The Soap Of Beautiful Women

Click image for a larger, closer peek at this beautifully illustrated color ad for Camay soap from the 1940s.

Tells The Facts & Names The Names

Four pieces of trash, flash and scandalous splash: 1950s style. (Many thanks to Billy for spotting these.)

Living In The Round: 1955

Two interior images of the 1955 Bavinger House by architect Bruce Goff in Norman, Oklahoma.

Humpty Dumpty

An excellent 1950s vintage gift from my pal Steve a few years ago: A McCoy pottery Humpty Dumpty (inserted Chinese yoyos were a cheap find).

Things To See & Do

1940s and '50s tourist memorabilia from NYC: Linen postcards, maps and brochures.

Mah Jongg Junior

A 1923 Mah Jongg game (with nice box graphics and tiles mostly intact) that I bought at a run-down Upstate New York second hand shop about 15 years ago.

Cablecars & Coastline

Two vintage views of 1940s San Francisco (both inland and coastal) from my postcard collection.