Tag: 1930s
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Sally Makes a Conquest
My J.C. Penney’s copy of the January 1939 McCall Style News has this fantastic comic strip advertising J.C. Penney’s fabric department (click to magnify): Four lessons I learned from this comic strip-advertisement: A high resolution PDF copy of the January 1939 McCall Style News is now available in the shop:
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Heat Wave! Vintage Beachwear Patterns
It’s been a very hot summer here in Toronto. The Toronto Standard’s recent article on nearby Sunnyside Beach is a reminder of how Torontonians coped with high temperatures in the days before air conditioning. The stretch of Lake Ontario shoreline known as Sunnyside Beach was a popular bathing spot from the early 20th century on,…
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