M. Stein is described as "the preeminent maker during this time period of theatrical face powder used by stage actors off and on Broadway" by one antique dealer I found.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52490720/vintage-box-of-theatrical-face-grease
27.7.10
Antique M.Stein Cosmetic Co. Assorted Grease Paints.
M. Stein is described as "the preeminent maker during this time period of theatrical face powder used by stage actors off and on Broadway" by one antique dealer I found.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52490720/vintage-box-of-theatrical-face-grease
20.6.10
29.5.10
Beautiful Blue 70's Ceramic Storage.
This was part of a whole tableware set but the pitcher was missing. Perfect for little stuff. http://www.etsy.com/listing/48269141/vintage-ceramic-sugar-bowl-with-lid-and
20.5.10
19.5.10
"When Lights Are Low".
The paper is punched and has the text of the lyrics running down the side in an awesome vintage font... the poetics of the song and its antique aesthetic is what makes me think it would be awesome wallpaper. http://www.etsy.com/listing/47112061/antique-paper-player-piano-roll-when
12.4.10
Classic Paint-by-Numbers.
The best ones always seem to have a deer. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44505646
4.4.10
31.3.10
Retro Mosaic Ashtray... "Ashtray"?!
I love these vintage tiny ceramic tiled ashtrays! I used to have a bunch of them but after the last big move I whiddled it down to just one fave. So now when I find one in good shape I put it up for sale to spread the love. Funny thing is that no one seems to describe them as "ashtrays" anymore.... we still smoke cigarettes but I guess its just no p.c . to talk about ashtrays! (And by the habits of some of my neighbors, it seems we dont use ashtrays anymore either...) Check out this round black & gold speckled one: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42201272
30.3.10
Montreal's Capri Lounge!
An ad from the 1950s. My dad, who was a comedian, played there back then. Love the cocktail graphic!
6.3.10
20.2.10
Cut Glass Relish Dish.
I saw this and immediately it caught my eye: I just love the deeply-grooved pattern and how sharp and symmetrical it is, even in rectangle form. The starburst and repeated etched edges are somewhat Atomic yet can harken back to a white-washed kitchen with Mom in an apron mixing her pancakes in a giant red Pyrex bowl sometime in the 40s even. I know it was originally meant for entertaining, part of a tray outfit for condiments, but how useful and lovely it would be on a desk or vanity, laying in the sun, a convenient collection space for little things like coins or paper clips.
3.2.10
"Charley in New Town"!
from youtube, about this BFI classic:
'New Town' is an entry in a Central Office of Information-sponsored animated series featuring the everyman character Charley, and promotes an escape from grimy, smoggy towns and arduous commutes to work. With the highly distinctive animation style of husband-and-wife team Halas and Batchelor, this short aims to explain the rationale behind the planning of the new towns, with their enticing offer of green open spaces and a type of housing to suit everyone.
24.1.10
23.12.09
Neat Little Art Plaque!
It's small and thin and awfully versatile: can be stuck to a wall or propped against something on a shelf, or bought as a magnet! The graphic and its colours are wonderful...."Hey Pops, I found an apple in the car!" Check it out: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37260429
13.12.09
Used Some Vintage First Aid Illustrations!
I made this necklace with some old beads from other vintage necklaces and magnifying cabs on these 2 old first aid demo pics. Check it out: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36243249
27.11.09
25.11.09
The Best TV Room EVER!
Is that a rug or a meadow? Wow, I love this illustration... love all the MidCentury Modern pieces, maybe not so much the odd treeTV... it is kinda small by today's standards and a strange focal place for the room... maybe it should be replaced by one of those funky hanging root vegetable-like fireplaces? but then the table may get too toasty... hmmm... needs some work.
18.11.09
Awesome Collection of Paper Dolls!
I found an old Eaton's box of tons of cut-outs for 18 different paper dolls: there are Raggedy Ann & Andys, 2 large 1940's blonde girls, and a bunch of little 1950's kids with names on their chests! The clothes are incredible - such a fashion find, an amazing sampling of the era's styles. Check out the other photos at:
8.11.09
Green Glass Decanter Set: Effervescent;exquisite;luminous;graceful.
"it seems to belong to flighty beings, to angels or a goddess, to someone delicate and gentle". Really.Check out the photos" http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33568588
30.10.09
Original Edison Blue Amberol Wax Cylinder Recording.
I found some of these old cylinders that pre-dated flat discs as media for popular music and other sorts of audio recordings such as speeches. An awful lot of these were produced at the times. The machines to play them on are very hard to come by these days. There is a Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project to get all of these online at the library at the University of Southern California Santa Barbara. You can look stuff up by genre and hear it in streaming mp3! Amazing: obsolete media no more!!
22.10.09
14.10.09
Vintage Reading.
"Here's a Penny" by Carolyn Haywood ('44) and "Under the Apple Tree" by Odille Ousley ('59). Although they came a generation before me, "B is for Betsy" and the rest of the Betsy books were all read fervently by me as a five year old, along with Beverly Cleary's classics. And the likes of the reading primers along the lines of the "Dick and Jane" books that this "Apple Tree" one is one of were massively used and abused by me in a body of collage work I did back in grad school, using primarily the text, cutting out phrases like "we help with the work"; "the family all helps" to juxtapose with all sorts of irreverent imagery. See my etsy page for the pair of these:
5.10.09
More Mad Men Stylin.
Peggy's office... gorgeous light.
Their hotel room in Rome. LOVE the mosaic over the bed!
4.10.09
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