After spending most of my day with crazy dilated pupils, I can finally see my computer screen. I thought I would share these sweet as pie Betsy McCall paper dolls. All of these are from January issues of McCall’s magazine which featured Betsy every month through the 50s and 60s.

Mademoiselle’s Manhunt was a two-page pullout game featured in the magazine’s June 1963 issue. The rules were simple: “Take one die, any number of girls, and toss. Use shells, pebbles, anything small for markers. First girl home is first girl married.” Along the way, the “girls” move toward or away from the matrimonial finish line by landing on squares with directives like, “You didn’t put your perfume on this morning. Back to GO,” or, “You broil a great hotdog. Ahead 1.”

The best part is an item I’ve been lusting after for some time now. Readers of Mademoiselle could head to the department store and for $2 they could purchase a 23 inch square silk scarf with the Manhunt game printed on it! If only I could get my hands on one of these…until then the above photo will have to do.

Around Christmas I posted my collection of black snowflake pyrex. I searched and searched for an old ad to go with that post with no luck. Then one of my readers sent me a link to this ad from the December 8th, 1956 issue of Maclean’s:

image via jbcurio

With Christmas only 5 days away (crazy!), I thought this week I would share some of my holiday related Pyrex. Here is an advertisement that I found in an issue of Better Homes & Gardens from February 1959.

I have quite a few pieces featuring the snowflake pattern. Only one of mine is blue and the rest are black with white snowflakes. More on those tomorrow.

To say magazines from years gone by are my weakness would be an understatement. When I see a pile at the flea market or antique shop I can’t resist. These scans are from the mid-late 1940′s and feature Fall/Winter fashions. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do and have a lovely weekend!

This week’s past periodicals are beauty advertisements featuring shampoo, fragrance and deodorant. They are from the June issues of Mademoiselle 1970 and Teen 1969. This first one is for one of my favorite products, Psssssst Dry Shampoo. The packaging is a little different now and I don’t think it is made by Clairol anymore. It’s wonderful for when you are in a rush!

Source: scanned by me. you can find more scans on my flickr