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    1950s     catalogs     cute     illustration     red     toys     vintage     design    
    dreaming of toys cover for F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas Catalog c. 1959
(via wishbook)
    cameras     design     fun     lights     recycle     vintage     lamps    
    covers     design     fashion     illustration     logos     magazines     vintage     1940s    
    Halloween     records     covers     vinyl     vintage    
    “Happy Halloween from Jive Time Records. See what monsters were lurking in the dark recesses of our record bins.” —Oldies but Ghoulies, same folks behind Project Thirty-Three 
oldiesbutghoulies:

Ghostly Sounds (Power Records)

    “Happy Halloween from Jive Time Records. See what monsters were lurking in the dark recesses of our record bins.”
    Oldies but Ghoulies, same folks behind Project Thirty-Three

    oldiesbutghoulies:

    Ghostly Sounds (Power Records)

    1940s     Knoll     design     furniture     paper     vintage     ephemera    
    thisisdisplay:

Knoll Associates Inc. Original Letterhead – Herbert Matter, 1948

    thisisdisplay:

    Knoll Associates Inc. Original Letterhead – Herbert Matter, 1948

    vintage     packaging     design     food     nostalgia    
    Tesco Supermarket replica
At a past Goodwood Revival, an old style Tesco Supermarket was recreated right down to the façade, details of the vintage food packaging designs in the aisles, and the inclusion of a classic Coca-Cola vending machine.
(more photos via tasteologie)

    Tesco Supermarket replica

    At a past Goodwood Revival, an old style Tesco Supermarket was recreated right down to the façade, details of the vintage food packaging designs in the aisles, and the inclusion of a classic Coca-Cola vending machine.

    (more photos via tasteologie)

    vintage     cars     Cuba     photography     design     classic    
    design     history     logos     nostalgia     tv     video     vintage     1950s    

    “On October 20, 1951, the American public got its first look at the CBS Eye logo.” —CBS Eye Commemerative Video

    As the Creative Director, William “Bill” Golden is credited with designing the iconic on-air “Eye” identity symbol for CBS Television (with the help of designer Kurt Weihs). William Golden was awarded an AIGA Medal back in 1998.

    cbs eye logo design history 60th birthday

    vintage     illustration     painting     animals     Jim Flora    
     more Jim Flora discovered
Local Government or the Commuter and Well-Fed at Last are two pencil illustrations with color found in Jim Flora’s c. 1960s sketchpad.

    more Jim Flora discovered

    Local Government or the Commuter and Well-Fed at Last are two pencil illustrations with color found in Jim Flora’s c. 1960s sketchpad.

    vintage     bikes     ads     flickr    
    Dutch Bicycle History
Letterlust (on flickr) has an impressive image collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, and vintage advertisements relating to bicycles in The Netherlands, some dating back to the early 1900s.
(above Batavus Rijwielen ad c. 1950s)

    Dutch Bicycle History

    Letterlust (on flickr) has an impressive image collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, and vintage advertisements relating to bicycles in The Netherlands, some dating back to the early 1900s.

    (above Batavus Rijwielen ad c. 1950s)

    1950s     Czech     bikes     boxes     design     packaging     vintage    
    packaging for Velo Free Wheel Clutch bicycle parts in a box, c. 1950?(first discovered via Made in Czechoslovakia, via goenetix)

    packaging for Velo Free Wheel Clutch bicycle parts in a box, c. 1950?

    (first discovered via Made in Czechoslovakia, via goenetix)

    flickr     vintage     photography     Stockholm     transportation     fashion     1950s    
    Stockholm Transport Museum joins the Commons on Flickr

(above photograph of Storefront at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm with mannequins wearing floral print dresses c. 1957, taken by Gunnar Ekelund)

    Stockholm Transport Museum joins the Commons on Flickr

    (above photograph of Storefront at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm with mannequins wearing floral print dresses c. 1957, taken by Gunnar Ekelund)

    vintage     ads     design     typewriters     colors     Olivetti    
    vintage ad for Olivetti Lexikon Elettrica typewriter designed by Giovanni Pintori
(found in an old Graphis magazine c. 1955 via letterologist)

    vintage ad for Olivetti Lexikon Elettrica typewriter designed by Giovanni Pintori

    (found in an old Graphis magazine c. 1955 via letterologist)

    1970s     Israel     birds     design     holidays     peace     stamps     symbolic     vintage    
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Israel postage stamp: festivals 5737 dove
depicts Peace with dove and olive branch from Festivals 5737 (1976) series The inscription on tab reads: “By three things is the world preserved by Truth, by Judgment, and by Peace” (Ethics of the Fathers I, 18) designed by Asher Kalderon

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    Israel postage stamp: festivals 5737 dove

    depicts Peace with dove and olive branch

    from Festivals 5737 (1976) series

    The inscription on tab reads: “By three things is the world preserved by Truth, by Judgment, and by Peace” (Ethics of the Fathers I, 18)

    designed by Asher Kalderon

    vintage     colors     design     typography