Turns out eBay is good for more than Bakelite jewelry, casino ashtrays, and vintage boardgames. Imagine 
my delight to discover that people will sell their ancient magazines to me! Suckers!
My first batch arrived today, and I was more excited to read them than I’ve been for any magazine published in the last decade.
Let’s take a peek inside Family Circle, February 1964.
On the cover — Pretty as a pink valentine, this trio of models reflects charming images of today’s young wives in three popular moods: “Warm and womanly” (top), “cool and casual” (middle), and “pixyish and petite” (bottom). For the story of how to make one of these effects suitably yours, turn to “Choose the Look You Want and Learn How To Achieve It,” on pages 46-51. [Not shown: "Foxy and frigid," "waifish and WASP-y," "mod and medicated."]
Hmm, I see a couple noteworthy items in the Shopping Circle Spring Preview!
I WANT ONE.
“Hey boys, why don’t you come up and see me sometime.”
Handy household hints abound!
(Confession: I’ve always wanted a chandelier. Nothing ostentatious, just something sparkly dangling over the dinner table. If I ever get my wish, I’ll know how to clean it.)
Hubby just taught me how to balance the checkbook! I wonder if there are any products to help maintain the illusion of perfection so essential to his my happiness . . .
If you’re STOUT—and missing an arm!—shop Lane Bryant.
Delicately clean, yet antiseptically fragrant . . . the ideal vagina, brought to you by Massengill.
Over forty years before Always, Midol wishes you a happy period. And makes you gay.
(I’d kill for one of those tins!)
“Play wigs turn a pony-tailed pixie into a pint-size femme fatale.”
It’s every pedophile’s dream come true!
Seriously though, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hordes vintage magazines. I hit the motherload two weeks ago when I was walking through my neighborhood. An old lady either died or was taken to the nursing home, and her house emptied. What the family didn’t keep was piled up in the front yard. I found a box full of well-preserved National Geographic, Newsweek and Life magazines from the ’60s. Awesome!
By: dorothyzbornak on September 16, 2008
at 11:03 am
I’m amazed no one channeled Rachel Dratch yet and said, “YOU GOTTA GET A CHANDELIER.”
By: The Mayor of Bethville on September 17, 2008
at 2:12 pm