"Watching the score board at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N.J."
Monday, May 28, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee, c. 1880s
An early advertising doll with different messages on the back of each piece. My favorite: "If you use McLaughlin's XXX Coffee and it does not drink right, you know it is the fault of the cooking and not the fault of the coffee." Was there another advertiser who blamed the consumer so boldly if the product didn't taste right? Some 19th century Don Draper came up with this gem.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Diamond Dyes, c. 1880s
Does anyone dye clothing anymore? I think RIT dye is still available in the supermarket. I imagine dyeing clothing was once a great way to save money and revive an old style into something new and fresh. Tie-dyeing was hot in the 1960s, of course, but I think dyeing of any clothing is more of a niche/crafty thing these days.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Cinderella, c. 1880s
McLaughlin's Coffee, "Fairy Tale" series. Dress and painting missing. See another in this series here.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Freedom to Read! by Maurice Sendak, 1991
Work and Play, c. 1880s
Clark's O.N.T. Double Dolls, "Work and Play." Unlike a lot of other advertising dolls of this type, this has only a changeable head, not the head, shoulders and arms. This is a lot like the very early paper dolls of the early 1800s, Fanny Gray, etc, where the head was slipped into different costumes and scenes to tell a story.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Another by S.H. & M. Skirt Bindings, c. 1900
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Traffic, 1923
A view from the Williamsburg Bridge looking west (down Delancey St., I believe). From the NYC Municipal Archive.
