All Things Vintage & Old-fashioned
 

After searching, I couldn't find a general thread for lovers of all things vintage, so here it is.

Since "vintage" is commonly such a broad topic these days, I figured this could include a love for any of the following:

~ Bygone eras (Victorian, 1950s, etc.)
~ Retro/vintage/vintage appropriate fashions (cars, shoes, clothes, houses, etc.)
~ Art, design, decor, photography
~ Music, books, film
~ Old-fashioned relationship dynamics, values, lifestyle
~ Old-fashioned recipes & foods
~ Crafts & projects
~ Trinkets

Literally anything that evokes nostalgia or a passion for admiring, preserving & remembering older styles & times. I guess I would like to keep the focus on mostly pre-1990s.

So, if you're like me and have this affinity for things of the past, what are some of your favorites?

To start here are a few of mine:

Victorian to 50s typography & graphic design:

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50s household styles & dynamics:

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Good old fashion prices
 

Giving my age way here LOL

Gas... 35c a gallon
Cigarettes.... 33c a pack
Draft beer.... 15c a glass
Hamburger... 25c each
Hot dog... 15c
coke.... 10c bottle
Fries.... 15c
Ice crème.... 6c small
Bread... 19c loaf
Grab bag of mixed candy ...2c
Bubble gum.... 1c
Bus fare... 10c
Movie house... 25c
Movie popcorn 10c

I THINK I COULD GO ON BUT THESE WERE THE PRICES WHEN I WAS A KID. LOL

Oh hello =)
 

Vintage Cameras
Vintage Jewelry
Vintage Lingerie
Vintage Sweaters

but most especially...
Vintage Butch Femme Relationships

Vintage Pumps
 

http://i65.tinypic.com/2mmw9r7.jpg

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Vintage butch & femme portrait
 

https://i2.wp.com/36.media.tumblr.co...g954o1_500.jpg it's not Shunga, but no less beautiful

inspiration : touching moments past
 

and wondering what they spoke of????

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Wait...are those adults or children?

Adults..this is a asian butch/femme couple (butch holding a cigar)

1900
 

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Because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public

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Her idea of housework was to sweep the room with a glance!

Vintage Pies!
 

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The little sweet "Brownie Holiday Edition Kodak Camera"
that I got for Christmas this year. <3


Year 1953 :D

I grew up eating (and still eat), Shoo-fly pie. It's Pennsylvanian Dutch and so am I! It's the best!

fascinated with vintage kitchens
 

OMG!!!! Candy Buttons!!! I want some candy buttons! Those were my favorite as a kid.

I love this, what an awesome gift! My favorite gift was the pie book - yay for keeping the past alive. :)

So am I! They're adorable.

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Arc France glass jars with clamp lid

I have this very one in my kitchen now, which has a very vintage,comfortable and funky kitchen experience. :)

Tears on Your Pillow Pie
 

More Innocent Times
 

1912 White Sewing Attachments Tin

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Happy Easter Everyone!
 

Old Quilts
 

Recently I was given an old king size quilt that was made probably 40 yrs ago by my great grandma. It's so heavy I can hardly fold it. Gonna save it for winter. Looks similar to this one:


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Yes, those old vintage quilts, what made them SO heavy? Perhaps better made textiles fabrics? Whatever, they lasted forever!

This looks good and really simple to make. But I am wondering where they came up with the name?

[QUOTE=gotoseagrl;1088963]Recently I was given an old king size quilt that was made probably 40 yrs ago by my great grandma.

I remember when I was a girl, back in the 70’s, there was a project by women, to preserve examples of quilting from various different time periods, not only the work and doings of the Betsy Rosses of the world but also that of women from less privileged and esteemed backgrounds too. It was a very interesting project to be involved with. Every quilt tells a story about both the period in which it was made, as well as the woman/women (in some cases man/men) behind the quilt who made it. I don’t have anything made by any of by any of my grandmothers, or even my mother - not a thing made by anyone female in my family not even from any of those who are still living. How very fortunate you are to have had something like this handed down, passed along, entrusted to you for safe keeping. What an exceedingly precious, irreplaceable gift - enjoy! I'm sure it would delight your grandmother, as well as anyone else who might had a hand, helped play a part in it's construction to know how very much you do. :)

I know the reason at least some of them lasted so long, wore like iron was because they were filled with heavy duty repurposed wool used as batting as well as in some cases topper material in all or as part of their construction.

These remind me of my grandparents' house and old barn. Would like to live somewhere like that again.

Vintage
 

According to the posts I am vintage LOL. I was raised with a wood stove, no refrigeration, no running water, no plumbing of any kind. Outhouse and well was what we had. I lived in what is now a city so I am vintage for sure. I still have a couple of those snap lid jars and keep stuff in them. Our family passed down a lot of things so I have quite the collection. Things belonging to my Grand parents and great grand parents. We gained everything when we moved from the Island of Newfoundland to Toronto. Just thought I would expose my young years.

Vintage
 

LOL that's our old stove.

Movies from the 30's to the 40's. My 100 year old book that I bought while visiting Jamestown, North Dakota and I just passed my grandma's 80+ year old Bible onto my 16 year old niece.

Zimmeh

Thank you for the sweet post. Thanks to my dad, this relic was still around, as apparently he has kept things longer than anyone else in the family has, stuff we didn't even know existed still lol. I totally agree about the personal touches that go into quilts, and that's one reason I really want to get into quilting. They are amazing and I love patchwork.


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I grew up in the 80s, which is still more on the "retro" side, so I only saw remnants of some of my favorite decades. Any antiques I find now, especially within the family, I cling to. My heart & soul are attached to the bygone eras before I was born, so I guess that makes me vintage too, in a way. Lol.