Franz66's Eclecticism

15.3.13

Our Friend the Atom Graphic, by Disney

4.3.13

Vintage Bras (and other underthings...)!

Happy Womens' History Month!
and there never was a demonstration of burning bras in the 60s or 70s... that is just a myth. It stems from a large demonstration that was held outside the 1968 Miss America pageant (they called it "The Degrading Mindless-Boob-Girlie Symbol") in Atlantic City in which women protested the materialistic and vacuous ways that women and their value were being represented by the "beauty" industries that the pageant epitomized. They had a Freedom Trash Can and threw into it items that they were refusing to allow society to pressure them into representing what it meant to be a woman, and some women threw bras into the garbage. Many "feminine product" type of items were thrown out, such as hairspray, high heels, pots & pans, brooms, false eyelashes, as well as Cosmopolitans and Playboys. And bras.

18.2.13

I love this handmade Boho style green enamel Etruscan Revival Hippy dangle low-hung necklace! It is a total cross between 1960s Star Trek Alien-wear and the early 70s long-haired Bob Mackie-styled Cher. And I love how fashion keeps re-generating itself, taking bits and pieces of the past... the waaay past, and the future, and making it all relevant for someone to look great in today.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/119613047/groovy-vintage-hippie-boho-handmade

4.2.13

MidCentury Modern Copper Tube

Look at this wonderful Mid Century so shiny copper... well, is it meant for a candle, in which case it would cast an incredible shadow-light through that quintessential metal mesh... or as a vase, though certainly not for anything live for water is out of the question.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/106640183/vintage-mid-century-modern-copper-metal

3.6.12

Coffee Hound!

This made-in-Japan MidCentury cup & saucer was used and labelled as souvenirs for various places or events, like the New York World's Fair of 1964, and has comical graphics inside the cup indicating lines marking what sort of coffee drinker you are based on how high you fill the cup up.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/100718374/vintage-coffee-hound-ceramic-porcelain

18.5.12

Classic Raggedy Ann & Andy Redux.

The original illustration by the great Johnny Gruelle, circa 1920.

6.3.12

1845 Human Anatomy Lithograph.

Drawing from life by French army surgeon Jean Baptiste Francois Leveille (1769-1829) from the 1845 book "Avec un Atlas de 24 planches dessinées d'apres nature et lithographiees par M. Leveille", published in Paris and used as reference by artists.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68127649/1845-antique-male-anatomy-color

24.2.12

A Very Cool Hip Camera... The Comet.

The Comet is an Italian camera made in the 50's by Bencini, looking like an SLR but really it has a fixed aperture and shutter so was a sort of precursor to point-and-shoots and is more along the line of Holgas and Annys, though it is not plastic but cast aluminum.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89605781/vintage-1950s-comet-camera-by-bencini-of

23.2.12

1967 Kaftan Dress by Lanvin.

Posted on flickr by Classic Style of Fashion (Fourth).

MidCentury Modern Sci-fi Art.

Angus McKie

Aquaman.

Electricity Art.

A lithograph from a German book on electricity from 1889!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/88628481/electricity-antique-lithograph-original

3.10.11

Found Photos from Negatives

Found these medium format negatives in a recycling dumpster.

17.8.11

Fred Press Fishie Carafe!

Gorgeous Atomic aqua and gold primitive fish on glass with this Fred Press designed Midcentury Modern coffee carafe. http://www.etsy.com/listing/79477519/vintage-midcentury-modern-fred-press

5.5.11

Some Retro Fashion Ads

25.4.11

Groovy 1960s Desert Booklet.

Check out this awesome Peter Max-esque desert recipe book cover! Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/rochelle49/ for more old cookbook images.

8.4.11

Love the Colours.

Cute vintage Mattel dollhouse furniture by CottaBuzzVintage on etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/48593670/vintage-1968-little-kiddle-toy-doll

5.3.11

Some Fine Retro Fashion Photos.

4.3.11

Retro Kitchen Table & Chairs Printers Plate.

I used to see sets like these at thrift stores all the time and we had one in one of the apartments I lived in as an undergrad. With speckles and shiny flecks in the formica surface and shiny and puffy chairs of vinyl, these kitchen sets seemed to last for a long time and find new and affordable life.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69342105/vintage-metal-printing-plate-of-retro

27.2.11

Labour History Images from the Archives.

Union Label poster from the AF of L, early 1900s. Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, NY University.

American Federation of Labor: History, Encyclopedia, Reference Book (Washington: American Federation of Labor, 1919)

Photo By: The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7578012@N02/457053437/

11.2.11

Jan Brady Objet D'Art!

How Hippy Dippy is this fantastically groovy vanity mirror?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/67940585/vintage-late-1960s-early-1970s-pop

10.2.11

The Wonderful Clarendon.

31.1.11

Happy Valentine's Day.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66480361/ive-always-loved-you-retro-collage-print

28.1.11

Grandma on Photo Day.. 1950-something.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66567859/vintage-1950s-photograph-grandma

22.1.11

Soooo Cool... Retro TV Salt & Pepper Shakers!

From domestikate on etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62022034/mid-century-tv-set-with-salt-and-pepper

19.1.11

The Incomparable Flier & War Hero Brit Amy Johnson.

Amy Johnson boldly entered the popular arena of daring early pilots who were setting and breaking world records for flight during the 1920s. She went on to work for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War in the all-women (and equal pay!) section of the Air Transport Auxiliary and died a heroine in 1941 after haivng to parachute out of her plane into the Thames, her body never recovered.

Read about her at:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/amyjohnson.html