Vintage card catalogs: Still attracting bookworms with their old …
Aug 1, 2023 · A vintage school library card catalog (c1940s) – Photo from The Newark Public Library (CC BY-NC 4.0) Vintage card catalogs still have a place in our heart… and even our decor! Each card carries with it the aroma of history (even just thinking about this topic evokes memories of that particular smell!), the silent imprints of previous ...
Remember vintage library checkout cards & due date slips?
Aug 6, 2022 · Vintage UC Davis library book lending pocket (1981) THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW. AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS will be assessed for failure to return this book on the date due. The penalty will increase to 50 cents on the fourth day, and to $1.00 on the seventh day overdue.
Look back at these vintage bookshelves, book nooks & other …
Apr 19, 2021 · MORE: Remember vintage library checkout cards & due date slips? Quaint work retreat (1941) A proud old secretary forms the nucleus for this set of shelves. The shelf cases, with cupboards below, were planned to leave a sheltering niche for the old desk. Note the striking grain in wood of shelves and wall. (Architect: John L. Volk)
Vintage Corelle dishes from the 70s & 80s are plates full of …
Sep 10, 2024 · Vintage Corelle dishes have experienced a resurgence in popularity, especially among collectors and retro enthusiasts. The original patterns, like “Old Town Blue” and “Woodland Brown,” are highly sought after today, with people scouring thrift stores and online marketplaces to add to their collections.
47 dangerous old playgrounds that our great-grandparents …
Jun 22, 2021 · 7. It’s only a 20-foot drop… (1912) Very similar to the catalog page above, this huge, sprawling metal structure is part of the Hiawatha Playground in Seattle. You see it hosting about 40 kids who were up to all kinds of crazy shenanigans… including just hanging out 20 feet above the ground. 8.
30 retro-futuristic space-age inventions, including several we're …
Jun 15, 2022 · INVENTION: POP-OUT TV PROGRAMS. Tomorrow’s television will be three-dimensional! Hugo Gernsback, famed inventor, predicts that improved receivers will provide images that seem to be projected well in front of the picture tube, almost as if there were little flesh-and-blood people out there.
Old San Francisco, just before the 1906 earthquake: See vintage …
Apr 14, 2020 · Old San Francisco: Scene-by-scene of the film, A Trip Down Market Street Text from Archive.org, via the US Library of Congress. (Please note that the route may not exactly match the footage above, as we used the full-length of the most recent complete scan as of 2019, courtesy of the Prelinger Archives .)
'Unboxing Betty' takes you on a fun retro cooking adventure with …
Feb 1, 2023 · The creator of Unboxing Betty, Melinda Sekela, is on a mission to cook her way through Betty Crocker’s 1971 Recipe Card Library, taking viewers on a trip back in time to the world of mid-century American cooking.
24 vintage recipe boxes: Before food blogs & recipe apps, these …
Jan 9, 2023 · Betty Crocker recipe card library (offer from 1974) The beautiful recipe file shown here contains more than 1,000 kitchen-tested recipes from the world-famous Betty Crocker Kitchens. In your kitchen, each one of these sure-fire recipes will produce a mouth-watering dish as tempting as the ones pictured here.
30 fantastic & timeless vintage fireplaces from the first half of the ...
Nov 13, 2021 · Elegant mirrored fireplace from 1920. 24. Antique fireplace style, as seen in the 1940s. 25. Fireplace at the Chimney House (photo from 1938) Chimney House, 113 Walnut St., Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. 26. Vintage fireplace with wood mantel in a paneled living room (1948) 27.