Indeed! I prefer George Petty’s work over the Varga Girl. Alberto Vargas did elegant and sophisticated pinup whereas the Petty Girl was more the flirty cute-girl-next-door type. But I enjoy all of the pinup artists of the era just the same :D
My mom often made “Shit on a Shingle” or “S.O.S.”
(cream chipped beef on toast) a common “wartime dish” she learned from her mother. My grandfather served during WWII and liked it so my grandmother made it…so my mom grew up on it. This was a traditional army recipe that was easy to make...
Just acquired the extremely hard to find and oldest model of the Old Spice shaving mug gift box and it dates between 1938 and 1941. Because it was originally made and screen printed on a paper-thin wood veneer in Japan, this box type was no longer produced once World War II began.
The original...
Photograph of Audrey Bennoist typing at her desk with her own air-conditioning system: a pail of ice in front of an electric fan.
6/23/1936
Source
San Antonio Light Photograph Collection, MS 359, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
Not familiar really but here is some info I found about that type… The first known advertisement was in 1935 and the latest mention was from a Bostitch pamphlet released in 1986.
Steel construction with black crackle.
As the style of the B5 stapler did not change over the years, it can be...
Here is an interesting feature; the stapler has a flip plate to create a different shape of staple but I can’t figure out why you would need a staple like this…
I thought I was finished with collecting 1930s/1940s office supplies but I was able to locate an elusive and rare Ace Pilot 402-V “Wartime Standard Model“ Victory stapler with a wood base! (circa 1943)
Like many manufacturers a slight alteration to their offerings needed to be made due to war...
I’m in the south. It’s spring. Pollen everywhere… Jim Beam Peach… ( have you ever dated a southern peach? Her name was Ashley. Blonde, ice blue eyes, looked like Joan Blondell and lived in Buckhead Georgia.. ******* I miss that girl lol!)
I bought it knowing it had a replacement vintage style braided cloth power cord with vintage Bakelite plug. Im not sure how it was originally wired up though at its original time and location.
Yes I recognized the snow white reference . Really cool
As for Meet John Doe it would have had more weight if he had jumped and I fully expected it to be a heartbreaker tragedy. If it is remade today he would have committed suicide for certain making him a martyr for the movement. But In the...
Yes I watched that one this weekend as well! Very well done. I wasn’t too sure about it at the start of the film but it gets very deep and poignant in the second half. I was very impressed with gary cooper in that one!
I believe I found the source inspiration for The Big Bang Theory! “Ball of Fire” (1941)
Gary Cooper plays a character exactly like Sheldon Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck is their Penny! Excellent film! Very funny and a great look into the evolving use of slang! Perhaps it should have been titled...
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