH5R8nHWiZJrqCuRSjhJKZOsRCzqn7nXPUnov6MBjeDEa4cfPaq3b5oniMXYB33_-wR4fwfqtBRMP9nBY3aBI0J4EIKcyKQy3C7wESVNcsOLX3ad9Lwt8M5U/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qn6A08X4P6WfY8h5DC8bH5R8nHWiZJrqCuRSjhJKZOsRCzqn7nXPUnov6MBjeDEa4cfPaq3b5oniMXYB33_-wR4fwfqtBRMP9nBY3aBI0J4EIKcyKQy3C7wESVNcsOLX3ad9Lwt8M5U/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Do you know these people? If so please get in touch!</i></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you're not sure what Steampunk is, I am tempted to say Google is your friend. But in this case I'll say the library is your friend, specifically the shelves holding these works:</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">H G Wellls - The Time Machine</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mark Twain -&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</span></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mervyn Peake - Titus Alone</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Philip Pullman - The Dark Materials Trilogy</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you already love the look, you might want to see an original piece of steampunk fashion in my other post <a href="http://www.vintage-copywriting.push.uk.net/2010/08/emily-kitchins-victorian-and-very.html">The Steampunk Victorian Wedding Dress.</a></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And speaking of giving credit, the photo was taken by the lovely Stacey Clarke!</span></div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/09/steampunk-fashion-costume-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-2341281277727479230Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:43:00 +00002020-04-21T16:07:01.831+01:00BanglejewelleryMourning JewelleryPressed HornvictorianWhitby Jet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoHa2qTaz7G8qRAWa9Fg_Y4jIo7ChvgPfKsf75u7q-34WWreVfD5XEZZYKJj10cK0oLfSpPudN1_xFkYITXMn6tv-Bx0Cdfzbm2Art4UGuphaNIksGEE4C4WpydxV7lRaWuCSUmb41FA/s1600/vulcanite+bracelete+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoHa2qTaz7G8qRAWa9Fg_Y4jIo7ChvgPfKsf75u7q-34WWreVfD5XEZZYKJj10cK0oLfSpPudN1_xFkYITXMn6tv-Bx0Cdfzbm2Art4UGuphaNIksGEE4C4WpydxV7lRaWuCSUmb41FA/s400/vulcanite+bracelete+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Whitby Jet Bangle? &nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Look at this! Isn't it gorgeous? My great grandmother, Elsie May, left this bracelet in her button box, in pieces. My mother inherited the box, picked out the pieces and threaded them on knicker elastic to make the lovely whole you see here. It fits snug on your wrist for an authentic dash of Victorian Gothic Whitby Jetness. Just the thing when you're evoking Mina Harker.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eIMf1c7fLri1gXWozkrGks4IcLimpXWgddSZaJz4e9Vx6Wl8L0AsbNnbsnvEQwO_HdlpxMt56jyP869C49R1dOmiGdjbg6QTg1KzWfA3VPsg_gbXfV4pq1fiLsuEPbbqlFOWgVd-WiA/s1600/vintage+copywriting+identifying+whitby+jet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eIMf1c7fLri1gXWozkrGks4IcLimpXWgddSZaJz4e9Vx6Wl8L0AsbNnbsnvEQwO_HdlpxMt56jyP869C49R1dOmiGdjbg6QTg1KzWfA3VPsg_gbXfV4pq1fiLsuEPbbqlFOWgVd-WiA/s640/vintage+copywriting+identifying+whitby+jet.jpg" width="387" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Elsie May and her husband Charlie,</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">perhaps she's wearing the bangle here</span><br /> <div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Elsie was a young woman in the 1900s, so I think it's safe to say her bangle is late Victorian. But is it real Whitby Jet? If it is, it would be worth a small fortune.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've researched a lot, I've found a lot. What follows are the highlights of that research and my take on...</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How to Identify Whitby Jet&nbsp;</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;"Like Whitby Jet But Not" comes in many forms: modern plastic, glass (known as French Jet), bog oak, coal, Bakelite, horn or Vulcanite, from the planet Vulcan. OK I made that last bit up, but the Vulcanite is real, an early plastic that turns a sepia colour with age, it was branded with the rather wonderful name Ebonite and was very popular as fake jet in Victorian times.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TPatqf1VITLApRHsCOkbjJYvrZm70a3UPFsKbL33iYH_35L5eDy12VryxKROjVNB0uk8pyt0PrCXPmgOor_3icYP2HmxC4iLD4QaweBPg3CusxYhVVl45mgi3QO7cPVZY03ROBK1hus/s1600/whitby+jet+bracelet+edwardian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TPatqf1VITLApRHsCOkbjJYvrZm70a3UPFsKbL33iYH_35L5eDy12VryxKROjVNB0uk8pyt0PrCXPmgOor_3icYP2HmxC4iLD4QaweBPg3CusxYhVVl45mgi3QO7cPVZY03ROBK1hus/s320/whitby+jet+bracelet+edwardian.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;Jet, Coal, Bog Oak, Glass, Ebonite, Horn, Bakelite?</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">It could be any of these</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So how can you spot jet and its many imitators?</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is it black?&nbsp;</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The clue's in the name: proper jet is jet black, and does not fade with age. If you polish jet it has a soft sheen, not a hard brightness that comes with black glass. My bracelet does look black, and not too shiny, but where it's been worn it also looks a little brown. If it was all brown, I'd be looking at an Ebonite bangle.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is it heavy or light?</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jet is lightweight. If it's heavy, it's probably glass. Yes, my bracelet is light weight. I'm still in the running for Whitby authenticity.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is it warm?</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Strangely for something black, shiny and associated with vampires, true Whitby jet is quite warm when you touch it. Again, my bracelet seems to be that. Glass would be cold, as would coal.