1934 Bellas Hess catalog

Shopping in time again. These are some faves from a vintage 1934 Bellas Hess catalog.

Images from a vintage Franklin Simon catalog

Great images from an old Franklin Simon catalog from the late Teens.


Lovely kimono style robes. Dreamy.

Crepe de Chine and Georgette princess slips, bloomers and  and camisoles. Way more pretty and feminine than Victoria's Secret.

'Smartly simple frocks' 

'Frocks that forecast a bright Summer' - yes please.

Too many strapless gowns at modern award shows, they should be wearing dresses like these -

Stockings. Yes. One of each please.

Exquisite Paris made blouses -

For the Sporty Gals -

Swimsuits. Modesty is nice. But you don't want to swim in wool.

Found in a vintage purse

I was photographing some vintage purses this week and found these items tucked in a brown clutch.

Some 1960s graduation photos.

A photo of a lady and a 'Scout Mother Membership' card for Agnes Keller in Woodlynne NJ, dated 1965

This is cool. A millinery club from Paris Hats Shop in Cherry Hill NJ. Get a free hat after you or family and friends buy 10 hats. Below is the back of the card to keep track of the purchases. Only one hat bought, in 1966.

Photos of my Grandmom

My grandmom Hazel Rachel Redrow Baker passed away on 5/23/11 at the age of 96. She was born in Woodbury Heights NJ and then lived in Deptford NJ for most of the rest of her life. She married Samuel Baker in 1934 and they had 3 children. They lived in their Deptford home for 68 years, until my grandpop's death in 2003. She attended the New Sharon Methodist Church for over 80 years.
I was very lucky to have lived 35 years of my life with my Grandparents living right behind me on the next street. They were very sweet, good old fashion people. They worked hard and were very devoted to their family and their church.


Below are some old photos that I scanned to be used in a Memorial Board at her funeral.

Grandmom, left, with a friend in the 1930s

Below, Grandmom & Grandpop's 25th anniversary. My Dad, looking cool in a striped jacket, his sister Doris and baby sister Joan. My Dad's sisters were born 20 years apart.

Below is Grandmom in the chair with cousin Asa Redrow.

Below is the house in Woodbury Height where Grandmom was born. The house still stands at the bottom of Chestnut Hill.

Happy little Grandmom

Baby Grandmom with her parents and her sisters Edna and Gertrude.

Grandmom and Gladys in the flowers.

Scans from 1936 Vogue Pattern Book.

First, I need to find these patterns, then I need to find some time, or someone, to sew these dresses for me.


I love the lacing detail on the skirt on the right below -

Of course, I need some summer clothes for the Shore.

You know that I love the nautical look, below.

I love the neck details on both of these dresses - closer view below.

and a few more pretties -

Home movie snap shots Part 2

Here are some more screen grabs from the old homes movies that I had transfered to DVD.

Grandpop playing an old trumpet out in the yard. He was on his lunchbreak from the farm. Around 1961

This is my Dad's first car, in 1961. That's grandpop driving the car, with chains on the wheels, in the snow.



My Dad at graduation. He was in the first class to graduate from the brand new Deptford High School.

Class of 1961.

My parent's at their wedding shower, 1966

The wedding, 1966.
With my Mom's parents

Left - with my Dad's parents.

Right - My Mom with her mom and her grandmother

 

Our bassett puppy Rebel. 1967.

Below is me with my Dad and then with my Mom. About 1977. They used to collect antique bottles, which can see in the background.

Below is me (and one of my first of many, many attempts to grow out my bangs) and our Newfoundland puppy Bear. 1979.

Old 8MM Home movies - part 1

My Dad wanted to get our old 8mm home movies transfered to DVD, so I had it done for him for Christmas. The DVDs came this past week and we were very happy with them and had a great time watching them. Now we're pulling out old VHS home movies and are going to transfers to DVD!

The company that I chose to do the 8mm was Just8MM.com . I checked out several services and they had the most reasonable price to do it. We had 29 3-inch reels transfered to DVD, plus an extra copy made, and it cost $230.00.
Now, some companies offer extra services where you can edit the films online before they send you the finished DVD and some places will transfer the films to a hard drive for you to edit the films at home yourself. Most of those services cost $100 or more extra. But I didn't want to invest too much money because I wasn't sure of the condition of our films. Now I kinda wish that I had gone with the hard drive version because then I'd be able to upload the videos to Youtube or Facebook, you know, spread the embarrassment of old home movies. So that's something that you might want to consider if you want to have your films transfered.
Anyway, the films turned out great, much better than watching them on an old projector and much better than when we had them transfered to VHS 20 years ago. I played the DVD on my computer and grabbed a few images, not the best quality, but still fun.

This is my Mom, when she was pregnant with me. A rare photo because she hated to have her photo taken (a trait that I have inherited from her) The dog is our bassett puppy Hannibel. My Dad used to go hunting and he took the dog with him. On one hunting trip, some guy shot Hannibel by accident. I was a very young then, so I don't remember him.

 Below is Christmas 1968? I think that this was my 2nd Christmas. I am overwhelmed by all my toys. I can see a baby stroller, my own table and chairs and just before this was my rocking chair, which I still have. It's an antique now I guess!

This photo is from the same Christmas.

I had aspirations of being a Cow Girl and an acrobat.

Ah, my first car, and red too! Yes, those are all my presents. I was an only child.



I don't know what's up with my hair here! My Mom always set my hair in curlers Christmas Eve for when we went to see family on Christmas Day. Probably 1970.



I also wanted to be a 'Baton Ba-twirler'. That's quite a short dress for December! This is probably 1971

More photos to come . . .