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The Montgomery Ward logo on the cover of its Spring & Summer 1936 catalog I picked up last week in Bismarck, North Dakota.

A little bit Wonder Woman with a little bit 1980’s hard rock band. Nice.

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This entry was posted in design and tagged advertising, antique, art direction, branding, brands, catalog, catalogs, design, fashion, graphic design, history, illustration, logo, logo design, marketing, montgomery ward, retail, shop, shopping, style, vintage, wards on July 5, 2022 by Clayton Hove.

Try not to think about this being 43 years ago.

JCPenney Fall & Winter 1978 Catalog Cover

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This entry was posted in catalogs and tagged catalog, catalogs, department stores, fashion, history, jcpenney, pennies, style, vintage on December 30, 2021 by Clayton Hove.

No Home Should Be Without One!

Magnavox Videowriter Word Processor from the JCPenney Spring and Summer 1987 catalog — only $789.99!

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This entry was posted in catalogs and tagged catalogs, electronics, history, jcpenney, magnavox, technology, videowriter, vintage, word processors on December 30, 2021 by Clayton Hove.

The technology of yesterday, today.

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found in a Spiegel Holiday 1988 catalog

The Fantastic and Troubled History of the Video Phone

Reach out and see somebody.

Telephony with Pictures

See what you’ve been missing.

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This entry was posted in catalogs and tagged antique, catalog, catalogs, communications, invention, mitsubishi, retro, spiegel, technology, telephony, video, video phone, vintage, visitel on February 17, 2021 by Clayton Hove.

Make Asbestos Great Again

The late-1940s Marshall-Wells Company had you covered for all your asbestos needs.

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged antique, asbestos, catalog, catalogs, health, marketing, retail, retro, vintage, wholesale on August 14, 2019 by Clayton Hove.

English was different back then.

Frankenstein ad found in a 1964 Outdoor Life magazine

I’m bringing “muffs the scene” back. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged ads, advertisements, catalogs, frankenstein, magazine ads, novelties, pants, print ads, vintage ads on January 11, 2017 by Clayton Hove.

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Today in new-to-me used hardcover books — Shady

Today in new-to-me used hardcover books — Shady Characters by Keith Houston • 2013

#books #reading #language #typography #characters #communication

Soiled Doves — What were their customers called… tainted tricks?

Linguine No. 13

Linguine No. 13

Someone in the Applebee’s kitchen didn’t know

Someone in the Applebee’s kitchen didn’t know when to stop squirting the water on the hot plate for the artifizzle.

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🎵 Roxanne…

Whenever you see a Starbucks that appears to be cl

Whenever you see a Starbucks that appears to be closed, do not be deceived for it is undergoing mitosis and will soon become two identical new Starbucks.

“Foolish human! You dare scritch the bum of a sl

“Foolish human! You dare scritch the bum of a slumbering Cricket!?”

#caturday #cricketthebrave #cricket #calico #tortie #cats #catsofinstagram

Beethoven. Mozart. Tchaikovsky. Li’l Wally.

Beethoven. Mozart. Tchaikovsky. Li’l Wally.

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