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Finding Period Old Clothing In Australia Is Impossible
Lolly is right. Australia was mostly a manufacturer/producer of primary goods. You only have to read the advertisements of the time, to see what she means. Australia sold wheat. Wool. Gold. Iron. Grains. Food. Lumber. It imported from America, or England, the vast majority of its...- Shangas
- Post #9
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Our own vintage town
In the Depression, most people didn't have the time or the money to buy things new. So I expect that the average household would've had furniture and fittings and soforth, which had been around since the turn of the century, if not earlier. In Australia, for example, the unemployment rate at the...- Shangas
- Post #1,496
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Anybody Else Collect Sewing Machines?
I was at All Saints in London. It's just off the Portobello Road. Wow. Sewing-machine Heaven! I believe there's another AS shop in London, near the Camden Lock Markets.- Shangas
- Post #195
- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Hi James, It says "UNICORN", and underneath, "MADE IN GERMANY". I'm ASSUMING that's pre-WWII Germany, since stuff made after then would've said "Made in W/Germany", or something to that effect. I'm not sure how old it is, but I was attracted to the style of the clock. It's got a beautiful...- Shangas
- Post #3,518
- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Bought myself a neat little mechanical, glass, German-made mantel-clock today. I cleaned it up and oiled it, set the time on it, and I'm currently regulating it for accuracy. Was $25.00 and it's a little beauty :) Fits perfectly on my desk. Here's some photos. I'm not a clockmaker by any means...- Shangas
- Post #3,515
- Forum: The Display Case
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Finding Period Old Clothing In Australia Is Impossible
Grace Bros. David Jones. Fletcher Jones...I'm not aware of too many other retailers/tailors. Perhaps there are others, but I haven't seen them. Another tailoring firm I've heard of is "Opal" (I have a DB light grey coat made by Opal), but I'm not sure how far back that company goes. I do know it...- Shangas
- Post #5
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Finding Period Old Clothing In Australia Is Impossible
1. Australia is a relatively young, isolated country. 2. There was very little manufacturing of household goods in Australia, including clothing. 3. This lack of productivity causes anything that does exist, to be sold today at vastly inflated prices due to their rarity. I may be...- Shangas
- Post #2
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Our own vintage town
I don't remember seeing this anywhere. Does our vintage town have a barbershop yet? With the spinning candy-pole and the boater-wearing quartet? Hot-water cutthroat shaves, haircuts, shoe-polishing. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a shoe-polisher locally. The last time I saw one...- Shangas
- Post #1,489
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Show us your SHOES !!!
Had my first proper jaunt in the Florsheims today. Very comfortable :)- Shangas
- Post #3,399
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
I'm not entirely sure what I have here, but I know that I like them. Perhaps someone here can tell me more about them? Whether I got a deal or not, etc. I bought these at a thrift-shop today for $8.00. They're Florsheim Outdoorsmans, that's about all I know. They fit, of course! Otherwise I...- Shangas
- Post #3,513
- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your SHOES !!!
I'm not entirely sure what I have here, but I know that I like them. Perhaps someone here can tell me more about them? Whether I got a deal or not, etc. I bought these at a thrift-shop today for $8.00. They're Florsheim Outdoorsmans, that's about all I know. They fit, of course! Otherwise I...- Shangas
- Post #3,388
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
China was on the Silver Standard for a long time. It refused to trade with the West in ANYTHING but silver. Salt, gold, western goods...pffft. SILVER.- Shangas
- Post #2,899
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Chops have a long tradition in China. People still make them. You can buy them easily.- Shangas
- Post #2,896
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Animated Cartoons in the Golden Era
You absolutely have to admire the skills of the illustrators, the painters and the animators when they did this stuff back in the 30s and 40s and 50s. The PATIENCE and the SKILL and the EXPERIENCE. The eye-bending attention-to-detail...I'd go blind just thinking about it! They talk about skill...- Shangas
- Post #30
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Animated Cartoons in the Golden Era
Tom & Jerry, Mickey Mouse and his friends, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny & pals, etc, etc,...they were all my favourites. The mindboggling detail used to create these filmic masterpieces is nothing if not astounding.- Shangas
- Post #28
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Not just Japan. China too. And it's perfectly legal. Yes. They're called chops. Chinese name-stamps or name-seals. I have one on my desk.- Shangas
- Post #2,894
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What time period would you live in, and where, if you had to for one year?
Hey Vic! Wait for me!!! *grabs steamer-trunks* Okay, I'm ready. You can call the taxi now.- Shangas
- Post #22
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Desecration - Things Altered/Repurposed, and a Vintage Treasure Lost Forever.
Several years ago, my father purchased an old cutlery chest from a flea-market. The chest was EMPTY. I don't mean that it came without silverware. I mean it came without ANYTHING AT ALL. No lining, no cradles, no felt, no blocks, NOTHING. Just an empty box. He bought it, and brought it...- Shangas
- Post #273
- Forum: The Golden Era
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