French's Parakeet Food Ad, 1956

My Dinner With Fluffy


...and Sparky, and Tweety. Pet food, and other related appearances, from the Fifties, mostly.

02 Sep 2019

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Hallmark Birthday Card, 1938

Front of a die-cut card. I added the pink "mat" to make sizing it a little easier. Printed on back: "A Hallmark Card, Copyright 1938, Hall Brothers, Inc. 10 B 420"

02 Sep 2019

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Hallmark Birthday Card (2), 1938

Card unfolded to give you a better view of the onions. There's a sheer textured plastic layer over them to make them shinier than the rest of the picture. Sorry I couldn't capture that better.

02 Sep 2019

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Get Well Greeting Card, c1940

Yeah, just get out of bed and back to work, Peasant! That latest Covid variant is all you deserve for not being rich!!

17 Jul 2021

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Get Well Greeting Card (2), c1940

With slight text alterations, this mini-sequence of images also reminds you of how smart you were to spay and neuter those strays in the backyard.

26 Aug 2023

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Dog-E-Stu Dog Food Ad, 1956

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 .

02 Oct 2023

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Puss 'N Boots Cat Food Ad, 1959

Ancient cats, and one of them found its way into this now almost-ancient paper collage I made back in the day . From the April issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.
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