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Vintage, historic, antique and retro glimpses into the past -- articles, photos, postcards, drawings & more

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Lauren Bacall at the pool with her daughter Leslie Bogart, 1950s, Photo by Phil Stern.

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Put a smile in every child’s heart with this GIANT TALKING CLOWN! (From 1965)

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It's different... I like it! Dr Pepper ad from 1961

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From my family photo collection: A woman in a garden around the turn of the century, coyly hiding behind a fan

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Lime Kool Aid for Tommy... but only if he mows the lawn! (Ad from 1961)

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Water nymphs from 1922: 3 girls wearing bathing suits standing on rock in water; center girl standing straight up and holding hands of girls on either side, who are leaning backwards.

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1950s summer catalogue dresses.

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I loved this toy as a kid.

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PERSONNAlly speaking by Groucho Marx

Starring in “A Night in Casablanca,” a David L Loew Production, released thru United Artists

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Mercury Comet ad - 1966

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The soft pastel eye

This season’s eye makeup is a shimmer of flower-and-sky colors as soft as summer twilight. With Yardley of London’s new pastel palette, makeup artist Stan Place creates three looks for different colorings without the usual black liner, brown shading or white highlighter...

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"Catch your fishing trip for keeps -- in pictures!" Ad for the Kodak Brownie Starmite Camera (1961)

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Elegant jeweled fruit craft project from 1972. Tacky or terrific? >> More stuff from 1972: http://clickamericana.com/tag/1972 >> More retro goodies from the 1970s: http://clickamericana.com/category/eras/1970s

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A Sears bedspread ad from 1972!

"Rajah. Sears' fresh translation of the Far East. It started as a museum show of India art. This rare lotus-and-arch design shone out, and captured our eye."

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Western Electric telephone ad from 1956, showing the latest colors in the spring line of rotary-dial phones

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"Never dries -- it beautifies!" Mommie Dearest herself, Joan Crawford, in a vintage ad for Lustre-Creme Shampoo (from LIFE - July 25, 1955) 

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Vintage Seagram's VO ad, featuring an awesome old computer (From Reader's Digest, 1984)