Vintage Alaska Graveyard Photos (early 1900's)

I found these on the University of Washington web site while searching for something spooky and Halloween-ie-ish to post here. These photos are in actuality far more hauntingly beautiful than they are creepy but I found them so interesting that I thought they are worth sharing anyway. I spend a lot of my computer time primarily on business realted stuff but I am now wondering what other vintage wonderments are out there waiting to be unearthed (no graveyard pun intended, ok, maybe a little intended... : ) I really need to set aside a little bit of time each week to look things up simply for my own amusement and not just to try and retail price a thing in our collections... -Laura

Vintage 1901 film 23rd Street NYC, five decades before Marilyn made this behavior iconic.

I found this bit of film on The Library of Congress web site and although I noticed several of the women in it seemed to be wearing identical outfits, (not to mention that very few city walkers were even remotely glancing at the camera which must have been HUGE and not a commonplace item on the street for it's time) I didn't realize that it was most likely a staged scene until closer to the end.


Risque behavior, 1901 style.



(50 some odd years before The Seven Year Itch, clearly these film makers way ahead of thier time: )

Business as usual...

My day has been absolutely made by an order for trading cards that charmed me to no end. Part of the address included, "Honeypot Business Center" and all I could think was "Like where Winnie the Pooh would work?!?" I seriously want to stick Winnie the Pooh stickers all over this envelope but what if it's a serious business building? It could be.. I would hate to lose a potential repeat customer for sticking silly stickers on an envelope headed for "The Honeypot Business Center" if it's actually a Fortune 500 international banking hub and I'm just too daft to know anything about it. "Honeypot" could also be an adult business center, specializing in "mature" business for "adults only" and I think that would be even more awful if an envelope covered in Winnie the Pooh stickers showed up at the office. So, Boring as it is, the cards will be sent in a plain white envelope and I will just have to keep to myself the charming thought that perhaps, just perhaps, Grrl Pickers can now count inhabitants of the 100 acre wood as customers.... : )

Your Lucky Day Thrift Shop - Sunday Flea Market Stoughton, MA

 
   I am headed over to Your Lucky Day thrift Shop in Stoughton, MA to participate in their Sunday  Flea Market.

   Looking forward to a new venue and the fact that this particular flea market is indoors, I've had enough flea market sunburn this season to last me a lifetime!

     If you are in the neighborhood today, stop on by!

      If not today, stop by some other time, or go ahead and "like" thier facebook page.

    There is always something new and fun at Your Lucky Day thrift shop!



Your Lucky Day Thrift Shop Facebook Page

Have a very vintage summer!

Only a few short weeks of summer left, enjoy the time left in vintage style!

(Clara Bow and her dog, Duke)   

Dog Days of Summer (vintage postcards featuring dogs)

A few cute vintage postcards featuring dogs:

And Grrl Picker Laura's resident live in beastie, "Chewie". He is not a postcard but he's cute enough to be featured anyways...

Ray Bolger postcard - Scarecrow Wizard of Oz

Interesting postcard featuring actor Ray Bolger who went on to star as the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz.