Get Toasty With These Wisconsin Electric Power Company Christmas Cooky Books
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A wonderful gallery of Christmas cookie recipes from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s published by Wisconsin Electric Power Company.…
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Another Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides
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Another wonderful gallery of vintage photos of costumed merriment for Halloween.…
The Countdown to Halloween 2017 Has Begun!
Once again your humble curator has signed on to be an official Halloween Cryptkeeper! As always, this means throughout the month of October you’ll see all sorts of fun, spooky posts with a Halloween theme, along with…
The 12 Vintage Pinups of Christmas Part 2
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Everyone loves a good sequel, and I can think of nothing more worthy of a second entry than a gallery of vintage Christmas pinups. In case you missed the first edition, check it out before…
Happy Birthday to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Let’s celebrate and prove how sincere we really are.…
A Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides
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These days preserving memories of Halloween parties and trick or treating is as simple as clicking an icon on your phone. Back in the day it not only meant fumbling with a camera and film,…
Hollywood Beauty #6: Paulette Goddard at Halloween
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If there’s one thing I love even more than Halloween, it’s a Halloween pinup. This 1940s Paulette Goddard photo is rather tame by my usual standards but it’s a beauty just the same. People found…
For Labor Day, Enjoy Some Canned Hamburger!
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I don’t know about you, but there comes a point when convenience goes too far, and things just get weird. Case in point: This 1950 advertisement for Swift’s Premium Canned Hamburgers, which purports to “take…
For Father’s Day, Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco (1947)
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Happy Father’s Day from The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and from the fine people who bring you Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco! It’s Dad who tends the furnace, it’s Dad who mows the law, And…