Through The Years

900__DSC0368 by GintarasJ on Flickr.

Just ‘HAD TO’ share this! Boy the memories!

myvintagevogue:

Jantzen 1947 / Illustrated by Pete Hawley

The men were so fortunate - 100% virgin worsted wool trunks!  Wonder how many became so water logged that they slid off?  Can you imagin wool & sand combo in your shorts!? LOL

(via vintascope)

nypl:

Today in History

Coney Island’s Luna Park in opened today in 1903. This photo was taken shortly after the park opened, in 1907 (Courtesy of NYPL Digital Gallery.)

DId you know that NYPL teamed up with Coney Island Brewing Company in Brooklyn to create a beer fit for a Founding Father – a porter based on George Washington’s handwritten “small beer” recipe, which can be found in the Library’s extensive collections.

What’s your favorite Coney Island attraction?

Washington made beer!?!

bldg92:

I’ll be home for Christmas, If only in my dreams…

An example of WWII era “V-MAIL.” V-MAIL, also known as “Victory Mail” was the means by which servicemen could correspond with their loved ones at home.  Correspondence was sent through a censoring process, transferred to film, and then printed at its final destination in a miniaturized form (this example, sent to a young woman in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s finance department, measure just 4.25 x 5 inches).  

The sentiment of this card is a poignant reminder of the necessary make-do spirit required of our service people during the holidays.

With that in mind, BLDG 92 wishes you all a happy holidays, wherever you might find yourself! 

Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive, Gift of Donald Uvick

I never heard of Victory Mail before reading this….very interesting.  

turnofthecentury:

 Reve d’une Vierge (Virgin Dream)

French ‘Metamorphosis’ Postcard,1908

available HERE

I just adore this hat/postcard

questionableadvice:

~ Keeping Up With Teen-Agers, by Evelyn Millis Duvall, 1947

…….So?…..That’s EVERY SINGLE generation then?  Right?