Blogs about: 1940s Magazines
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My Chemical Mitt Romance
For people who are just sick of soap, bored with Bon Ami - hate the sight of seismotite. What you need is a Chemical Mitt! It is apparently a mitt loaded with - well, chemicals. What sort of chemical… more →
Kitchen Retro
My Chemical Mitt Romance
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: For people who are just sick of soap, bored with Bon Ami - hate the sight of seismotite. What you n … more →
Starcrossed Towels
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: It’s a good thing you are only going to dry stuff with these towels, and not enter a spelling … more →
Bon Ami Economy
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: What a happy day it is! I have learned a new and exciting way to clean the windows! Just put that c … more →
Hot Waffles, Summer in the City
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: When I think of warm weather - which around these parts is a euphemism for really, really hot weat … more →
Mum's the Word
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Trouble in the boudoir! Or wherever this is. Could be a sound stage. Could be a large lightbox. I d … more →
Zen and the Art of Loveliness Maintenance
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: More fun with one of those weird tiny magazine ads, now up close and all too personal thanks to the … more →
Nurse Jones Needs A Holiday
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: One of the many things that amuse me about old ads is the amount of time and space devoted to subjec … more →
The Picture Of Dorothy Gray
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: I could not resist sharing this one with you - this is the Dorothy Gray ad I was going to post yes … more →
The Worst Craft Idea of 1945
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: The truth of the matter is that I was just cropping out a very lovely 1940s ad for Dorothy Gray cos … more →
Fun With Food Flavors, 1945
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: Food Flavors - for when your food has no flavor! Or needs a surreal flavor makeover. The ad man got … more →
Never Miss A Trick!
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: I’ll just bet you do, dearie. Just try not to be quite so - obvious - when the “rich ol … more →
A Piano In the Bathroom
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: I’m bringing someone to Vintage Thingies Thursday (I trust that the Apron Queen will not mi … more →
She Should Have Served A Can of Spork and a Fork
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: I think that this lady really means: I almost told my husband to get lost. She is selling War Bon … more →
What Do Women Want? Magazine Ads in 1945 Answer!
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: If only Freud had been reading women’s magazines. He wouldn’t have had to ask, would he … more →
Guarding Charm, 1940
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: Really Ann, going to the movies alone is not so bad! Sometimes a guy just doesn’t want to see … more →
"I Used to be a Glamour Girl"
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: “Well, you can go right on being all that’s lovely.” No I can’t, I’m … more →
A Heart-Breaking Blonde
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: It must be the “DOUBLE lemon rinse” that puts the heartbreak in the blonde. Although I … more →
Tussy Fiends
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Lidian wrote 6 months ago: They roam the ice skating rinks of local parks, smirking and taunting. They compare the skin of the … more →
Men Like Beat Writers Will Rejoice
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Lidian wrote 7 months ago: Jack Kerouac has found just the thing he needs to power through another roll of typing paper! And i … more →
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