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Meat Buyer's Guide (4), 1961

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:36:47 +0000

Most of the arty drawings of hardworking meat men were too faint to be scanned well, but at least we have this guy.

Edwards Coffee Ad, 1954

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:47:58 +0000

She wanted the keys to time and space, but this was the key she had to settle for.

From the March issue of Family Circle.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 3rd, 2011.)

Turn To Sandwiches (9), 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:49:40 +0000

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One last look at a few of the fun pictures in this volume. Sorry I couldn't post more, but the year's almost over and it's time to move on.

Turn To Sandwiches (7), 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:02:53 +0000

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Let's skip past the pages about breakfast (Applesauce + toast = "Sandwich." Yay.) and about how canned pineapple makes your hot dog a Hawaiian vacation. It's lunchtime.

L. I don't get why they're very specific sometimes regarding what to drink at lunch. But here, they just tell you to have a "beverage." Maybe they hoped for "Turn To Sandwiches II" and wanted to save some innovations for later...?

R. Proletarian Pete's corner has both the most awkward pose and the best sandwich/snack names.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 7th, 2011.)

Braemar Knitwear Ad, 1953

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:13:56 +0000

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I personally have never appreciated this so-called artist "Michiz" (?), nor their green-skinned alien models who keep beaming down to Earth and seducing OUR men!! >:

From the April 1st issue of The New Yorker.

Western Family, August 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:18:51 +0000

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"Cover credits: Posters from American Airlines, Union Pacific Railroad, United Air Lines."

From the August issue.

Western Family, 1955

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:12:56 +0000

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"'Redhead' was painted by Russell Cowles, one of America's finest artists. All his work is distinguished by a beauty of design, organization, color, and aesthetic overtones.. The original of this portrait is in the art collection of Dartmouth College, where Mr. Cowles was graduated cum laude in 1909. He studied art in New York, Paris, and Rome. During World War I, he worked for the Intelligence Service of the American Navy, in Italy. His paintings are exhibited in all the major museums of the United States..."

Western Family, 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:22:47 +0000

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"Alice Randolph, who painted 'Patsy's Pink Ribbon,' on this month's cover, was for ten years advertising manager of specialty shops but gave it up, she says, to paint full time and enjoy life! She also has enjoyed a great many honors since then, her paintings having been exhibited all over the U.S.A. and at three one-man [?] shows. She studied with Jerry Farnsworth, a top portrait painter in both Cape Cod and in Florida. She now resides in California and won a Huntington Hartford Fellowship in 1954. 'Patsy' is a fine example of the beauty and personality with which Mrs. Randolph endows her paintings of children, a talent which has placed her portraits in private collections in every section of the country."

The WF editors must have had a thing for redheads.

From the June issue.

"Don't You Wish..." Postcard, c1905

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:00:18 +0000

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Impossible to read the postmark, alas. I used the stamp to make a guess regarding its age.

King Neptune Sea Foods Menu (2) c1960

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:19:19 +0000

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The restaurant was founded in 1949 and stayed in its original location until 1965. More information here and here.

King Neptune Sea Foods Menu c1960

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:19:17 +0000

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No prices inside this little menu. It's on fancy (but not glossy) paper., It was probably a souvenir and not meant for actually ordering takeout. There's also no octopus listed. But you could get local items like "Yarmouth Bloaters, Toasted, Sauce Robert" and "Roasted Winnipeg Goldeyes." Along with the usual N. American seafood dishes popular in the mid-20th Century.

(Shown larger than actual size.)

Heinz Tomato Soup Ad, 1947

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 03:15:32 +0000

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My new food cart will absolutely be called "The Lusty Tomato."

From the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal.

Western Family, 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:08:10 +0000

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"The magnificent, strutting turkey is King in this month of November as millions of us again celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the holiday uniquely and appropriately American. Buckley MacGurrin, who has provided two other WESTERN FAMILY covers (the nostalgic old-fashioned Valentine and the Nativity), painted this gorgeous gobbler from life, catchiing him in all his regal glory to give him a certain grandeur and immortality. Mr. MacGurrin's work is handled by the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles."

From the November issue (of course).

Western Family, 1950

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:08:07 +0000

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I don't know why this sitcom never made it past the pilot. :p Maybe it debuted on Thanksgiving and got crushed in the ratings by all that ding-dang football.

(Illustration by "Howay.")