Click bait ala 1928. You too can learn to talk "in French". Top half of an add for language lessons. More of the self help ads courtesy of the elks magazine. Good clean Francophile fun. ! #found #magazine #newengland #Elks #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #1928 #illustrationart #urbanarcheology #collectible #language #french #francophile #humour #humor #advertising #urbanarcheology

Click bait ala 1928. You too can learn to talk "in French". Top half of an add for language lessons. More of the self help ads courtesy of the elks magazine. Good clean Francophile fun. ! #magazine #newengland #Elks #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #1928 #illustrationart #urbanarcheology #collectible #language #french #francophile #humour #humor #advertising #urbanarcheology

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When gloves came with a disclaimer. #found #Animals #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #clothing #leather #disclaimer #urbanarcheology #collectible #fashion #accesories #humour #humor #oldpaper #urbanarcheology

When gloves came with a disclaimer. #Animals #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #clothing #leather #disclaimer #urbanarcheology #collectible #fashion #accesories #humour #humor #oldpaper #urbanarcheology

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All the wood in the world and he still couldn't build a piano forte! #found #magazine #newengland #Elks #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #1928 #illustrationart #urbanarcheology #collectible #music #piano #humour #humor #pianolessons #urbanarcheology

All the wood in the world and he still couldn't build a piano forte! #magazine #newengland #Elks #ephemera #promotional #promotionalproducts #nostalgia #estatesale #1928 #illustrationart #urbanarcheology #collectible #music #piano #humour #humor #pianolessons #urbanarcheology

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Can you guess the profession? My good friend Justin opened his new location in New Milford: Just In Antiques & More. #found #foundphoto #nostalgia #estatesale #justinantiques #timemachine #workers #groupphoto #childlabor #urbanarcheology #oldphoto #antique #camera

Can you guess the profession? My good friend Justin opened his new location in New Milford: Just In Antiques & More. #foundphoto #nostalgia #estatesale #justinantiques #timemachine #workers #groupphoto #childlabor #urbanarcheology #oldphoto #antique #camera

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Remember when banks didn't want you to spend money? #found #medals #banks #banking #thrift #antique #collectible #Connecticut #estatesales #urbanarcheology #everypicturetellsastory #reward #premium #swag

Remember when banks didn't want you to spend money? #medals #banks #banking #thrift #antique #collectible #Connecticut #estatesales #urbanarcheology #everypicturetellsastory #reward #premium #swag

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I found these ancient watercolor pencils at a tag sale this weekend. I wanted to buy them but decided to just take a still image instead. Self control hmmm. #toon #doodle #comic #comicartist #cartoon #illustration #illustrations #artist #art #Found #motivate #motivation #inspiration #draw #drawing #ink #pen #pencils #eberhardfaber #weekend #old #urbanarcheology

I found these ancient watercolor pencils at a tag sale this weekend. I wanted to buy them but decided to just take a still image instead. Self control hmmm. #toon #doodle #comic #comicartist #cartoon #illustration #illustrations #artist #art #motivate #motivation #inspiration #draw #drawing #ink #pen #pencils #eberhardfaber #weekend #old #urbanarcheology

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Scrapbooks - they can be illustrious

Scrapbooks often have no context. They may have been busy work for bored children or more possibly a reflection on the fascination of high quality color illustration. How could you just throw away such high quality art when the magazines pile up? They couldn't - so we find scrapbooks like these from the 30's and get a look at images commissioned by advertisers to leap off the page as if real.
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The odds and ends you see... Rocket Chalk.

The odds and ends you see... Rocket Chalk. The age of rockets and the promise of space travel added sleek shapes and fins from cars to Chalk? No fins here, but with rocket Chalk you won't stay long after school writing "I will not drive by an estate sale." 100 times. Seen at my friend's - Windy Cats Estate Sales in Brookfield, CT.

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Found at the The annual Friends of the Newtown Library Book sale: Science fiction or fact?

The annual Friends of the Newtown Library Book sale is a Mecca for book collectors, avid readers and me. There is always a selection of ancient tomes of all sizes and old paper to choose from. This pulp science fiction title was strangely prophetic.
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