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Does it look hand carved?</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whitby Jet pieces are hand carved from solid lumps; you can't melt jet and pour it into a mould. Any signs of moulding - thin lines at the edge where the two halves of the mould met - mean your vintage find is probably plastic. If it's very perfect, and repeated patterns are identical, again it's likely that this has been made by mould and not carved, so not true jet. My bracelet does not have mould marks but it is suspiciously perfect, and each cross identical. Boo hoo.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXqcNXr9sm6Vwzssj6u6cBrGVhlP_PDqrmKMPkipEHIe_a7bljwmsg6tiLMpBuH1w9cWKZl4FA22FTzYxg2aWbZfL9YZv_eWmDAof5u2YI2N-hLGgl0GK19Gp5_a322IH1WarJopBRuQ/s1600/whitby+jet+bracelet+victorian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXqcNXr9sm6Vwzssj6u6cBrGVhlP_PDqrmKMPkipEHIe_a7bljwmsg6tiLMpBuH1w9cWKZl4FA22FTzYxg2aWbZfL9YZv_eWmDAof5u2YI2N-hLGgl0GK19Gp5_a322IH1WarJopBRuQ/s320/whitby+jet+bracelet+victorian.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Each cross is identical, suggesting a mould, but no mould lines?&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Can you see wood grain?</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking geologically, jet was once wood, so it is possible to see wood grain in real jet pieces, especially on the back where it's not been carved. With my bracelet, there's a strange surface to the back but it's more like crackle glaze than wood. It seems organic, but not wooden.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktWmCJY2BRcCaDNuKcRM0q8s6q74B5yVCtIuz4zM87VSy4qTIAhbHBoploK7dBtdSlG6rywI3xTs6kCUVgONpX6PC6-dU2GphLKbAoXEGeimfuSh-YGunaZsPd5V92tEoF5V8-VvyQjg/s1600/ebony+bracelet+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktWmCJY2BRcCaDNuKcRM0q8s6q74B5yVCtIuz4zM87VSy4qTIAhbHBoploK7dBtdSlG6rywI3xTs6kCUVgONpX6PC6-dU2GphLKbAoXEGeimfuSh-YGunaZsPd5V92tEoF5V8-VvyQjg/s320/ebony+bracelet+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;At the back, my bangle's surface looks kind of crackle glazed&nbsp;</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Red Hot Needle Test&nbsp;</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not for the faint hearted. If you're going to do this, make sure you pick an area of your piece that's well hidden before you poke. The idea is you take a large darning needle, heat it until it's red hot then touch your wannabe jet in that out-of-the-way place. If it's jet or coal, the puff of smoke you get should smell quite tarry, like coal burning. If it smells like rubber it's likely your piece is Vulcanite (Ebonite). Bog oak smells of burning wood (mmm nice), plastic smells of plastic (yuck) and glass, well that just won't melt from a hot needle. So a scary test, but one that narrows it down to jet or coal. If anything my bracelet smelled of burning hair, yikes, it was made from hair?</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The streak test&nbsp;</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OK so I did not get the hallowed coal tarr smell that indicates my piece is jet or coal, but if you did you'll want to know the final test to separate these two materials and know if you have jet for sure. Again not something you do on a whim, but if you take some unglazed porcelain (such as the back of a ceramic tile) and scrape a piece of your item across it, it will leave a streak. Whitby jet leaves a dark brown mark, coal a black mark, Vulcanite (Ebonite) a light brown. I did not do this test, I was worried I'd damage the bracelet.</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So is it, or isn't it?&nbsp;</span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm pretty sure my piece is not true Whitby Jet. My conclusion is it's horn. I would never have guessed this before I did all this research as I did not realise you can soften horn enough to press it into a mould. But now I know. Here's the description that gives me the smoking gun (with the smoke smelling of hair):</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Horn is light and can be easily worked, even moulded if heated in water. When stained it can be passed off as Jet but items are often rough and scaly on the reverse side. Horn does not have the deep glossy black of Jet and when held up to the light the edges are often translucent due to incomplete staining. When scratched the material produces a grey powder. When a hot needle is applied the material will smell of burning hair.&nbsp;</span></i><i><b>Taken from <a href="http://www.blackasjet.co.uk/acatalog/whitby_jet.html">Black as Jet</a>'s website, the online store for Whitby jet jewellery.&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And the final test, putting "pressed horn bracelet" into Google Images turns up many examples that are incredibly similar to this bracelet, though none exactly the same. A decades old family mystery solved. Now the only question is, Antique Roadshow style, how much is it worth? </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit;"><b>Invitation to Comment</b></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How much is it worth? I think that might be a new blog post in itself.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Do you have a piece of possible Whitby Jet, and has this post helped you identify it? Would be thrilled if so.&nbsp;</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <b></b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><b>Don't miss the next post</b></b></div> <b> </b> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfLcVUS1-S7U5jiKCHycybnf0oUIB4G3Cdh3HA52xxi3L6Y8nXeKo3s6EO7dpH1hIvJTdQbjPjygo53rslICMR-NE25gtLpU4phCTqBKkC_xo0bYvfi-KX8Y-j_AVsuxFmkmD7Oe8zQ/s1600/1960s+Ronson+Lady%2527s+Cigarette+Lighter.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfLcVUS1-S7U5jiKCHycybnf0oUIB4G3Cdh3HA52xxi3L6Y8nXeKo3s6EO7dpH1hIvJTdQbjPjygo53rslICMR-NE25gtLpU4phCTqBKkC_xo0bYvfi-KX8Y-j_AVsuxFmkmD7Oe8zQ/s320/1960s+Ronson+Lady%2527s+Cigarette+Lighter.JPG" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Next Post: The1950s Ronson Cadet&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Mini Cigarette Lighter</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> <br /></div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/09/identifying-whitby-jet-pressed-horn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-3233336722124163156Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +00002020-04-19T15:51:13.166+01:00advertedwardianvictorian<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5z11XvihEgX-Y1BALyt_ankvHkb-FOiDvrand4pC_UfO35DQHev7aV6uya-xRp4TiP19H1j1jrVwkAUA_RWJUDxq3BW_K1xyfzL7qKs56wtXuA42lv0-ZCAdJS9BGiJwutKHYegjLLs/s1600/victorian+edwardian+advert+carpet+sweeper+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5z11XvihEgX-Y1BALyt_ankvHkb-FOiDvrand4pC_UfO35DQHev7aV6uya-xRp4TiP19H1j1jrVwkAUA_RWJUDxq3BW_K1xyfzL7qKs56wtXuA42lv0-ZCAdJS9BGiJwutKHYegjLLs/s640/victorian+edwardian+advert+carpet+sweeper+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="281" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Never Sweep Carpets with a Broom.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Its strong bristles wear off the nap and throw up dust.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> How different with the 'EWBANK' Carpet Sweeper (British Manufacture).</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Like gentle rain, it penetrates without damage - the broom, like the raging flood, ravages the surface only. The "Ewbank" is&nbsp;quiet&nbsp;- easily worked to and fro - collects all dust - carpets always look&nbsp;fresh.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> SPECIAL FEATURES</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Hand made&nbsp;Brush&nbsp;- lasts 10 years.&nbsp;Few&nbsp;working parts are outside case.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> SWEEPERS from 11/6 to 15/6</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Refuse any sweeper&nbsp;offered&nbsp;in pace of the "Ewbank"</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> From all dealers, or write</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ENTWISLE &amp; KENYON LTD.,</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ACCRINGTON</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> who will send nearest dealer's name.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Note the "Ewbank."</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/08/victorian-edwardian-advert-carpet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-6809803865218869951Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:20:00 +00002020-04-20T17:28:42.276+01:00broochgallerymilitarysilverWWI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgIUBeiF7M02-OdubVDJ78m4vx7KjZiK5dt0hh21UEPUCjw6mbmn58iq7zL9n97jUYQ351ltmnFICWo6cGonrm8TYf-K6elmNcXeuPsHiWadf5ka1I_wVoEKvo-Xk_qfbbeF8dXSp1ww/s1600/Ypres+WWI+Brooch+or+Cap+Badge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgIUBeiF7M02-OdubVDJ78m4vx7KjZiK5dt0hh21UEPUCjw6mbmn58iq7zL9n97jUYQ351ltmnFICWo6cGonrm8TYf-K6elmNcXeuPsHiWadf5ka1I_wVoEKvo-Xk_qfbbeF8dXSp1ww/s400/Ypres+WWI+Brooch+or+Cap+Badge.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> This is a souvenir brooch from World War I.&nbsp;It marks the 3rd battle of Ypres, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a>, which took place between July and November 1917.&nbsp;The badge shows the Ieper (Ypres) Coat of Arms. It can be worn as a brooch or cap badge. It's silver plate.<br /> <br /> This particular example is a family piece found in a rummage box of odds and sods. I do not know if I have an relative who took part in this battle; could be. Researching my family history is on my very long to-do list.<br /> <br /> What I do know is many did take part, and for many of them, it was the last thing they did. No one can agree on how many soldiers died.&nbsp;For the Allies the figure range from&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 17px;">200,000 - 448,614, for the German Empire it ranges from&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 17px;">260,400 - 400,000.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/04/battle-of-ypres-brooch-cap-badge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-5013061090830455383Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:32:00 +00002020-04-19T15:49:43.735+01:00childembroiderygalleryneedleworksamplervictorian<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPI4YBHzKpK35_YrpfULzAzt6BH1Yixv2hwm8xkqNXJMISDwFIja9bRJoTrk-ghnvIirjQk9ZQTQaalF8zNgT1Xm83MO8CEgcLqB8MHj7sl7q05i8D8boWV9cWmiav4cXJOqtO9fIeLgo/s1600/Victorian+childs+needlework+sampler+1800s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPI4YBHzKpK35_YrpfULzAzt6BH1Yixv2hwm8xkqNXJMISDwFIja9bRJoTrk-ghnvIirjQk9ZQTQaalF8zNgT1Xm83MO8CEgcLqB8MHj7sl7q05i8D8boWV9cWmiav4cXJOqtO9fIeLgo/s400/Victorian+childs+needlework+sampler+1800s.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sampler created by Eliza Ann Sharpe, aged 11 years, in 1866</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /><div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/victorian-needlework-sampler-1866.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-1378223988409406289Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:05:00 +00002020-04-19T15:52:09.363+01:001940swedding dress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhMiHGK_mM5MKt9_GxiDC_9i0dTaw2SZbmYo_HwMr3MeZSS9mVWkMqXFRoAEHxpDLLBIOKborqDYVxnTZ5WE_dX2_LR03UJ1DE5qUaVqnrEIq0BnO3nh2yat8-m8i9Ua72VJx47hCTnE/s1600/vintage+forties+wedding+dress+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhMiHGK_mM5MKt9_GxiDC_9i0dTaw2SZbmYo_HwMr3MeZSS9mVWkMqXFRoAEHxpDLLBIOKborqDYVxnTZ5WE_dX2_LR03UJ1DE5qUaVqnrEIq0BnO3nh2yat8-m8i9Ua72VJx47hCTnE/s640/vintage+forties+wedding+dress+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage wedding dress (English, 1949)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Worn by Joan Reddington for her marriage to Norman Howlett in 1949.