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  1. DecoDame

    Crazes of the Era

    How big was Dick Tracy back in the day? When did that peak? I love saddle shoes and I wear them, but I know that most people associate it with a 50s teenager/cheerleader look, so I'm aware that I'm a little old (to them) to be wearing such things. Or they think I need a poodle skirt to go with...
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    Essentials of a 40's Party

    I'm quite literally too late to the party, but would love to experience "a do" like this. You're lucky to have near-by friends or relations that can appreciate it. As an aside, we grew up with Ranch house, TV dinners and paper napkins (oh my) as the norm. I didn't start using a cloth napkin...
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    Miss America : Standards of American Beauty over the Years

    Not sure how it's possible to take things too seriously and make things needlessly controversial, but also be someone who is shallowly only interested in "clothes and decor"? Seems a contradiction to me. Anyway, I personally don't really have a strong opinion about the pageants, at all. If I...
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    Miss America : Standards of American Beauty over the Years

    There's always a fun spectrum of "Amusing to Disturbing" in discovering what some men's notions of feminism are...
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    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Don't forget Leo Sayer... Or my older brother. Who actually permed his hair that way.
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    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Ugh. If only I had invested in higher quality items I saw all.the.time. back then. It was everywhere. Idiot child, was I.
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    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    *raises hand* Yes, I'm one of those strange specimens that have fond thoughts about (some of) the 80s. Precisely because it was my young adult time, first-taste-of-freedom and I didn't have to worry about a "real job" yet and was wholly ignorant of current events or politics (not really proud of...
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    The WPA

    Thanks for that link to Living New Deal, Lizzie. I'm enjoying reading about the projects in my area. There are some great period photos of workers in some of the entries, such as this: (And I'm a sucker for old photos including dogs, too)
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    15 Old House Features that we were wrong to abandon...

    I love those vestibules, Fading Fast. I still think they make a lot of practical sense. And I would add to the weather considerations that it's damned handy when you have dogs whose...er, "enthusiasm" makes answering a front door a challenge. With the vestibule you can quickly shut them out of...
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    15 Old House Features that we were wrong to abandon...

    Plus that forced air heat dries us up so badly, I feel like a nicely cured bit of beef jerky straight from the dehydrator come February. Really hate it. Our present home has a gas wall furnace that blows its heat and we've only used it the last few years as back-up (or a quick fix on cold...
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    15 Old House Features that we were wrong to abandon...

    I'm all for most of these suggestions: casement windows, eating nooks, window seats especially. The stuff that's useful and also keeps you from feeling like you're just living in a drywall box. But I don't think anyone has mentioned steam heat radiators yet. I'm sure there are many issues I'm...
  14. DecoDame

    What is a Lady?

    Sheeplady, I enjoyed your list very much. I have no one to directly pass it on to, but maybe I can aspire to lead by example. I especially liked that it didn't fall into the "snoot" factor, where I think a lot of people believe that to be a "lady" is to feel yourself above someone else. "She...
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    1920's fashion - femme vs. not-femme?

    I'm no expert, but my impression over the years was yes, women in pants in the 20s existed mainly on the extreme ends of the social spectrum, for the most part. Men's work clothes worn for necessity during the work itself by working class women and then "shocking" pants for women of the upper...
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    Cincinnati Union Station

    Thanks, filfoster, for that first hand experience. I've taken the Amtrack train out of Cincy the last few years, the last actual train related business they have going on there (which tends to leave the station at 2AM) - but that's just a taste of its former grandeur before it was initially shut...
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    My new toaster

    I know they're decades apart, but I can see that copper toaster looking right at home in a more Arts and Crafts-like home...
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    My new toaster

    Thanks for the link! So, ours is as early as '47 - good to know! The illustrating pic of our model in the copper (!) color shows the wider handles I was describing (I don't think I've ever seen a copper model in person at all).
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    Show us your vintage home!

    Big Man, you just made me tear up.
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    My new toaster

    Finding this thread is funny. The spouse and I just had a omelet brunch with toast here at home today with our own Toastmaster, and were just saying how much we liked to use it and how it effortlessly it lends a stylish, vintage touch to the kitchen, just sitting on the counter. Ours is a...
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    Cincinnati Union Station

    Sorry - the andirons didn't want to load:
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    Cincinnati Union Station

    Fading Fast, you're welcome - An interesting thing about the offices, they were pretty small in size. The President's office was not much larger than the secretary's just outside the door, and they were both much smaller than the "bigger is more impressive" trap that modern offices often fall...

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