Archive for November, 2008
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Poor Little Working Girl
I bought this old birthday card at the Columbus Flea Market in central NJ. It’s from the 1940s. To fully understand the humor of it, you need to see the inside. The Victory Tax refers to the one tacked on to wages in the WW II years, and apparently it was pretty high. I get [...]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Trenton Then and Now
The first picture is taken looking south on West State St. from N. Willow St., near the Thomas Edison State College building, in October 2008. I am not sure what the name of the building with the triangular (empty) sign on the top was, but I think it may have been the Trenton Savings bank [...]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Connecticut Renaissance Faire
Some pics from the 2008 Connecticut Renaissance Faire held in Hebron, Connecticut. We had a mellow autumn day of feasting, sightseeing, and people watching, most of them dressed as kings and queens, princesses and fairies, witches, pirates, outlaws, and greenwomen and mudmen. If you’re wondering what a mudman is, it is a man dressed like [...]
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
November Desserts
This is one of the larger booklets in my collection. It’s 10 x 14 when fully opened. The colors really are that psychedelic and bright. General Foods published it in 1940, and the desserts are presented month by month in a two-page calendar block spread, each day giving a recipe or a helpful hint using [...]
