Grocery shopping in 1967

Pictures of everyday life from previous decades are utterly fascinating! Recently I ran across this cover from a 1967 issue of the Hamburger Kurs on display at the City Archive (Staatsarchiv) of Hamburg. Despite the slightly posed look of the woman, it captures the look and feel of an old-fashioned grocery store quite well, wouldn't you agree?

Happy May Day!

I hope all of you are having a lovely May Day! As I was searching online this morning for antique May Day postcards, this sweet paper doll of a raven-haired May Queen by Barbara Hale practically jumped out of the screen at me. The image originally comes from a McCall's magazine published in 1921, but Marianne Dow of Ms. Dow Antiques scanned it in for her blog 'Tique Talk. (Thank you, Ms. Dow!)

Enjoy, and happy May Day!

Footie pajamas from 1950

During the colder winter months, don't we all dream of being surrounded on every side by soft, warm fabric? I came across these drawings of lovely footed pajamas (or pyjamas for some of you out there) from a monthly publication by Beyer's that appeared at the end of the year 1950.