Mustached man on Cabinet Card plus other stuff

Show and Tell Friday, Love his slicked down parted hair and big mustache.

Happy Home Needle Book - with needles and threader

Perfect for travel, pop into your purse, place in Glove Compartment, store in your RV

This vintage Sewing Item is available for purchase on eBay. Click here

Coca Cola No Drip Dry Protector Sleeve

These paper sleeves were attached to Coca Cola Vending machines in the 1930's.  They were slipped over a bottle of Coke to keep your hands dry.  No drips, no wet bottle.  They protected your hands from get cold and wet.

On eBay Click Here

I suddenly like golf!

With all the golf tournaments on television I have found them quite exciting.  I now am Golf
Fan.

National Postcard Week May 5 to May 11

If you go to Twitter and type in National Postcard Week you will find links to wonderful web pages..blogs etc.  Maybe I will make a postcard for the occasion the next few days.  So it is......

NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK !  Send a postcard to a friend.

One of my favorite Kewpie postcards

RPPC Postcard Lady of the 1930's or 1940's AZO stamp box

Postcards were popular with families.  They had photos taken and turned into postcards.  Usually the people are not identified and you do not have a clue who the person is.  The cabinet cards shared on previous posts show fashionable ladies.  This lady probably lives on a farm and works hard.  Why the picture is so small I don't know.  If it is a real photo postcard you can date them by the stamp box.

This stamp box reads AZO with squares in the corner and the words PLACE STAMP HERE.  On a chart this indicates the lady lived between 1924 and 1949 when these types of cards were printed. This link can useful dating photo postcards http://www.playle.com/realphoto/

Best used for unmailed postcard as a stamp would cover up the box. Sorry picture is hard to read.

Unique Photo sizes and Frames - Carre Card (cabinet card era)

The Carre Card -  A type of Cabinet Card measuring 3 inches by 3 inches used in a DIAMOND formation.  The woman photographed here is Margaret Eggleton Shaw.

 It also states on the back that it is a Carre Card and taken at the Rembrandt Gallery, 86 Bank St. Waterbury Connecticut.

I could not find Margaret's name online or any information about the Rembrandt Gallery.  I did read that there is a Banks Street Historic District in Waterbury Conn.  There are 4 attached commercial buildings still standing that were built in the late 1800's but the address is 207 - 231 Banks Street while the Rembrandt Gallery was at 86 Banks Street.

In the 1890's women piled their hair into buns, maybe one is hidden under her hat.  Balloon type sleeves were also popular.  

(I recommend 19th century Card Photos Kwik Guide by Gary W. Clark.)  You can learn a lot about cabinet cards and other type photographs.