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The wedding took place at St Peter's Church, Hunslet Moor, Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.&nbsp;This dress was purchased at the very&nbsp;prestigious&nbsp;department store&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=094-2250&amp;cid=-1#-1">Marshall and Snelgrove, Leeds</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Though the Second World War had been over for four years when Joan and Norman married, clothes were still rationed. No&nbsp;acres&nbsp;of fabric for post-war brides to swoosh down the aisle. Those of you who got married in a 1980s&nbsp;meringue may well think, on reflection, rationing was not a bad thing.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I love that iconic<span class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;1940s bodice, so evocative of all those satin gowns on all those Hollywood&nbsp;starlets&nbsp;in all those soft-focus, studio shots. The princess sleeves tapering to a pointed, buttoned cuff complete the old school glamour of this <b>fabulous vintage bridal gown</b>.&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_srojYFwTZ5HgtWTOoCe1Am_MshOsmEZRLiFt46qkqkvlcS9CzaQe82Rahdqb2AK87PO168EGTPSYtFq2dYJSb4N2zLPIhj8uTr80HZUnrqN-8m5SSUgA_QceNGVYVYvi6__mvXUrTdM/s1600/1940s+wedding+dress+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_srojYFwTZ5HgtWTOoCe1Am_MshOsmEZRLiFt46qkqkvlcS9CzaQe82Rahdqb2AK87PO168EGTPSYtFq2dYJSb4N2zLPIhj8uTr80HZUnrqN-8m5SSUgA_QceNGVYVYvi6__mvXUrTdM/s400/1940s+wedding+dress+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="140" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elegant pointed cuff with four fabric buttons</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This dress is part of The Leeds Story collection at <a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum/default.aspx">Leeds City Museum</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/vintage-1940s-wedding-dress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-7426096399613265509Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:57:00 +00002020-04-23T12:50:28.523+01:0018th centurydressgallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> Resplendent&nbsp;in its glass cabinet at the <a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum/">Leeds City Museum</a>, this <b>18th century gown</b> is in wonderful condition. Just look at that white lace. &nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpIudqZPnJHns0c2PpxrwqJjsYZLbvSupePcaSYypCwcpNJtns_m3qmvY_7QiHHVZ7wUxXXAf3RdPnUXPBsKJl_MzVujTdR1vuueifVzXfoATteWkkq8ifgY3JtP83xhEqaKUzjeMNfDt/s1600/18+century+dress+bodice++sleeve+%2540vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpIudqZPnJHns0c2PpxrwqJjsYZLbvSupePcaSYypCwcpNJtns_m3qmvY_7QiHHVZ7wUxXXAf3RdPnUXPBsKJl_MzVujTdR1vuueifVzXfoATteWkkq8ifgY3JtP83xhEqaKUzjeMNfDt/s400/18+century+dress+bodice++sleeve+%2540vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Alas, the information panel in the cabinet&nbsp;wanted to tell me about&nbsp;Kenneth Sanderson, not the dress.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKNhsk152fOipj4iNft6kD8Jl9PACQl72sTfcFsLq9Eu31B76RSOgKsTjorwWXbeWyE33mjyA1eaqifM9ZiqSRi2eno7s4O0X5LXMRQC66HwunDkFZGBKrebJfIjU8fuhO5QpfiiCUek/s1600/18+century+dress+bodice+neckline+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKNhsk152fOipj4iNft6kD8Jl9PACQl72sTfcFsLq9Eu31B76RSOgKsTjorwWXbeWyE33mjyA1eaqifM9ZiqSRi2eno7s4O0X5LXMRQC66HwunDkFZGBKrebJfIjU8fuhO5QpfiiCUek/s400/18+century+dress+bodice+neckline+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You may be thinking of Mr Sanderson as&nbsp;a very dandy&nbsp;dandy&nbsp;who actually fitted into this frock 300 years ago, but that's not so. He was actually a 20th century&nbsp;collector who owned this dress and many other garments from the era. I have nothing else to report other than, swoon...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_fp6CiIOyP-UfNQHuTkqBCwC_BG9ObCd7RRQweETHlaam0M_wZSpHGrvuT3DiA_9QfConYKoeRsheAJ26fsMU1OECmgA2jSpsvjbEYcsRQccqvsMJ7FJctQkayae-LunZ3FPTpmNydY/s1600/18+century+dress+ruffled+sleeve+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_fp6CiIOyP-UfNQHuTkqBCwC_BG9ObCd7RRQweETHlaam0M_wZSpHGrvuT3DiA_9QfConYKoeRsheAJ26fsMU1OECmgA2jSpsvjbEYcsRQccqvsMJ7FJctQkayae-LunZ3FPTpmNydY/s640/18+century+dress+ruffled+sleeve+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO_8Q2iuvV9XF8Ot5zgu9d__rde-pW6Yk0GoIlmzTJ1IhtxNjd1rcaCS3lUHd49wICEQf62iBDqLznOEjA8k4-d129QJ4dU4Ds6FZliYCO1D4j5dWVA8CZi5eODbEqe30uuyaVcV9Z3M/s1600/18+century+dress+Leeds+Museum+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO_8Q2iuvV9XF8Ot5zgu9d__rde-pW6Yk0GoIlmzTJ1IhtxNjd1rcaCS3lUHd49wICEQf62iBDqLznOEjA8k4-d129QJ4dU4Ds6FZliYCO1D4j5dWVA8CZi5eODbEqe30uuyaVcV9Z3M/s640/18+century+dress+Leeds+Museum+%2540vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="480" /></a><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Find out more about this collection here&nbsp;</b><a href="https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-sanderson-collection/">https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-sanderson-collection/</a></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/vintage-18th-century-dress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-730389074121535991Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:57:00 +00002020-04-19T15:53:10.151+01:0018th centurygallerygeorgianposterRegencytheatre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>For your&nbsp;education&nbsp;and entertainment, one Georgian Theatrical Poster...