Ephemera Collector Saves Baby & Bathwater From Being Tossed Out
Ephemera collector Dick Sheaff shares this 1875 carte de visite (CDV) photograph by William Shaw Warren of Boston which seems to be the source for The Pond’s Extract Company’s trade card advertising.
View ArticleVintage Figural Plastic Kids Mitten Keepers
How could anyone lose their mittens when they had these adorable vintage pink plastic duck-shaped mitten holders! Image via Red Lyon Country Treasures.
View ArticleAdorable Vintage Childrens Wooden Hangers
I don’t know where Joan “No More Wire Hangers, Ever!” Crawford stood on wooden hangers, but I’m guessing she wasn’t a fan. However, these cute vintage wooden hangers for the nursery might have made her...
View ArticleVintage Birthday Greetings From Goldilocks & The Three Bears
This vintage greeting card has birthday wishes from Goldilocks and Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear, aka The Three Bears. Along with the cute illustrations (there are even three bowls of porridge on...
View ArticleSweet Vintage Glass Storage Jars For The Nursery
I spotted this charming set of glass storage jars with lids at a Minnesota antique mall. Obviously for the nursery, the frosted glass jars have white bunny rabbits. The jars are labeled with...
View ArticleWhat’s In Store? Real Photo Postcards, 1907
One of the most fascinating areas of collecting antique and vintage photographs are those images showing the interior of shops and retails stores — like these real photo postcards, circa 1907. Notice...
View ArticleRide A Cockhorse
The seller of this real photo photo postcard (RPPC) featuring two children with a rocking horse, says it’s from Central Pennsylvania, circa 1910s. You can’t help but wonder if the older sister is...
View ArticleCharming, Yes; Charmin, No. (Identifying & Valuing Vintage Prints Of Children)
I’ve been running into a lot of new collectors of vintage and antique things at Listia; I kind of feel like I’m becoming a resident expert, both it terms of being able to help folks and because of the...
View ArticleMothers Say The Darndest Things
Did you ever notice that as a mother you have all these little odd sayings… Weird sing-songy ways of announcing bed time, meal time, to comfort your children, etc. Some of them were handed down to you...
View ArticleNaughty Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens
Would you trust them to mind your coats and hats? What about your children’s belongings? I spotted this vintage wooden novelty coat rack in an antique mall. Painted blue and white, the cat tails are...
View ArticleVintage Chalkware Baby Statue With Removable Diapers
This vintage chalkware piece isn’t as creepy (or racist) as these vintage chalkware babies, but there’s still something creepy about the “hair” spray-painted on it… It reminds me of the old...
View ArticleA Back To School Primer On Collecting Vintage Dick & Jane Books
Dick and Jane books are among the most popularly collected school books. This is because the series of books was used for over 40 years in American schools. That’s millions of children who were taught...
View ArticleShake, Rattle, & Roly Poly
These are a few of the vintage baby rattles we have in the case at Exit 55 Antiques. Normally, I am afraid of clowns (one did try to assassinate me once — and that’s all it takes); but somehow a roly...
View ArticleVintage Pin-Ups For The Nursery
Once upon a time, brightly-colored graphics on pressed layers of cardboard in the shape of characters from nursery rhymes, Mother Goose stories, and other childhood tales covered the walls in baby...
View ArticleAntique “Stuffed” Child’s Chair
This lovely antique child’s chair came from the Hammett estate in Sheboygan, WI. As the estate company folks noted, “The family was once listed as one of the 250 most important families in the USA. The...
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