amylsacks' photos

Front cover of an illustrated, four-page card. Unsure of the year, and given its overall good shape, it might be a reproduction.

From Good Housekeeping magazine. (Recipe courtesy of the Sodium Is Godhead Foundation.)

As a married urban sophisticate, I concur. Nothing keeps that spark alive like a manly smirk, accompanied by sleepwear that's equal parts old-time nursing assistant and teenage fast food chef. From the 2/13/56 issue of Life magazine.

Their site is cool, but doesn't have the modest charm of these drawings: out.easycounter.com/external/daiyasu.co.jp

I would try all these in a heartbeat.

Lovely coloring to help me forget that I have no sense of direction. ;)

Don't tell me... let me guess... now that building has a Starbucks in it, right? :/ Front of a promotional fold-out published by Daiyasu Co., Ltd, Kyoto, Japan

Impossible to read the postmark, alas. I used the stamp to make a guess regarding its age.

The restaurant was founded in 1949 and stayed in its original location until 1965. More information here and here .

No prices inside this little menu. It's on fancy (but not glossy) paper., It was probably a souvenir and not meant for actually ordering takeout. There's also no octopus listed. But you could get local items like "Yarmouth Bloaters, Toasted, Sauce Robert" and "Roasted Winnipeg Goldeyes." Along with the usual N. American seafood dishes popular in the mid-20th Century. (Shown larger than actual size.)

My new food cart will absolutely be called "The Lusty Tomato." From the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal .

"The magnificent, strutting turkey is King in this month of November as millions of us again celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the holiday uniquely and appropriately American. Buckley MacGurrin, who has provided two other WESTERN FAMILY covers (the nostalgic old-fashioned Valentine and the Nativity), painted this gorgeous gobbler from life, catchiing him in all his regal glory to give him a certain grandeur and immortality. Mr. MacGurrin's work is handled by the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles." From the November issue (of course).

I don't know why this sitcom never made it past the pilot. :p Maybe it debuted on Thanksgiving and got crushed in the ratings by all that ding-dang football. (Illustration by "Howay.")

"One lb. of Danish whole-milk Cheese represents the protein and butter fat of more than 7 pints of milk..." So down the whole pound at once, ya' slacker! Published by the Danish Cheese Export Board, Aarhus, Denmark.

"Cheese Titbits... Use a cocktail stick to hold the cheese and garnishes together where necessary. Arrange the titbits in rows on a big dish..." [snerk] They said "titbits." [snerk] Front of a promo fold-out.

Implausible Dialogue Theatre Presents-- The Silverplate Sisters! From the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal.

Attack of the 50' Bean. :/ From the September issue of Family Circle magazine.

Do you think they used the word "treasure" enough times in the verse? From the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal.