dreaming of toys cover for F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas Catalog c. 1959

(via wishbook)

vintage plastic cameras turned into Nightlights by Jason Hull

(first discovered via neatorama, above Ansco Cadet II w/ flash)

Vogue magazine cover from April 1944, illustrated by Salvador Dali
(via Modesquisse)

“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)

thisisdisplay:

Knoll Associates Inc. Original Letterhead – Herbert Matter, 1948

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)

colors of Cars in Cuba

(via flickr blog, above “Havana Hopper” photograph by Luis Mariano González)

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.

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)

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

(first discovered via Made in Czechoslovakia, via goenetix)

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 ad for Olivetti Lexikon Elettrica typewriter designed by Giovanni Pintori

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

stampdesigns:

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

Sears, Roebuck and Co. wallpaper catalog c. 1939 (via Depression Press)