Vintage Wooden Spools.

These are wonderful maybe because in part because of their Brothers Quay type of thing going on. Especially the way when there is a worn away label on the end, faded printing or peeled somewhat; they are wood and we don't really make these of wood anymore, most things are now plastic. Like that giant island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, you know the one. Perhaps this is why these are precious.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/185904065/vintage-lot-instant-collection-wood?ref=shop_home_active_11

The classic Mouli Grater, made in France by the company later to be known as Moulinex, these graters of nuts, cheeses, and vegetables are still used by kitchen connoisseurs and highly coveted in these old metal pre-plastic incarnations... and very Farmhouse Chic!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/193825673/vintage-rustic-french-cheese-or-nut?ref=shop_home_active_1

Who doesn't love old silver pieces like this? Their elegant curves and intricate patterning and piercings immediately arouse in us a very different age even though they are emblematic of the beginnings of mass production; I suppose they existed in between the old world of artisans and the new world of industrialization. And now when we spot them we appreciate their patinas that current craftspeople try and fake with special chemicals but the real thing only serves to authenticate their age and their longevity, as well as visually heighten the contrast of the Art Nouveau etchings on their bases by bringing out those patterns. Though these pieces may have been easy to find at thrift stores the nation over, they are becoming more and more collectible, rarer and rarer.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/188889042/vintage-antique-silver-stamped-edge?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Vintage 1980s Pushbutton Black and White Retro Working Telephone with Hold and Speed Dial Features.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/188390510/vintage-1980s-pushbutton-black-and-white?ref=shop_home_active_2

The World Was Once Quite Different

1960s Mod Radical Circle Tank Top

Southam's Vintage 1030s Labels

https://www.etsy.com/listing/184224483/vintage-antique-box-of-office-mailing?ref=shop_home_active_1

Founded in 1950, the Injecta firm began production of these Injecta syringes at 600 per day as part of the German Democratic Republic's specialization program to increase public health care after the war and recovery years. The firm included the public consolidation of many pre-war factories that were left in barely functioning condition when the war ended.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/174334295/vintage-antique-east-german-medical?ref=shop_home_active

The Straw Hat Trio... Vintage Snapshot.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/161275776/vintage-black-and-white-1930s-photo?ref=shop_home_active

"Hollywood in the Fifties" by Gordon Gow from the International Film Guide Series, now out of print, from 1971.

The Gaze.

Vintage Film Studies: Roman Polanski.

See an original trailer for Rosemary's Baby (1968) here:

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/oldies-but-goodies-trailer-for-roman-polanskis-rosemarys-baby-1968

Our Friend the Atom Graphic, by Disney

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.

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

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

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

Classic Raggedy Ann & Andy Redux.

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

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

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

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

Found Photos from Negatives

 

Found these medium format negatives in a recycling dumpster. 

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

Some Retro Fashion Ads

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.

Love the Colours.

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

Some Fine Retro Fashion Photos.

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