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Put a smile in every child’s heart with this GIANT TALKING CLOWN! (From 1965)
Posted on July 19, 2012 with 15 notes
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It’s different… I like it! Dr Pepper ad from 1961
Posted on July 16, 2012 with 13 notes
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Lime Kool Aid for Tommy… but only if he mows the lawn! (Ad from 1961)
Posted on July 16, 2012 with 3 notes
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The soft pastel eye
This season’s eye makeup is a shimmer of flower-and-sky colors as soft as summer twilight. With Yardley of London’s new pastel palette, makeup artist Stan Place creates three looks for different colorings without the usual black liner, brown shading or white highlighter…
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“Catch your fishing trip for keeps — in pictures!” Ad for the Kodak Brownie Starmite Camera (1961)
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Elegant jeweled fruit craft project from 1972. Tacky or terrific?
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» More retro goodies from the 1970s: http://clickamericana.com/category/eras/1970sPosted on June 14, 2012 with 10 notes
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A Sears bedspread ad from 1972!
“Rajah. Sears’ fresh translation of the Far East. It started as a museum show of India art. This rare lotus-and-arch design shone out, and captured our eye.”
Posted on June 14, 2012 with 4 notes
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Western Electric telephone ad from 1956, showing the latest colors in the spring line of rotary-dial phones
Posted on June 5, 2012 with 4 notes
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“Never dries — it beautifies!” Mommie Dearest herself, Joan Crawford, in a vintage ad for Lustre-Creme Shampoo (from LIFE - July 25, 1955)
Posted on June 4, 2012 with 7 notes
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RIP, Donna Summer!
Posted on May 17, 2012 with 25 notes
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