Vintage Packaging

Vintage card of Victory brand bobbie pins - "purse pack bobbies," if you will - probably 1940's.

Unused, vintage label for Waukesha Arcadian brand cream soda, bottled by the Waukesha Roxo Company of Wisconsin.

Vintage packaging for Laymon's brand hankerchiefs - circa 1930's.

A delightful piece of packaging, this vintage Neisbro Hair Net packs plenty of visual punch and borrows graphical elements ranging from Art Deco to its Middle Eastern backdrop.

Vintage Duchess Hair Net - made of self conforming hand finished silk - circa 1940's.

Vintage Wearwell Hair Net - made of sterilated hair - dated 1946.

Vintage Lorraine Hair Net - made of "Invisitex" human hair - dated 1947.

Vintage can of Plasti-Glaze glazing compound from Curtis Products Inc., Chicago, Illinois - probably 1950's.

Vintage box of Biltrite brand rubber heels - 1940's.

Vintage can of Sure Seal Pipe Joint Compound - probably 1940's.

Vintage can of Steelcote Rubber Enamel from the Steelcote Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, depicting a more traditional division of labor - 1940's.

Vintage cardboard package of Spartans brand prophylactics - 1950's

Vintage light bulb package from the 1950's featuring Commonwealth Edison's classic icon - "Little Bill."

Vintage Cherry Chan candy box from Ferrara Pan, depicting a fairly sinister Charlie Chan look-a-like. The box dates from the early 1980's and was soon after changed to Cherry Clan, a re-design which still played on Far-eastern stereotypes. Their whole line of flavored candies was more recently brought in line with the Lemonhead branding, as Cherry Clan became Cherry Head candies, and Alexander the Grape took on the less flamboyant Grape Head title.

Vintage cardboard container for Likoffy brand coffee substitute - no date, probably 1920's.

Hop aboard the magic carpet for a ride to a mid-century 'Wonderland!' This over-sized painting set bears no details about the manufacturer, but included over eighty different colors and measures about twenty inches wide. Note: One eB@y seller lists this as being made in England; although it bears no markings, it's quite possible, as it does not look unlike the art found on many children's books printed in England around this era.

Vintage Quakersol solvent container - circa 1950's.

Vintage Wil-Bond Sanding Liquid container - circa 1950's.