From my childhood, I have a copy of the 1968 Sears catalog – Christmas Edition – otherwise known as the “Wish Book”. It was always exciting to go through the catalog, picking out all sorts of groovy toys and clothes, and dreaming of finding them under the tree. The quirky thing about the Wish Book… Read more »
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60s Campbell Soup Kids Go Flower Child!
I love this fabulous vintage 1968 advertisement for Campbell’s Soup! Actually, it is for the poster “The Campbell Hang-Up” that you could send in for. It features the iconic Campbell Soup Kids as Hippie Flower Children in a psychedelic Peter Max-ish print. Far-out, man! To get this way-out 2′ by 3′ poster, you had to… Read more »
1960s Kodak Instamatic Camera: The Original Instagram
I think Instagram images are really pretty cool. They have that retro vibe that makes new pics look like they were taken in the 60s. But the genuine original Instagram, the Kodak Instamatic Camera, was what started it all, and is what Instagram is based on. First out in 1963, the Instamatic was a hit… Read more »
Romeo and Juliet ~ Leonard Whiting & Olivia Hussey ~ Romantic Fashion 1968
Perusing through my stash of vintage Seventeen magazines, I am now utterly convinced that 1968 was the year of the Romantic in fashion, movies and advertising. The key players seem to be the stars of the movie Romeo and Juliet, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. They were gloriously featured, not only in the film, but… Read more »
Vintage Laundry and Tide – No Rinsing Needed?
This is a fab vintage Tide ad from Ladies’ Home Journal, January 1951. I love how it portrays neighboring housewives comparing laundry over a white picket fence. Of course they are drying their laundry on clotheslines, as most households at that time didn’t have automatic dryers. Hearing tales from my mother and grandmother, it was… Read more »
The Romantic 60s ~ Heaven Sent Fragrance and Yardley of London Slickers
What people tend to forget is that not all of the 1960s was Mod or Hippie style. The late 60s had a real Romantic element to it, inspired in part by blockbuster movies such as Romeo and Juliet. Of course, the advertisers got caught up in this by creating particularly beautiful ad campaigns. I really… Read more »