👗 DIY Gladys Hallward Costume from The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) There is a particular kind of woman who appears in 1940s Hollywood films and never quite gets the credit she deserves. She is not the villain. She is…
🔥 Collecting Match Safes: The Remarkable Pocket Treasures Most Collectors Overlook There is a category of antique that sits in plain sight at almost every antique mall, estate sale, and flea market in the country, gets picked up, turned over,…
⛽Ethyl Got Full Service: A Vintage Gas Station Long before self service pumps and convenience stores, a visit to a gas station was a very different experience. A bell rang as your tires rolled across a rubber hose. An attendant…
From Bullet Bras to Magic Fingers: A Mid-Century Motel For travelers in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, pulling into a motel parking lot was its own kind of thrill. The neon sign buzzed and flickered against a darkening sky. A…
🚬 Collecting Vintage Ashtrays: Full of History and Advertising Not long ago, ashtrays were as common as coffee cups. They sat on kitchen tables, hotel nightstands, restaurant countertops, casino floors, office desks, and airplane armrests. Every bar had them. Every…