still very puzzling

Now that puzzles are available again, here's some neato ones I have to show you,
all of which began life in the 1950s and early 1960s as book covers.  

Note that each and every one looks waaaayyyyy better in person.  

Under Cover of Night

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Chicks' Own Annual 1956

I have more puzzles with covers from books originally aimed at kids.  
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Some Women Won't Wait

Nudge nudge, wink wink
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Invitation to Murder

 This book fell into my lap a few years ago.  It was my introduction to Nero Wolfe, and since then I've become a huge fan of those books.  They're SOOOO entertaining.
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I have a TON of these books, but so far this has been the only one's cover I've had time to do anything with.  

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Wives To Burn

If that's not a provocative title, I don't know what is.
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See more, get more here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/puzzles

Bag o' the Day

The print on today's bag comes from a 19th century book I have on animal husbandry.

The book is FULL of prints of sheep, cattle, pigs, and poultry, and there are hundreds of items in my shop graced with these prints.

Including this bag, which depicts Cotswold ewes:

Note that the print on the actual bag is waaayyy sharper than what you see above.

Note also that my shop has dozens - if not hundreds - of bags printed with the aforementioned sheep, cattle, pigs, and poultry.  Along with lots and lots of other merchandise, including plates and napkins which would be perfect for the barn wedding.

Get the bag here:

https://www.zazzle.com/19th_century_cotswold_ewes_print_tote_bag-256827636572738007

New additions to my advertising ashtray collection

Three !

Two I got from one place -- Goodwill - and the other... I forget.

Gene Johnson's Driftwood Inn

That's Vineland, NJ.  The place is long gone. 

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Frank Mazza & Son Furniture

 No longer in biz as a furniture store.  It's now 'Antique Marketplace' run by one of the Mazzas.

See the article: 

https://pressofatlanticcity.com/business/former-furniture-dealer-operates-antique-marketplace-co-op-in-hammonton/article_54369b74-cada-11e1-a112-001a4bcf887a.html

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Scaffidi's Diner, Hammonton, NJ

Also out of business.

Both Vineland and Hammonton have very large Italian populations, with the accompanying amount of awesome Italian restaurants.  

Illiano's in Hammonton is AWESOME.  

There was a place I ate at a few years ago in Vineland, which was GREAT, but alas I can't remember what it was called.  

Latest antiques and untiques

TWO latest antiques and untiques post in one week!

And so much MORE MORE MORE coming!!!

Here's what we got:

A SUPER-adorable Pendelfin bunny named Lucy Pocket

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a circa 1970 glass creamer and sugar bowl set in the popular color of the era, i.e. avocado

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beautiful Aardvark Canada carved soapstone bighorn sheep

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a VERY cool folk art mask and ring (like to hang it from),

 both carved from a single block of wood.

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butterfly lady at her golden pool

Something great for the fantasy-intensive decor!

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the side of a hundred year-old -- give or take - box of Duryea's Cornstarch

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       circa 1920 crazy quilt top   SOLD

Marvelous, no?

(YES!!)

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History's Most Awesome carved wooden box

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That's it for now, but there is so SO SO much more coming !!!

See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Bag o' the Day

Today's bag is something that the fan of Victorian fashion would adore:

an 1852 print from an old French ladies magazine

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1852_french_fashion_plate_crossbody_bag-256146109842661568

See the other 3,000 or so bags in my shop here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/bags

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is the ever-delicious Louis Jourdan

I've seen Gigi more times than I've had hot dinners.

I've also seen him in the 1970s BBC version of Dracula almost as many times.  According to some of the purists I've known, his performance as Dracula is the only truly great one.

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I was wandering around a store this morning, and the music coming out of the store's whatsis was all stuff from the 1980s that I LOVE.

Here's one:

'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' - Culture Club

latest antiques and untiques

The last few weeks have been FANTASTIC in terms of finding the rare, the unusual, and the completely and totally awesome.

Here's just a few.  Note there are waayyyy more coming.

I have two super-cool, super fun Ui-maikai Hawaiian dresses from the 1960s.

                              this is the first one              SOLD

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and this is the second, 

with a print of cute wahinis amidst titles of 

                     old-timey Hawaiian-inspired popular songs      SOLD

 Unfortunately for many of us, the sizes of the dresses are teensy weensy.  Dress #1 is about a size 0.  Dress #2 is about a size 2.
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We be also having reading material.

This is REALLY cool, if you have any connection to Lafayette College, beings as it's a 

1926 book on the history of Lafayette's athletic program.

Lotsa pix of coaches and teams and stand-out players and that spread out on the book's 272 pages.

Here's the cover:

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Our other reading material is even older AND has more pictures.

In fact one on just about every page.

The 1907 Birch Carriages and Harnesses catalog.

The company is pretty much forgotten, although if Mr. Birch had a little more foresight, everybody in the WORLD would remember this company.

Why?

Because Birch was approached by Henry Ford, who offered Birch the chance to manufacture Ford's automobiles.  Birch refused, because he did not believe that horse-drawn travel would ever be supplanted.  

The business closed in 1918.

144 pages of carriages, rickshaws, and horse tack !
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Something sweet for your MIJ collection,

featuring a cute little bird

Keywords for your interest and edification: Satsuma, moriage, moriaga
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 We be having Indians aka Native Americans aka First Nations peeps.

                      In stein form        SOLD

from 1969.

AND...

                                   tobacco jar form                 SOLD

from around 1905
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                The 1960s and '70s were a very good time for glass.   SOLD

note that the color of this marvelous item is LAVENDER/Purple

 and not the mauve-ish shade you see here.

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That's all for now.  I might be back tomorrow with MORE.

Speaking of more...

See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques