By Sara In AZ I don’t know about you but I am just crazy for old photographs, especially ones from the 1940s through the 1960s. People took a lot fewer pictures back then compared with our digital age ‘click and delete’ attitude towards pictures today…..and what they had for a…
By Sara In AZ A few months back Mike and I met up with Ruth, and her husband, Tom in Las Vegas. It was a super fast trip, but we managed to pack in a lot in a short amount of time. One of the things Ruth really wanted to…
By RetroRuth So, I promised you more of the press badges from my grandfather’s collection, and here they are! If you missed my last post on this, my Grandpa Art worked for the Associated Press in the darkroom and as a photographer. He had an enormous collection of famous photographs…
By RetroRuth If you’ve seen my recent posts lately, you know that Tom and I were in Wisconsin visiting some sites and yammering on the radio about food. (By the by, for those who haven’t heard me on the radio yet and still want to, go to Joy Cardin’s show…
By RetroRuth So, as you may (or may not) know, I was in The Wall Street Journal last Thursday with a mention of The Mid-Century Menu and some pictures of my annual Easter Lamb Cake! I am at the end of the awesome article Playing Kitchen Detective: Home Cooks Try…
By RetroRuth Well, this post is for anyone who figured out the hint in my recent teaser post for The Mid-Century Menu! The black and white un-Photoshopped picture at the bottom of the post was taken with this camera: A vintage Polaroid Land Camera 103. This camera belonged to Tom’s…
By Retro Ruth The Craig Krull Gallery is currently featuring an exhibit, both in their physical gallery AND in an amazing online gallery of Julius Shulman, the famous mid-century architecture photographer, For those of us who constantly look for even a hint of mid-century architecture on the street or in…
By RetroRuth This was too fun not to share. It comes from my grandfather’s extensive collection of Associated Press wire photos. This one is from March 15, 1963, and the caption reads: Minneapolis, March 15 – PLAYFUL MOUSE TRAP – Snooky, whose natural feline fancy is trapping mice, whiles away…
By RetroRuth If there was one thing my grandmother had, it was style. And she had it in spades. When Grandma decorated, she decorated. Every few years my grandparents North Side Chicago flat would get all new wallpaper, new carpet, new curtains and sometimes even new furniture. When she dressed,…
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