It's almost summer camp time. The first camps for girls were opened in 1902, and within a few years they were located throughout the eastern US. Because these camps were...
I've had this beautiful car ad on my desk for several weeks, knowing I'd eventually get around to posting it. It's from 1922, and is for a Jordan Silhouette. I'd...
One of my favorite things about having my website and journal is that I get interesting email from people with like interests. Last week, I got a fantastic one from Lisa...
I've been a fan of thrift stores since the early 1980s. Over the past 25 years I've found some incredible things in thrifts. And I'm not one of those people who is...
I ran across these vintage photos in a stack I bought a while back. I broke a few rules when I bought them, as I had vowed to buy only those with the place and people...
These two vintage postcards are most likely from the very early 1930s, and while they are not of the same site, the subject tends to tie them together. There's no way to...
It's not that I can't think of lots of lovely places to visit, it's just that with the price of gasoline and the related problems, it's just hard to justify so much...
Rumor has it that we in the US are in a recession. Food and gas are up, wages are stagnant, and most businesses are feeling the pinch. It's commonly thought that...
Why is that whenever I'm looking for something, I can't find it, but if I'm NOT looking, there it is? You might recall an entry several weeks ago about Loretta Young...
Today was the first day that really said, "Summer's coming." That hint of coolness that has been lingering was gone by this afternoon, and now we have five warm (or...
I just got home from a week at one of North Carolina's beaches, and I went looking for a vintage image of where I was. This is Atlantic Beach, and the photo comes from...
For the past year I've been working with 6 other vintage sellers on another art project. My theme was Vintage Movies, and each person chose a favorite movie to celebrate...
Sometimes it gets lonely here in the Blogasphere. One gets tired of bugging her friends to read and post, and so unless the blogger is lucky enough to have a large following, at...
Pictures of this label and dress were sent to me by Deb, who found my site while looking for information about Swirl. For those of you who think celebrity involvement in...
Yes, I know this title is already taken, but these are not the same rules. These rules are for you to adapt to your own needs. I'm talking flea market rules. I...
For some time now I've been trying to include items in my collection which came from local stores. By local, I mean Western North Carolina, but mainly the fashion...
The calendar has announced the arrival of spring, though the thermometer might disagree! We've had yet another mild winter here in Western North Carolina but the first...
One of the things I like best about working on the VFG Label Resource is that I get interesting emails. The latest was an email from Nick Mangone, the great-nephew of...
I was very happy to find this 1930s swimsuit, as I had been looking for one of the later wool suits that had lastex added. Lastex was invented in the early 30s, and by...
I lucked into this lovely Helen Rose dress some years ago at a rural antique mall, not exactly what one might expect to find in such a place, but there it was. I...
No, from Cincinnati! All through the 20th century, manufacturers tried to get a little Parisian cache for their products. After all, what says style better than a view...
From this: To this: I've had the poor old ugly thing for several years and kept meaning to cover it, and finally, a couple of days ago I got it done! I used a piece of...
You don't read much about middies these days. After all, they haven't been a real fashion item since they made a brief comeback sometime in the mid 1980s. But I got...
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