</b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>On FRIDAY Evening Auguft 3, 1787, will be prefented A COMEDY</i><br /> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvUsgytpASJZg3YLqBUKqxath05llwKIXHQonCxf1Cl82FutXIzx3_6R-QkZOn-5t-9JTG3VMZUJsA4_t0Z9Ok0zgj5YhJe7gW-tm5bf4mijeW9OcMm8ZfLlWoBJTmumIMPo61tPzxj0/s1600/vintage+copywriting+theatrical+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvUsgytpASJZg3YLqBUKqxath05llwKIXHQonCxf1Cl82FutXIzx3_6R-QkZOn-5t-9JTG3VMZUJsA4_t0Z9Ok0zgj5YhJe7gW-tm5bf4mijeW9OcMm8ZfLlWoBJTmumIMPo61tPzxj0/s640/vintage+copywriting+theatrical+poster.jpg" width="360" /></a></div> <i><br /></i></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Can anyone else hear the <b>Blackadder the Third Music</b>?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Notes: This poster is part of the collection at <a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum/">Leeds City Museum, England</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/02/18th-century-theatre-poster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-8644154643452950362Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:06:00 +00002020-04-19T15:53:55.011+01:001940sgallerymake-uppowder compact<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsMZudvjeaFiZChp_V3OTq3PGkr13wu_zGVVxKmht1w2im1Jl1ph1d3AeQcAMtM7CC6PuSlWCEQUWaum85sWgQc45BVHmeBvLWkCWMJs1RIjXjTXplEo8PnohscDnMQBtmlv76lllo0c/s1600/vintage+copywriting+powder+compact.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsMZudvjeaFiZChp_V3OTq3PGkr13wu_zGVVxKmht1w2im1Jl1ph1d3AeQcAMtM7CC6PuSlWCEQUWaum85sWgQc45BVHmeBvLWkCWMJs1RIjXjTXplEo8PnohscDnMQBtmlv76lllo0c/s640/vintage+copywriting+powder+compact.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Don't you just love glamour gadgets? In tip-top condition this 1940s powder compact includes a smaller magnified mirror that pops-up&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;its big sister in the most delightful way.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>As with all Gallery posts, if you know anything more, or have something&nbsp;similar&nbsp;in your family, do let me know!</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/02/1940s-powder-compact-double-mirrors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-4682129493368314909Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:28:00 +00002020-04-19T15:54:09.758+01:001940sgallerypicnic hamper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX4AYSTv_8P7K1G9sYcZ_UeDpm01KrAlt1w_GBPbjODii5iQlGQvCpOBGrqX6Lcljl59rqk1bWmaVn091B-opelnfw-HCl_Jd6XCdLonDuckqevapp_1uOzdB26q_EDtpAy9X_yAMY8Q/s720/vintage%20portable%20tea%20maker%20with%20kettle%201940s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX4AYSTv_8P7K1G9sYcZ_UeDpm01KrAlt1w_GBPbjODii5iQlGQvCpOBGrqX6Lcljl59rqk1bWmaVn091B-opelnfw-HCl_Jd6XCdLonDuckqevapp_1uOzdB26q_EDtpAy9X_yAMY8Q/s400/vintage%20portable%20tea%20maker%20with%20kettle%201940s.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a 1940s Picnic Hamper for making a cupper - but that's all I know</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> A new weekly spot for pure vintage eye candy, because I don't have the details to write a full post!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Perfect for making a fresh brew when you take the jalopy out for a spin, if you know anything more about this 1940s picnic hamper,&nbsp;please let me know with a comment.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrynGBCqzxDsh1VjZrLDar_Tq6GKEtcOwGMT68vJgLIWYljGoiw-am8CyvDT1ojnYqdTrG9ZwCKuxfL3xpZME725iZELMQukrhOPA_AbKPF3kNAI-RNM7LabZty2JBTO5o1CsY2zoV6f0/s720/vintage%20portable%20tea%20maker%20-1940s%20-%20tea%20and%20sugar%20box.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrynGBCqzxDsh1VjZrLDar_Tq6GKEtcOwGMT68vJgLIWYljGoiw-am8CyvDT1ojnYqdTrG9ZwCKuxfL3xpZME725iZELMQukrhOPA_AbKPF3kNAI-RNM7LabZty2JBTO5o1CsY2zoV6f0/s320/vintage%20portable%20tea%20maker%20-1940s%20-%20tea%20and%20sugar%20box.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kind of captions itself... but I must add... what sweet detailing</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /><div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-gallery-1-picnic-hamper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-4826524153420007195Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:52:00 +00002020-04-19T15:55:01.988+01:001960scostume jewelleryearringssilverturquoise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gJhUMOy8vNg/TTBbvccMhsI/AAAAAAAABCg/_hDTLM3piWA/s1600/Joyce+Mercer+1930s+children%2527s+illustrations+-+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNYpnS_8ywbZtLcedfwOhQQ1YHBWF15FY8Lf4AGDWRAyLYcdpif86zpgIfYGI7afk5f2HRZ_matMiyfeS8DWSkh9lUCkbdXUQ3tBwijbQ14NoCZ4mqkIRdOved0flYemvcjRItUFICik/s1600/1960+vintage+earrings+turquoise+Vintage+Copywriting+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNYpnS_8ywbZtLcedfwOhQQ1YHBWF15FY8Lf4AGDWRAyLYcdpif86zpgIfYGI7afk5f2HRZ_matMiyfeS8DWSkh9lUCkbdXUQ3tBwijbQ14NoCZ4mqkIRdOved0flYemvcjRItUFICik/s320/1960+vintage+earrings+turquoise+Vintage+Copywriting+3.JPG" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> What I love most about these 1960s clip-ons is that&nbsp; iconic 'S' shape, wrapping your lobe in baroque twirls that reach over and up in a sexy, languid curve. Such a perfect match of metal and flesh gives a feeling of putting on armour. I like that. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> And then there's those turquoise cabochons, the essential stone if you're wearing 1960s blue eye shadow. Artfully set among silver beads and rope work, it's only when you get about six inches away that you notice things are a little too crude for that turquoise to be real.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> But hey... faux schmaux. If you let someone get as close as six inches, I doubt they'll be staring at your earrings. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Invitation to Comment</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Have you a piece of jewellery so bold it dictates your entire outfit? What did you last wear with it?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> What's the most daring eye shadow you've worn, and was it a night to remember?