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  1. Edward Reed

    Favorite '30s and '40s photos?

    Great thread start! how about this....
  2. Edward Reed

    Who else grinds coffee?

    finally got tired of hand cranking my Elma grinder so I retired it to display only and added an electric 1940s Hobart KitchenAid model A9. Works great. I have a replacement KitchenAid Coffee measure glass for it but I like using a vintage WWII era peek-a-boo decal glass as the grind catch.
  3. Edward Reed

    My Vintage Radio Collection

  4. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    I’ve been keeping an eye out for a “Waralarm” branded Westclox shelf alarm clock for a little while. They come up from time to time but as always overpriced or not running. I finally got a fairly decent working one for a nice price. These were only produced for one year. From April 1943 through...
  5. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    I have an Underwood Model S typewriter manufactured in the last quarter of 1941.... Well I came across this Underwood typewriter ribbon still in the box and dated January 14, 1942! Tens of thousands of people were employed in Washington during World War II in newly created defense jobs...
  7. Edward Reed

    My Vintage Radio Collection

    Wow! I’m playing catch-up with your posts… Amazing radios! Especially the NOS Airline! That would have knocked my socks off how do I come across something like this! Incredible collection you have!
  8. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    Speed Products Co Model 3C (c. 1943) Built with a wood base during WWII to save metal. The “Speed” Stapler introduced an important innovation that made the loading of staples faster. Previously, to load a magazine stapler, one had to remove a plunger (or other mechanism to push staples...
  9. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    Added a Bakelite desk calendar complete with an unused 1942 calendar. The top few sheets have lost some edges due to age brittleness but otherwise in great condition. Hard to imagine a wartime 1942 calendar surviving 79 years and it not having been tossed away. A great addition to my 1940s office!
  10. Edward Reed

    My Vintage Radio Collection

    ya thats a Westclox if I am not mistaken. very common and popular. during the war they made them out of pressed wood pulp fiber because of metal rationing. labeled WarAlarm. was hoping to add one to my collection one day as they come up on eBay often.
  11. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Mugs (Coffee, Beer or Other)

    I finally added a Watchman (Watch Duty) hand warmer mug to my collection of WWII era coffee mugs. I was waiting for the right one to come along and this one matches a 1942/1943 marked collection of restaurant ware that I have from McNicol China Clarksburg, West Virginia. Many companies made...
  13. Edward Reed

    Ebay Situation - WWYD?

    sellers problem. he needs to pay the shipping to his actual address you did all you could and properly so.
  14. Edward Reed

    lunch box

    ya I can see that in the bigger towns and cities at an office environment. in the rural areas and mining towns it would be the lunch box. I remember sitting in the station wagon at the talc and zinc mines where both my father and grandfather worked waiting for the lift elevator to bring them up...
  15. Edward Reed

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    A curious item I have here for my WWII desktop. I have only ever seen one other listed and it was in highly used condition. This one is minty and matches the used one precisely. it would be easy to make repros of these but if someone went to the trouble to do so and match the print stamp with...
  16. Edward Reed

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Young Frankenstein (1974) as that's my personal annual halloween film, then I watched Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ( 1943 ) on Svengoolie (Me-TV)
  17. Edward Reed

    lunch box

  19. Edward Reed

    lunch box

    I carry this vintage lunch box branded Universal by L.F. & C. (Landers, Frary & Clark) to work. Very sturdy and heavy tin. Can use it as a weapon. Not particularly rare. I added a vintage waterslide decal of a pinup girl onto it. one day I'll get a decent useable vintage "Universal" thermos for...
  20. Edward Reed

    Thoughts on 1940s/1950s-style T-shirts (undershirts)?

    from what I gather from various forums they are identical but the Navy had a more elaborate label stamp whereas the Army had just the shirt size number stamped. I suppose at that price point it would make a difference to serious reenactors as to what they were wearing but no one would actually...
  21. Edward Reed

    My Vintage Radio Collection

    wow! nice ones! where on earth do you actually "go" to find these to make an impulse buy? I never see radios at the antique shops in my area. I only scan what is offered on eBay or Etsy I would love to imagine a pretty girl going to the beach with that portable listening to frank Sinatra or an...
  22. Edward Reed

    Thoughts on 1940s/1950s-style T-shirts (undershirts)?

    at https://www.historypreservation.com/products-page/eastman-leather-tee-shirts/u-s-navy-1930s-40s-tee-shirt-off-white/ under the t-shirt image on the left click on "Click for Additional Images" Same for the Eastman website but at the t-shirt image just click the Magnifying glass that has the +...
  23. Edward Reed

    Just saying hello and checking in with everyone.

    Buuurrrrrrrrrrttttt! so nice to see you here! :D

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