Boxes of Paper

I keep things, and I buy things. Lots of things.  Vintage ads, articles and ephemera, mostly from my personal collection. Unfortunately, my collection is in storage temporarily, but I hope to be posting new goodies soon!

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John Prine in “16″ magazine, August 1972

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RIP 

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Found this ad for of my senior prom dress! (It was 1984, I went with a sophomore after getting no better offers and being turned down by my drivers-ed partner, best not to talk any more about it! I love that kids can go to dances in groups now, without dates. It never occurred to us.) 

I started looking for it when I realized it looks just like Allison’s wedding dress on Grace & Frankie - about which Brianna says, “Allison’s dress is very specific. It’s more like what a dead child was buried in in the 1800s.” 

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The Reynolda House Museum in Winston-Salem, NC has been hosting a fantastic exhibit of paintings and original artwork by J.C. Leyendecker. The detail in his paintings is just incredible, which you don’t really see in the magazine illustrations. 

info here: https://www.reynoldahouse.org/exhibitions/detail/leyendecker-and-the-golden-age-of-american-illustration

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Valentino 1972

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! Anjelica Huston ! 

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When two waves collide at the perfect time of day

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Giacomo Balla - Canaringatti, gatti futuristi (1925-26)

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Giacomo Balla  

Italy 1871-1958

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912 

oil on canvas  95.9 x 115.9 cm.  

Albright-Knox Art Gallery in the United States

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Giacomo Balla, Paesaggio + Volo di Rondini (Landscape and Swallows in Flight), ca. 1919, Oil on canvas, 77 x 77.5 cm.

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Giacomo Balla  1913

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30 candid photographs captured Madonna on the streets from the 1980s.

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Billy Dee Williams, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher & Harrison Ford, photographed by Annie Leibovitz

Rolling Stone, The Year in Music & Entertainment 1980

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RIP Carrie Fisher. Sending love out to her daughter and mother and all the women she inspired. 

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Hello Tumblies! I took the summer off from posting and may need to extend my sabbatical through the fall as well, but wanted to share this great hosiery ad from a 1953 Glamour that a friend gave me.

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Happy blogversary to me and my Boxes of Paper! Thanks to everyone who's followed. I just got my office back from the kid who's been living in it, so more new vintage goodness soon!!

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A surprise gift from a friend! Artist is Ruskin "Russ" Williams

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I've been on an estate sale bender for the last few months, but now it's time to take a break. A lifetime of content for the blog! Coming soon.

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Walter M. Baumhofer  (1904-1987)

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1955 - Texaco Advertisement