kitschmélange

Vintage art -- mainly 1920s to 1970s; afficionado/collector of 1940s, 50s, 60s & 70s children's books and ephemera; especially delight in 1960s & 1970s kitsch

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from a 1936 All-Year Club of Southern California ad

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1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

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by Roger Duvoisin from The House of Four Seasons (1956)

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from a May 1926 Deodo Powder ad

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from a 1962 Cailler chocolate

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in the meadow

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1926 Blue Moon Silk Hosiery ad

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Cover art from Sydney Omarr’s Astrological Revelations About You - Gemini (1969); the illustrator isn’t credited, but multiple references point to the legendary John Alcorn

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cover art by J. C. Leyendecker from “The American Weekly” magazine; May 25, 1947

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Memorial Day used to be on May 30, but in 1968, Congress passed a law moving most Federal holidays to Mondays, so it is now celebrated on the last Monday in May. This is a poster from 1936-37, designed by someone known only as JCW, for the Federal Art Project.

Photo: Library of Congress (LoC)

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1936 Savage Lipstick ad

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Vegetables With Glamour From the 1958 "wonderful ways with soups...from Campbell's" Cookbook

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