amylsacks' photos with the keyword: c1953

This image depicts just how much booze the average American put away at an office party-- if they didn't want everyone else to think they were weird. From a December Saturday Evening Post.

Sure, they look nice, but who wants the top down when there's that much smog around?

My Mom was a Revere owner back in the day, but she never had any of those Handy-Pans. Now I feel deprived. I would totally have sent Barbie and GI Joe on a romantic Sea Cruise in the mid-sized one.

Yes, they look lovely. But I really need to know if anyone else out there gets confused at the word "delish." I always want to either rhyme it with "relish" or add an extra syllable. ("Deli-ish." And the delis of my youth had rice pudding in the dessert cooler, not coconut. So that's just wrong.) From Better Living magazine.

"Textolite." It's 20th Century American shorthand for, We're selling something just different enough from Formica™ to avoid a lawsuit.