</div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Don't miss the next post</span></b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn6jo94IwerVWW0Zvn8Y4TY3h9jTcC2opoET9swZfNmtY7GY3ptYBMZRoJ2nPVjeUWKMl8OgGs2GPrZU7uP9MRXRwSa23v6c9GfU8XQOuGLT42YDzDxntRjHG3UnadvzkReb1Qnm_Ikv5/s1600/ebony+bracelet+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn6jo94IwerVWW0Zvn8Y4TY3h9jTcC2opoET9swZfNmtY7GY3ptYBMZRoJ2nPVjeUWKMl8OgGs2GPrZU7uP9MRXRwSa23v6c9GfU8XQOuGLT42YDzDxntRjHG3UnadvzkReb1Qnm_Ikv5/s320/ebony+bracelet+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next Post: The Whitby Jet Bangle... or is it?</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2011/01/1960-vintage-turquoise-earrings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-4500042517925677435Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:43:00 +00002020-04-21T16:03:42.589+01:001950sbaubleschristmasglass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTwv9EV8wujyrvelBywbGsGfsBhcAmH01Dam9qQ-hRa8bh2r3ToivE-1SSmXuu87bJcknbzwg11Ul8eh8cpmhWRv4JaiALSbxq1HSvs7fhTIPPuFdFJnGpyAQsHTDOoIvv9G1y2mp6OM/s1600/1950s+glass+christmas+ornament+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding-top: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTwv9EV8wujyrvelBywbGsGfsBhcAmH01Dam9qQ-hRa8bh2r3ToivE-1SSmXuu87bJcknbzwg11Ul8eh8cpmhWRv4JaiALSbxq1HSvs7fhTIPPuFdFJnGpyAQsHTDOoIvv9G1y2mp6OM/s320/1950s+glass+christmas+ornament+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> These are original 1950s Christmas tree baubles, painted and by hand, over razor thin glass, with lashings of glitter.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> It’s a miracle they’ve made it to Christmas 2010. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VFyADgSmIVdq_THHCb2YTA5A-DCnmmncWnRCMME4ICxQim7B52nayQm58Dg8XlVpffdeANgDDKBSygZVpo7GTT8evDw2GOsZOJvcSxdVvD-Zn5fTmLWWEi_mvGs9B7diBRoO1Yoh8L4/s1600/1950s+vintage+christmas+ornaments+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VFyADgSmIVdq_THHCb2YTA5A-DCnmmncWnRCMME4ICxQim7B52nayQm58Dg8XlVpffdeANgDDKBSygZVpo7GTT8evDw2GOsZOJvcSxdVvD-Zn5fTmLWWEi_mvGs9B7diBRoO1Yoh8L4/s320/1950s+vintage+christmas+ornaments+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> When I saw them a few years ago at an antique market I snapped them up for myself and my mother, because my Grandmother’s tree was full of these things, but the originals have been lost.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcMRUfmXgWm8kgHFGeiOtxbLgOFwbIp9t_dOIBHpER3zpW_zj0mdG_Io3EUCeO8a9IR2A0NwDquXmDIWe3VIDFed-H5q1eF8SPaUX0_-x66MtkucKzbgBtOxFL0v515YCbEVpsFS3ANI/s1600/vintage+1950s+christmas+bauble+with+ident.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcMRUfmXgWm8kgHFGeiOtxbLgOFwbIp9t_dOIBHpER3zpW_zj0mdG_Io3EUCeO8a9IR2A0NwDquXmDIWe3VIDFed-H5q1eF8SPaUX0_-x66MtkucKzbgBtOxFL0v515YCbEVpsFS3ANI/s320/vintage+1950s+christmas+bauble+with+ident.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As a child, I vividly remember poking my finger into each gleaming indent as Perry Como sang <i>There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays</i>. Magically, another finger poked back.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqebIIYk5MxqB9qqUe81jQIaPcVn1x5F1aBjWfxtEZqJL3xQCxbcSyp4yRn_9T9kZwa0v6HvHtJ2VJLsmZt5FOrOXu8L57fYdvpjdU2R6Q9cYjarebP6LCdf-tVqHuVKtz9j264fEvJA/s1600/vintage+christmas+baubles+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqebIIYk5MxqB9qqUe81jQIaPcVn1x5F1aBjWfxtEZqJL3xQCxbcSyp4yRn_9T9kZwa0v6HvHtJ2VJLsmZt5FOrOXu8L57fYdvpjdU2R6Q9cYjarebP6LCdf-tVqHuVKtz9j264fEvJA/s320/vintage+christmas+baubles+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I bought three boxes of vintage baubles from that antique market. On the top of each box someone had kindly written “best”, “2nd best” and “3rd best”</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzBL9SVfXt1yVmauSlwGbS1stgSEes6sB4wE_VbVs4gIBc24gqNWP4tp61SxYIIxd02HTzu_PcopogK5mFT1HyPUQG4GBuy-ZaFoAQtUG7VZLM4cEbQyzLfQD5fSNTwnT6By-y_uAZKo/s1600/vintage+christmas+ornaments+in+box+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzBL9SVfXt1yVmauSlwGbS1stgSEes6sB4wE_VbVs4gIBc24gqNWP4tp61SxYIIxd02HTzu_PcopogK5mFT1HyPUQG4GBuy-ZaFoAQtUG7VZLM4cEbQyzLfQD5fSNTwnT6By-y_uAZKo/s320/vintage+christmas+ornaments+in+box+%2540+vintage+copywriting..JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Of course, mum got the best.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCmFszRQ0y_9vuZe_NHsEgrmAUenVedoGL6ZN2cbjs9eAmAm0tS7He9QrmJRtAngaV6RF7btRBBmKfcAA7qo7k0IqNMw567kD2hwVUoIAkwPvsvuDKnyimCx5KLRUJk2Zd74AkqVCrKM/s1600/vintage+christmas+tree+bauble+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCmFszRQ0y_9vuZe_NHsEgrmAUenVedoGL6ZN2cbjs9eAmAm0tS7He9QrmJRtAngaV6RF7btRBBmKfcAA7qo7k0IqNMw567kD2hwVUoIAkwPvsvuDKnyimCx5KLRUJk2Zd74AkqVCrKM/s320/vintage+christmas+tree+bauble+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Aren’t they fab-u-lous?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Invitation to Comment</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Tell me about your special ornaments, the oldest ones on the tree, or the hand made ones you cherish.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> What’s your earliest Christmas memory?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Don't miss the next post</span></b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyf_-D3ZHN3Q7qJV67EQWjBCij2eobfpNxf1KT61da4As_WY_bq8T2dHAuEiLoju4O_Xt7YHFPbHsoSp8jsLzkbHYj9Yz1Ay6JsocaOpQf6CqdRjot8auem1WsyZhrIwDMwEMBXDfMc4/s128/Vintage%20Copywriting%20jewellery%20earrings%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyf_-D3ZHN3Q7qJV67EQWjBCij2eobfpNxf1KT61da4As_WY_bq8T2dHAuEiLoju4O_Xt7YHFPbHsoSp8jsLzkbHYj9Yz1Ay6JsocaOpQf6CqdRjot8auem1WsyZhrIwDMwEMBXDfMc4/s320/Vintage%20Copywriting%20jewellery%20earrings%201.