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This ad is from 1919, a year in which Americans were seeing the return of many injured servicemen from WWI. America had a bit of a romanticized view of the war, being so...
Does anyone even use the word satchel any more? I think it is a great word, though I tend to connect it with my school days. After I became a teacher, I had the...
Heres a nifty little item from the 1930s, the Slipperette. Basicly, they are just a rib knitted envelope with crochet edging. But the wool is very stretchy, and...
This was traveling in style! This ad for Holiday Tandem Trailers was in a 1948 Holiday magazine. They were meant for traveling, but the postwar housing shortage was so acute...
I bought this bra for my collection last week, and was happy to see some extra information printed on the label: On the righthand side of the label you can see that this...
I found a plain Pringle cashmere scarf at the last-chance thrift store. Even though it was riddled with moth bites, it was just too soft and luxurious to let go to the...
Maybe it's just me, but is seems like more and more people are thinking crafty=green. I'm really happy to see people taking an interest in this old earth of ours, and...
First, sorry about the overly dark photos! Now to the important stuff. I got this little cutie about a month ago from the incomparable Joules. As you can see,...
It's no secret that I love these Young Designer patterns published by Butterick in the 60s and 70s. After all, I even have a web page devoted to them. Some of...
I know that Hermès is most associated with scarves and handbags, but they also have a long tradition of sportswear. The ad above is from 1930. On rare occasion...
I've had these great gloves for so long that I can't remember where I got them. I'm sure it was either an antique store, or maybe a thrift store. Well, wherever it...
From Chanel, The Metropolotian Museum of Art, Koda and Bolton, 2005 One of the last collections (if not the last) Coco Chanel released before closing in 1939, was the...
As the years go by, I'm finding less and less content of interest in modern fashion magazines. The on-going emphasis on celebrities, the super-skinny models...
There's good reason why the American sportswear industry had such a wonderful reputation - they produced well made, beautifully designed clothes that were easy to...
It's possible that I've shown off these great napkins already, but I can't remember, so here they are. After posting the 50s towels last week, I thought I'd better give...
After weeks of rain, today was the perfect early fall day. Fall is the time for hiking here in the mountains, with crisp, cool days and low humidity that makes the...
I used this postcard as as illustration for a blog post over two years ago. In the time I've had it, I've puzzled over it and wondered about the three women in the...
Last week I posted photos of my Picasso print White Stag rain jacket, and I asked if anyone had any additional information. I knew I could count on the vintage lovers who read...
I thought I'd better write about this trip before I forgot about it. Tim and I have been going to Charleston for years - since the early 1980s. It's the place...
I got an email from my friend Hollis a couple of weeks ago. She had picked up some 1950s shorts at a sale and wanted to know if I would be interested in...
I'm still working on gathering info on White Stag, and to make it even more interesting I got an email from a researcher at a museum who had seen my Picasso for White Stag...
We are leaving in the morning for three days in beautiful Charleston, SC. This is a city we have visited many, many times, but it never gets old. Not to say that...
There was the Tammy card game from Whitman Toys. Actually I like these a whole lot better than most of the overly romantic, cluttered assemblages seen on Polyvore these days....
I should have posted these earlier, but I get side-tracked fairly easily! This is a view of just a very small part of the annual Hillsville Flea Market and Gun Show. ...
Chances are you've never heard of him, but Masa was a pivotal player in the struggle to have a national park established in the mountains of Western North Carolina. He...
I've always known that I inherited my love of flea markets and other places that sell other people's junk. My dad loved them and yardsales and other such junky...
I was recently notified by one of my favorite bloggers, Marie at Nature, Cycling and Finding America, that she thought The Vintage Traveler was worthy of the Kreativ...
I love finding vintage Martex linen towels because they have a real following among people who know a good towel. They are the easiest thing in the world to sell because...
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