Victorian Pizza Party?

 I picked up this photo in a box of postcards at a sale recently.  I would date the photo to around the turn of the 20th century.  Frankly, the image baffled me.  This jovial group appears to be dining on pizza.  

This Mystery's For You

For those of you that have followed me lo these many years, you know of my love of vintage advertising.  It's been a while, but in those early years, I would even scan all the ads from vintage magazines and post here.

I was at an estate sale a few weekends ago and came across this original painting:

Haunting Homes

Happy Mid-Ween, also known as noon on Halloween.

I thought I'd share some home haunts I came across this year while out garage and estate saling.  It was actually pretty scant this year, I was surprised.  So not a lot of photos, but some fun ones.  Some of these aren't very clear as I had to take the photo from the street.  I didn't want to just walk up on someone's lawn or to their porch.

Hello Nurse! Happy Halloween!

Well, that went quick.  The big day is here.  Welcome to Halloween all!  Here in the midwest, we've been experiencing an Indian Summer with temperatures in the low 80's.  Not very Halloween-like, but it's supposed to cool down with a thunderstorm in the early morning of Halloween.

This photo was among the lot I bought earlier this year from which I've posted a few photos.  I felt pretty fortunate to find a Halloween photo as they're not terribly common, especially in this size (8" x 10"). The original owner of the photos was a nurse beginning in the 1920's.  The back of this photo is labeled "Nurse's Halloween Party Chicago".

Monster Rally

I found this book over the summer. The "Chas Addams" name was enough to catch my attention, even if it didn't already have me at "Monster".

Zither Magic

I'll admit, I sometimes buy record albums simply for the cover.  Particularly if they evoke something Halloween related.  This album fits that category.

Cat on the Moon

I'm posting this midday to make up for the missed posting yesterday.

The cat on this diecut is perched upon the nose of the moon who doesn't seem to mind.

It's made by Beistle and given it's heavy embossing, guess that it dates no later than the 1940's.

It's actually a swipe of a German design from the 1930's:

Image courtesy of eBay