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Be Who You Are: The End of Fashion Advice?

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Lynn

Have we entered a new era of authenticity? Where the old don’t try to look young? Where the wide don’t try to look thin? Where the bold don’t try to hide behind staid colors and tasteful accessories? If so, then … Continue reading →

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“Hate that Gray” 1963

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Lynn

In her entertaining memoir, Does She…Or Doesn’t She–and How She Did, advertising executive Shirley Polykoff takes credit for the explosion of the hair dye industry with her clever ads for Clairol in the 1950s. Before that time, she writes, “hair … Continue reading →

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The Cheerful Granny Takes Flight, 1953

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Lynn

The cheerful granny, an enduring image in American advertising, gets to take a trip on an airplane in the Saturday Evening Post in June 1953.  Since she was often used to introduce technological innovations to the middle class, like high … Continue reading →

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The Hester Love Nest, mid 1920s

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Lynn

This photo is off topic for my blog, since none of the women look anywhere near fifty. However, I was so fascinated by the 1920s styles and the setting that I bought it anyway.  If you enlarge it, you can … Continue reading →

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Friends in Los Angeles, October 1964

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Lynn

Maybe you don’t dress this way in your garden in October. In Los Angeles, however, the month can be very hot, with strong winds coming in from the desert. This snapshot gives names–Katherine, Ina, Della, and Flo–but no ages. The … Continue reading →

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Bowling Club, 1962

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Lynn

“Members of the Fifty and Over Bowling Club cheer as team member Ann Queen makes her strike.” So read the caption in the Herald Examiner newspaper when this photo as published in 1962.  There’s lots to see here.  The women … Continue reading →

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Blanche’s Retirement Party, 1971

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Lynn

Time: 1971.  Place:  Data Products.  Event: A party for Blanche.  This much is clear from the notes on the backs of eight color photos I bought on ebay.  After looking at them for awhile, I think it is a good … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Times Square, 1970s

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Lynn

Today Times Square in New York City looks very different than it did before its big clean up in the 1990s.  It used to be a hub of prostitution, adult bookstores, and sex shows.  You can see evidence if you … Continue reading →

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At the Craft Fair, mid 1970s

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Lynn

These brightly colored pictures might document a women’s club charity sale. Although they have no date, I think they come from the mid 1970s. My first clue was the lime green check pantsuit worn by the woman on the right.  … Continue reading →

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The Garrison Family at Schroon Lake, 1908

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Lynn

Well known for their progressive politics, the Garrison family was involved in the abolition movement, efforts to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the fight for women’s suffrage. This photo comes from the Garrison Family collection at the Smith College archives.  … Continue reading →

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