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Textile Temptresses
In the puritanical Post-War years before there was Playboy Magazine, red-blooded ex-GI’s could still get an eyeful of racy pin-up girls just by glancing through their favorite magazine. No, I’m not...
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Rosie The Riveter Goes to War
Like most gals during WWII, Rosie the Riveter was wacky for khaki. But Rosie didn’t just swoon for a man in a uniform; Rosie wanted to wear one herself! Like every Mrs. and Miss America, Rosie was...
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A Winter War Time Romance
The winter of 1944 was a blustery one. ..but it would soon turn torrid. Christmas break, my 18-year-old college freshman mother Betty hopped on a Pullman, joining her family for a well needed vacation...
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Winter War Time Romance PTII
Vintage ad WWII Woodbury Soap 1944 Moonlight Becomes You “The breathless night. The moon burning on its billion watt radiance. Multiplying mystery, quickening the pulse. Stirring up a suddenly sweet...
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Stay As Sweet As You Are- Sugar Seduction
Sugar Seduction Being a typical up-to-date-mid-century American baby, my very first mouthful of nourishment was a doctor prescribed, sugar sweetened bottle formula. Modern babies, we were advised,...
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Mobile Phone Milestone
Vintage advertising Illustration 1946 P.R. Mallory & Co. Constant cell phone chatter has become a chief complaint among train commuters. Hoping for some peace and quiet on their commute, some...
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Whitman’s and Mothers Day
My sweet Grandmother had a sweet tooth. Whether Bartons, Barricini, or Lofts, chocolate was the common currency of celebration. But Mothers Day meant only one thing- a Whitman’s Sampler. Through the...
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On the Front Lines With Coca Cola Pt. 1
Vintage Coca Cola Ads (1953) (R) WWII ad 1944 Coke in New Zealand During WWII the boys overseas were fighting for Mom, apple pie and a bottle of Coke. Coca Cola, as much a part of the American Dream...
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On the Front Lines with Coca Cola Pt II
Vintage WWII Coca Cola Ad 1942 During WWII the boys overseas were fighting for Mom, apple pie and a frosty bottle of Coke. Coca Cola, as much a part of the American Dream as a white picket fence and a...
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Ding, Dong… Avon Calling Pt II
Avon may be a coveted account on AMC’s Mad Men, but for many mid-century housewives, Avon was a coveted career. By the early 1960s Dawn Logan our neighborhood Avon Lady, was living out the ring-a-ding...
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July 4th Hot Diggety Dog
Gathering for the Family Backyard Barbecue-Vintage illustration McCall’s Magazine 1955 A summer staple at my 1960′s family barbeques was the ritual hot dog competition not in competitive eating but...
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Rosie The Riveter’s Swimsuit Romance
Vintage Ad WWII Jantzen Swim Wear 1943 It was a sweltering summer in 1943 and along with most war-weary Americans, Rosie the Riveter needed a day off. In the heat and stickiness of summer everybody was...
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How Detroit Won WWII
Think what Detroit meant in 1945 and what it represents today. Once the very symbol of American prosperity and the American Dream, Detroit has run out of gas. For decades the Motor City was the...
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GM and WWII-Victory is Our Business
GM WWII Ad- Victory Through Progress 1942 What was good for General Motors was good for the army Once upon a time when it came to cars General Motors was king of the road and the American Dream was...
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Victory Homes for the Vet
The Post War American Dream would be waiting for the returning vet and his “best girl”(L) Vintage Ad Community Silver “Back Home For Keeps” illustration by Jon Whitcomb (R) Vintage Ad 1945 Nash...
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Protecting the Philippines
Drinking Coke was synonymous with fighting the enemies of freedom and democracy.Vintage WWII Coca Cola Ad 1945 The heartbreaking tragedy on the Leyte Island of the Philippines which bore the brunt of...
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday December 7, 1941 was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared permanently in the...
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Santa Takes Sides
Claus for a CauseJust as both sides in a war claim God on their side, so WWII American’s enlisted Santa to help fight their battle.This 1944 ad for Interwoven Socks should be filed under vintage...
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas
“I’ll be home for Christmas…if only in my dreams”Illustration Haddon Sundblom for Vintage Xmas Coca Cola Ad 1945 For most American servicemen and women serving in the military overseas their holiday...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New YearVintage advertisement Jan. 1945 Chesterfield Cigarettes Wishing my readers a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. With gratitude and many thanks for your continual support and...
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