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next Post: The 1960s Turquoise Earrings</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/vintage-baubles-christmas-ornaments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-3779880910863848216Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:26:00 +00002020-04-20T17:35:15.463+01:001700s18th centurygeorgianshoe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aLc5O3atzdoDmPOFsnzSh-IvORoDLBKyZTrEmDw5P-vn0Fx-N-F-NDqznzP-0LofVlQCjxHYgFXoDq_axnBRLsHNK79KuqeWvXkJnx50XYQo7lIZksxCVsv-MZHIpMjMcYC59wJg4Fs/s1600/Georgian+18th+century+shoe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aLc5O3atzdoDmPOFsnzSh-IvORoDLBKyZTrEmDw5P-vn0Fx-N-F-NDqznzP-0LofVlQCjxHYgFXoDq_axnBRLsHNK79KuqeWvXkJnx50XYQo7lIZksxCVsv-MZHIpMjMcYC59wJg4Fs/s400/Georgian+18th+century+shoe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Georgian Shoe, English heel, circa 1720</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Three hundred years is a long time, especially for a delicate creature like this. </b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>But take my hand and we’ll find the ghost within: a pair of glorious Georgian shoes that must have thrilled and delighted on their first night out.&nbsp; </b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> It's 1720. The House of Hanover has only just taken to the English throne. Ballrooms are full of blazing candellabras, and shoes like these, designed to blaze with them.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOC4Nf_aTCH7AkXHyLs6y4s5q6KjpCcufeAIo1lZ_y9rzKXLI1XR1_CmAoWEjH9L6iHAPZZxkevjnTqVirz2k7NGxsSEJdoJndEDGlWYcwFShbe2FYWoqN1wml3h72B2p3gOHwJbnipc/s1600/1700s+brocade+shoe-+Greogian+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOC4Nf_aTCH7AkXHyLs6y4s5q6KjpCcufeAIo1lZ_y9rzKXLI1XR1_CmAoWEjH9L6iHAPZZxkevjnTqVirz2k7NGxsSEJdoJndEDGlWYcwFShbe2FYWoqN1wml3h72B2p3gOHwJbnipc/s320/1700s+brocade+shoe-+Greogian+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All this would be silver and sparkle three hundred years ago</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Even inch you can see was once opulent. That cloth was silver, that lace was silver and brightest of all that silver buckle. With polished textured surface and cut out diamonds it could turn soft candlelight into glittering brilliance.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Curved and high, the heels indicate her elevated position in society, a position she has 70 years to enjoy before the The French Revolution will make such a high and mighty shoe dangerously out of style.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Pointed toes, not square, reveal the owner could sense a trend. Square toes would soon be strictly for the men.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> In her a silk manua gown, what did she look like?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> And is it better to know, or to imagine?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Credits </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> These shoes are the oldest in <a href="http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=8">York Castle Museum's costume and textiles collection</a>. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="color: #990000;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Intivation to Comment</b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Do you own an vintage shoe? Tell me about it!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> If you could time travel back to one night in history - what night would it be, and where would it be? </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">Don't miss the next post</span></b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1viuqAgNFFttwo1Zk2BEzfXXtkd4GLQ3_CjKaWTPLvJS5YCafe2bgA4xNiklpo7BzgORJ3VGziEM0KZAe0WsNolyyZAMICL_p-5r_k2h-jqNwUfHCi91yW1OCGmRsBr5ek4Q9Ifmm0Y/s1600/vintage+1950s+christmas+baubles+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1viuqAgNFFttwo1Zk2BEzfXXtkd4GLQ3_CjKaWTPLvJS5YCafe2bgA4xNiklpo7BzgORJ3VGziEM0KZAe0WsNolyyZAMICL_p-5r_k2h-jqNwUfHCi91yW1OCGmRsBr5ek4Q9Ifmm0Y/s320/vintage+1950s+christmas+baubles+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next Post: The 1950s Christmas Baubles</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. This blog fuses my day job as a fashion copywriter with my two obsessions: beautiful old things and photography.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Be first to see any new posts by following the blog on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vintagecopywriting/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/VintageCopy/vintage-copywriting-pinned/">Pinterest</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> You can also&nbsp;<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VintageCopywriting&amp;loc=en_US">subscribe by email</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> </div> http://vintage-copywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/georgian-1700-18th-century-shoes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380204887283405634.post-3117799182574464978Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:15:00 +00002020-04-19T15:58:29.061+01:001930s recipepickled onions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>To the world she was Katherine Williams. To the Welsh mountain village where she lived, she was Mrs Williams a Popty&nbsp;(that is, Mrs Williams of the Bake House; her home was once the village bakery). To my mum she was Nanan.&nbsp;</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>She was my great grandmother. </b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlk0GwVHU56cG-MKRSpqvvWGtoZXaoZPzw78i_fyXPrFRcQApHvYxBW1TihR6RAO3YDWmX6IJBHnf-j-M5FooV7er91Q8HZmqml_1LmnMurAnvBKLcDPDQrcWf-wLNnxWdPZX1goYSRXh/s1600/Nanan+vintage+copywriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlk0GwVHU56cG-MKRSpqvvWGtoZXaoZPzw78i_fyXPrFRcQApHvYxBW1TihR6RAO3YDWmX6IJBHnf-j-M5FooV7er91Q8HZmqml_1LmnMurAnvBKLcDPDQrcWf-wLNnxWdPZX1goYSRXh/s400/Nanan+vintage+copywriting.jpg" width="352" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> For this post I will share with you her recipe for pickled onions - a vintage recipe that dates back to the 1930s and has not been written down before. It’s a tradition in my family to make these onions in November, just in time for Christmas. So get your skates on. