Sharing the past since 2008
These two undated, unmarked real photo postcards of the border between Arkansas and Missouri. After a little sleuthing, I determined that this is Highway 61, just east of Blytheville, Arkansas. If I knew enough about cars then I could probably put a date on these postcards. There is nothing left on the Missouri side. The…
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In the late 1950s, M.C. Schrank Co. ran a series of ads in New Yorker magazine. The ads were meant to help push their line of nighttime clothing by blaming insomnia on uncomfortable clothing. I have had a very hard time finding out if the ads were successful in helping push sales or if they…
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Dance Through a Week to Beauty is a pamphlet espousing the health benefits of dancing. I don’t who published the booklet or when it was published.
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This 1950s booklet is brought to you by Johnson’s Wax. Inside you can learn how to fill the holidays with joy on a small budget.
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Produced sometime in 1950s, these cards were produced by Whitman Publishing for a rummy game for kids.
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