Coffee for enjoyment
Coffee, there is nothing better. But, well, perhaps a nice bit of coffee ephemera comes close. This promotional leaflet Coffee...
Tag: 1950s
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Paris
Paris is Shelf Appeal’s favorite city. Not simply because they do the best fashion and toy exhibitions there. Not only...
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The Mr and Mrs Cook Book
Last year Shelf Appeal was doing some research on interwar cookbooks and leaflets. It’s a bit of a wheeze for...
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The stationer’s shop
Illustrations of shops and shopping pull me in like a magnet. Historical ones. New ones. I like them in a...
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Casually Italian
Shelf Appeal doesn’t knit much but likes lots of knitting-associated bits and pieces. This pattern has long been hanging around...
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Attishu
Such a prosaic item a handkerchief. Somewhat out of fashion now. There are some very lovely vintage handkerchief designs. There...
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Kayser boys
The marketing of women’s stockings has taken interesting turns and twists (or runs and ladders) over the years. The sexual...
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Window shopping
Ladybird books are lovely things. They pull gently at childhood memories if you are old enough to remember reading them....
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Summer’s wane
It’s always nice to find survivors. A small and attractive one here. This might have been for selling sweeties in,...
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Sheep’s clothing
I don’t know about you, but my feet are cold. I dally between my Icelandic wool slippers, layering up the...