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Home / Archives for November 2008

Archives for November 2008

Ada table lamp by CB2

Ada table lamp by CB2

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

new old stock rotary phones

A stash of MIB NOS 60s and 70s rotary phones for sale

Do I need to polish my newly installed vinyl VCT tiles?

Carrie’s home sweet home Cinderella ranch in Los Banos, Calif.

Hygiene was an important theme in the postwar era

Dishmaster faucets: Dishwashing the easy way

Stylish and sassy dames — free from kitchen toil — thanks to 1940s innovation

“For incendiary sleepers” — a 1947 fireproof mattress pad

j c penney bath rug sets

Bath rugs for your 40s 50s or 60s bathroom

Dishmasters & the American dream kitchen

1948: Gadgets galore for America

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