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> It's delightfully basic. It produces onions of intense flavour with a loud crunch. They’ll be ready in six weeks, and can be enjoyed for the next 12 months. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> A word of warning. When you are making them, your kitchen, and possibly most of your house, will make your eyes water. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>You will need</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 1 - Glass storage jars, the Kilner type are best. My family tends to use 2 litre ones. They should be clean and sterilised.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 2 - A bag of "Onions for Pickling" – not shallots, do you hear? Onions should be evenly sized, with the largest no bigger than a golf ball. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 3 - Standard malt vinegar (enough to fill your jars, of course). Don’t get vinegar with any poncey spices added. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 4 – Table salt and white sugar.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttyEoYTNhyphenhyphenKayol-0BF9Sw5aOUJL-Kn4JJdLNQOe7__YnmbcphOeEy1ZXU_X9MhjsSWac1r-kN6G-bLuANEGSu_ooruuvh5vN3l6kUpC6J9WQjFFRy0WyOiqqSdMayeCJrbIAvOjtWWw/s1600/glasinfryn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttyEoYTNhyphenhyphenKayol-0BF9Sw5aOUJL-Kn4JJdLNQOe7__YnmbcphOeEy1ZXU_X9MhjsSWac1r-kN6G-bLuANEGSu_ooruuvh5vN3l6kUpC6J9WQjFFRy0WyOiqqSdMayeCJrbIAvOjtWWw/s640/glasinfryn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Terrace in Glasinfryn where Nanan lived. This was sketched by my father (The English Boy) from Nanan's front door. The house my mother grew up in is the last on the right. This sketch was done in 1963 when my dad was 18 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>What to do</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 1 - Remove the skin from the onions and top and tail them. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 2 - Place your onions in your jars till they reach the top (they do shrink a little when pickled).</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 3 - Add a tablespoon of salt per litre and let it cascade over the onions. Then pour water over the top, to wash the salt through. Seal the lid and tip the jar upside down to get a good briney mix. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> 5 - Leave for 24 hours.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvx08bxa_2V_Cn-nKAmMJ2D76Vg2UD_ZvAZzkY8va_gs7OlY22ovTOsvCZHQ-OVpqCMFmkliP9GlxIN6vWqL4cWw7XDoAvAY_0tKTYj7yNw9EuGLFenjOEwLM5Pm85C9x9Ng2sju6rXMY/s1600/nanan%2527s+picked+onions+1930s+recipe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvx08bxa_2V_Cn-nKAmMJ2D76Vg2UD_ZvAZzkY8va_gs7OlY22ovTOsvCZHQ-OVpqCMFmkliP9GlxIN6vWqL4cWw7XDoAvAY_0tKTYj7yNw9EuGLFenjOEwLM5Pm85C9x9Ng2sju6rXMY/s200/nanan%2527s+picked+onions+1930s+recipe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="133" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 6 - Put an open hand over the jar and drain out the salt water. Then put the jar under the tap and flood with clean water to rinse the onions whilst they're in the jar (again using an open hand to stop them bobbing out). </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 7 - Pour the vinegar into the jars until about ¾ full. What you are doing here is seeing how much vinegar you need: that vinegar’s not stopping in the jar, it’s going into a saucepan. So do that next. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 8 – The smelly bit. Put the pan of vinegar on full heat and add 1 tablespoon of sugar per litre. Stir occasionally to make sure the sugar has disappeared. When the vinegar has boiled remove from heat and leave to cool, or put the pan in a sink of cold water to rapid cool. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 9 – When vinegar is cool, pour it into the jars up to the ¾ level. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 10 – Then use cooled boiled water to top-up the remaining ¼ of the jar. </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Leave for six weeks and give them a bite! They should be crisp and strong.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> They'll be good for the next 12 months too. Hope you enjoy them as much as my family has over the years.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="color: #990000;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Invitation to Comment</b></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Do please tell me if you have any family recipes; are they still made?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> If you could have one day back, to spend with a lost Grandparent, how would you spend it?</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <b></b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><b><span style="color: #990000;">Next Post: The 18th Century Brocade Shoe</span></b></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b></b></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LkQ14z-2aAVhyDxjLhyQdBS0hYi4_zPRiV9fvziAYhCR999RpkaCRqlxfXWHICyi4OUv7E0nUgO2Ev-9S1kYEUx1zjbUGT2goif6qXvO66RJIAdmlJ9oc8CU7X3vcAFR8cU1Cg6hnAI/s1600/18th+century+brocade+shoe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LkQ14z-2aAVhyDxjLhyQdBS0hYi4_zPRiV9fvziAYhCR999RpkaCRqlxfXWHICyi4OUv7E0nUgO2Ev-9S1kYEUx1zjbUGT2goif6qXvO66RJIAdmlJ9oc8CU7X3vcAFR8cU1Cg6hnAI/s200/18th+century+brocade+shoe+%2540+vintage+copywriting.JPG" width="200" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b>What is Vintage Copywriting?&nbsp;</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> Gorgeous vintage finds, described with adoration and photographed up-close by English fashion copywriter Angela Montague. 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