Vintage Jewelry - Brooches and Pins from 1949

 

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From the UK magazine Hobbies Weekly, designs for jewelry to be fashioned out of wood or sheet plastic.  Complete instructions and a downloadable issue from December 21, 1949 can be found at the Internet Archive.

"All That Marching Never Accomplishes Anything"

 

Vintage Advertising - Camels' Cigarettes, 1927

 

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Quote of the Day

 Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase "The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like "The innocent have nothing to fear." ~ Sir Terry Pratchett

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Vintage Woodworking - A Folding Bookshelf from 1915

 

From The Boy Mechanic, Book II, published in 1915 and available as a free download from Project Gutenberg.  Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Magazines - Woman's Day, March 1949

 

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Quote Of The Day

Trump administration officials have told lawmakers that they plan to put the money raised from their seizure of Venezuelan oil into bank accounts outside the U.S. Treasury. Desjardins clarified that “sources said they understood these as similar [to] or decidedly ‘off-shore’ accounts.”

Yesterday, Trump announced that, as president of the United States, he would control the money from the sale of Venezuelan oil. ~  Heather Cox Richardson.

Re-read that last part.

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Vintage Sewing - A Dog Coat from 1976

 Another project from last week's Woman's Day Book of Gifts to Make.  This made-to-measure coat will ensure Fideaux stays warm this month.  The book can be borrowed at the Open Library.

Vintage Advertising - Campbell's Soup

 

American Woman, July 1931

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