Grrrsday

 

Holidays - Robert Burns Day

 

In honor of the day, here's a dog playing the bagpipes (copyright-free, from Dover).

Caturday!

 

Signs Of The Times

 

Woodworking Crafts - An Exploding Battleship Toy, 1936

 

Published in the December, 1935 issue of Modern Mechanix, just in time for Christmas.  Readers were supposed to make and sell these things to unsuspecting parents, I suppose, but as Bill Watterson once put it, the opportunities for mayhem would have been unlimited.

Caturday!

 

Famous Last Words Dep't

 

They can't arrest everybody! ~ Andrew Williams, (former) firefighter.

Other Crafts - A Vacation Cottage from 1936

 

 

In a simpler time, Dad could find himself a nice spot "at the beach or mountains" and build a cottage for the family.  I'm not seeing any instructions on how to address zoning or sewage. From Modern Mechanics, June 1936.

Holidays - National Milk Day

 

Copyright-free, from Dover.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect. ~ Bruce Catton

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Millinery - "A Slick Look" from 1951

 

"A slick look in hats is the desired style this season," according to the Australian Home Journal of October, 1951.  Some tips when purchasing new or refurbishing old. Left click to enlarge.

Caturday!

 

There's an inch of ice on everything - I'm surprised we still have Internet.

Quote Of The Day

 Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow

The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson