amylsacks' photos with the keyword: handbag

Quick Tricks (2), 1956

24 Aug 2011 175
The lavender sachet necklace looks practical. No more toting around perfume with you at formal parties. And speaking of toting, I always thought that whole point of a handbag was to prevent the world from seeing all the stuff you walked around with. Never mind.

"Spring Coats (2)," 1953

29 Jan 2012 1 1 245
Thank You! For my next trick, I'll squeeze all the detritus on this page into the black binocular case depicted on the right side of the one previous! From the February issue of Family Circle magazine.

"Spring Coats," 1953

29 Jan 2012 178
All the shoppers are standin' like statues All the shoppers are standin' like statues They don't turn their heads as they see me ride byyyyy But a little old adman is winkin' his eyyyyye... From the February issue of Family Circle magazine.

Folger's Coffee Ad, 1954

06 May 2012 202
It was a Golden Age of both alliteration and hand-eye coordination. (When was the last time you saw anyone balancing both an overfull shopping bag and a brimming china cup of coffee?) Lord, what's happened to us as a nation? I don't understand. From the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.

Quick Crochet (4), 1953

28 Dec 2012 157
Bummer. I was looking for something big enough to hold my upright bass.