amylsacks' photos

He's disturbed (and so am I) because that perfume flask looks like a headless model in a push-up bra.

Jeez. Is that crowd on loan from a wax museum? Are they waiting for James Bond to burst in and shake things up? From Look magazine.

I don't want to fill a duck with slugs. As a gardener, I prefer to have the ducks come around and fill up on the slugs in my yard. ;) From the October issue of American Rifleman .

Yeah, I'm like this, too. Whenever I see a lovely green space I immediately want to strew cigarette butts all over it. :/ From the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.

"At Air Step Division we bring the Axis-- to heel !!" (Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.) From the July 31st issue of Life magazine.

"English's Choice Antiques. Rt. 1, Box 299, Hiway 99E, Hubbard, Oregon, 97032, Phone 981-9821. Estates bought and sold. Furniture, old glass, china, lamps, brass, etc. OLD TREASURES YOU'D LIKE TO LIVE WITH. Closed Monday & Tuesday. Techniphoto. Henry McGrew Printing, K.C. Mo., 61038, Action Color Adv., 2502 SE Belmont, Portland, Ore., 234-3689. I did some research, but couldn't find any history of this shop or the folks who ran it, alas. So the date range is just a guess. There's no phone area code listed, and Oregon got its first one in 1947. But this card looks much more recent than that. Anyway, off to the more important stage: turning it into a pixel-art game where a cat raids the shop and you have to distract them before they can break everything. :D Slightly enlarged to show detail.

Back in the day, the I. Magnin stores were as chic as chic could be. Even the poop-disposal bags came with little bows to match the useless big bow in the middle of your suit jacket. From the August issue of Everywoman's Magazine .

Thanks, Aunt Jenny and we leave you to your bicarbonate post-supper cocktail as this cooking class draws to a close! [salute]

Yeah, be sure to leave your wedding ring on while oiling up the bird. No way could this end with it accidentally roasting in the bottom of the pan and then getting crunched on by an unsuspecting guest. o_0

When you're a square, everyone else is above you. Literally. :(

"Woodland Nut Cakes" is the name of my 1990s Squirrel Nut Zippers tribute band. "Lever Bros. are picking up the bill..."

At least Helen got an actual name. Poor Bride. Also, I don't see or hear any Boss in this story. I bet Groom made him up because he hasn't found work yet and the women are just playing along out of pity.

This Dolly Madison is not to be confused with the snack-cake company that inflated every 1970s Peanuts special with ads for stuff you couldn't even buy where I lived. Bah!

Of course Helen's husband is demanding more pie! It's all she's serving for dinner! Tsk!

I've got a tip for all Lever Sisters: when cooking on-camera, don't pinch up your whole face as if the cat just used its litter box on the other side of the counter and then didn't cover up.

"...The Easy Spry Way!" Since I started re-watching *The Carol Burnett Show*, all I can see when I look at Aunt Jenny is Thelma Harper. o_0 Front and back cover of a 50-page promotional published by Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Originally posted to flickr on January 30, 2011.

All three paints... can be washed again and again." Yeah, with all those birds around, I hope so. o_0 From the November issue of Better Homes & Gardens .

Notes from an April 24th, 1985 Sotheby's catalogue: "Signed Oil on canvas "22 by X 18 1/2 in. 56 X 47 cm. Painted in 1924 " Provenance Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris Wildenstein and Co. (sold to Mrs. Gould in 1957) " Exhibited Nice, Palais de la Mediterranee, Peintes de Nice et sur la Cote d'Azur 1860-1960 , 1960, no. 3, pl. 1, illustrated... "$175,000 - 225,000"