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Things that catch my eye @mlesarina

[stone-cold-groove]

The thoroughly modern kitchen by American Standard Brands - 1947.

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Glass slippers from “The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella”

[everything-art]

"Who?" (1897) by Nikolay Kasatkin

[gypsytearoom]

Fon Fon New Year magazine 1935

[exquisiteaudrey]

Breakfast At Tiffany's, 1961🤍✨️

(Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!🧡👻🎃)

[sosuperawesome]

Sijesns on Instagram

[mlesarina]

Untitled 📷 photography by José Javier Serrano a.k.a Yosigo

[kittyeckersley]

Young Emily and Richard snaps are 🔥

Edward Herrmann and Kelly Bishop at the 1976 Tony Awards

[infinitiumme]

Para-olympic athlete Aimee Mullens opening the spring summer 1999 (no. 13) Alexander McQueen show, featuring wooden carved prosthetic legs, made by carver and gilder Paul ferguson

[bugshroom]

Antique Czech Glass Charms

(c. 1890s-1930s)

[mlesarina]

Vintage print ad found in the August 1974 issue of Philadelphia Magazine.

That illustration 😍

This vintage print advertisement for the now-defunct Philly regional chain, Maternity Mart, features a vintage illustration of a pregnant woman in their $60 print pajamas. According to usinflationcalculator.com, these pajamas would run you $351.86 today!

[mlesarina]

In 2022, I took a picture of this ad I stumbled upon in an August 1974 issue of Philadelphia Magazine because I liked the illustration. I didn’t know what “Maternity Mart” was, but the name stuck with me for some reason.

Today, in 2025, I was scrolling Facebook when I saw a post titled “18th & Sansom, circa 1992.” What caught my attention right away was “Maternity Mart” painted on the side of the building, and instantly I thought back to that ad from years earlier.

I love how these moments connect across time: an ad placed in 1974, a photo of the corner in 1992—the year I was born—me noticing the ad in 2022, and then, years later, stumbling across the photo in 2025.

[rockincountryblues]

The Ronettes with Jimi Hendrix on guitar, NYC, 1966

[dolphdrago]

100 years ago today, these Very Good Boys™️ helped save Nome, Alaska, during a deadly diptheria outbreak.

[brutalistinteriors]

Headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris. Oscar Niemeyer.

[mlesarina]

Apparently the set design for the TV show Severance took inspiration from architect Oscar Niemeyer who designed the French Communist Party Headquarters in the ‘80s.

[vintage-tech]

When is a Barbie case not a Barbie case? Ballet Box from Mattel. 1966

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Women were advised to take off their high heels before using the escalator at Gimbel's Department Store. Paramus, New Jersey. (1966)

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How 10 years can change everything. (1989 and 1998). Toronto, Canada, photo by Patrick Cummins.

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