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VINTAGE 1950s ITEMS


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#CS088 - Hillbilly Tater Bread Bags
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 19" wide unused plastic bread bag. Super colorful bags picturing granny cuttin' taters. These are unused stock from the Hansen Baking Co. in the Seattle, Washington area. Circa 1950s. Great graphics.
 
$1.00 -+


#CS488 - Full Box of Swan Powdered Borax
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 3 1/2" tall full box of Swan Powdered Borax. Colorful box pictures a swan. Marked "Swan Powdered Borax Cumberland Mfg. Co. Nashville, Tenn". Both sides of the box are identical to the picture. Circa 1950 We acquired these from the estate of Zane Shaffer who was one of the largest country store dealers on the East Coast. Excellent unused condition. NO FOREIGN ORDERS ON THIS ONE.
 
$2.50 -+


#DA098 - Riverside Dairy Milk Bottle Carrier Insert Sheet for Johnston Instant Chocolate
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 9 1/2" tall ad sheet from the Riverside Dairy (Cardington, Ohio) offering Johnston Instant Chocolate Milk in a new twist off tin that the milkman could deliver. Marked "Riverside Dairy". Excellent unused condition from the 1950s.
 
$0.40 -+


#HH100 - Large Diecut Mechanical Valentine with Boy and Wheelbarrow with Envelope
Please click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 9" tall diecut mechanical valentine with a boy carrying a wheelbarrow full of valentines. The sprinkling can swivels on a brass grommet. Nice condition. The picture is set against the original envelope which is included. From a long closed factory that made them in the 1950s. Very colorful. These days it will cost you $5 to buy a new good quality oversize card with the envelope like this. These are a real bargain.
 
$1.25 -+


#HH201 - Large Diecut Mechanical Valentine with Old Time Boy in Rocking Chair - Original Envelope
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage large 7 1/2" tall diecut mechanical valentine that features an old time boy in a rocking chair with an old telephone. The boys whole body swivels on a brass grommet. Nice condition. Nostalgic image. The picture is set against the original envelope which is included.  From a long closed factory that made them in the 1950s. Includes original envelope. Very colorful. These days it will cost you $5 to buy a new good quality oversize card with the envelope like this. These are a real bargain.
 
$1.25 -+


#MISCELLANEOUS279 - 1950s Ride Ticket for Pan American Amusements in Hollywood, CA - As low as 25¢
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 2" wide 1950s ride ticket for Pan American Amusements which was located at 8272 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA. Nice unused condition and uncommon.

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#PC112 - Group of 4 Double Kay Nut Shop Bags - Chicago 1953
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You will get 4 for $3 (that's 75¢ each). Vintage larger 10" tall bag says "Shiny Fresh from the Double Kay Nut Shop" on the front. The reverse tells about their nuts and says "1953 The Kelling Nut Company Chicago". These are old unused factory stock in excellent condition. They came from the estate of the late Larry "The Bottleman" Johnson, who was a friend. Larry was a picker his whole life, and he will be missed by the antique community.
 
$3.00 -+


#SIGN101 - Sign for New England Coffee in Soda Bottles
Vintage 11 3/4" wide paper sign from around 1950 that says "Now! New England Sparkling Coffee in Bottles 5¢". The product was basically coffee in a soda bottle. The bottles are rare. These signs are probably scarcer. These are the only ones that came out of the plant and they were found a long time ago.
 
$1.50 -+


#SIGN168 - Very Large Chocolate Ice Cream Sign

Vintage very large 20" wide paper Chocolate Ice Cream Sign. Nice detailed picture of a big dish of chocolate ice cream. They say "Big Ice Cream Buy" and have a space to write the price of a half gallon. We found these with the soda diecuts that were made in 1951. They are really nice. Excellent unused condition.
 
$2.00 -+


#SIGN178 - Apple Pie and Ice Cream Sign - As low as 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 9" wide diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It's pictures a big piece of apple pie with ice cream. They are old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get.

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#SIGN225 - Diecut Diner Sign of Chocolate Ice Cream in a Glass Goblet
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Buy 4 or more and the price drops to 50¢ each. Vintage 9 1/4" tall diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures a glass goblet with a large helping of chocolate ice cream. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get. 

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#SIGN230 - Cardboard Display Sign for How to Use the Pry-A-Lid Metal Jar Opener
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 5 3/4" tall thick cardboard sign that went in the back of a display of Pry-A-Lid Metal Jar Openers. Tells directions for how to used them. These were never used and are in excellent unused condition.
 
$1.50 -+


#SIGN246 - Very Large Diecut Diner Sign of a Chocolate Float
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Buy 4 or more and the price drops to 50¢ each. Vintage very large 14 5/8" tall diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures a chocolate float with vanilla ice cream in a tall glass. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get. 

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#TRCards277 - Ocean Park Penny Arcade Card Featuring Gabby Hayes, Johnny Mack Brown, Ken Maynard, and Bob Steele
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. This is a scarce Ocean Park Penny Arcade 4 in 1 card featuring Gabby Hayes, Ken Maynard, Johnny Mack Brown, and Bob Steele. All have printed signatures with sayings like Best Wishes. Excellent unused condition. Ocean Park was built in Santa Monica, CA in 1958 and closed in 1967, so these are from that time period. It was a very large park that was built to compete with Disneyland. However, city planners, in an effort to renew the area, demolished buildings and closed streets all around the park so people couldn't find there way in. Even though it was a huge park, it was forced to close it's doors and the contents were auctioned off in 1968. These cards are marked "Pacific Ocean Park Arcade 1¢" on the front and have a postcard back.
 
$1.00 -+


#TY712 - Group of 12 Novelty Upper and Lower False Teeth - Made in Japan
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 12 for $4.20 (thhat's 35¢ each). Vintage 3 1/2" tall package says "Imitation Upper and Lower False Teeth" "Made in Japan". Inside are 3 1/3" wide thin plastic "teeth" with brass grommets on each side that articulate if you pull the tops and bottoms apart. We discovered these in the warehouse of an old store up in northern Ohio. Unsold old store stock in excellent condition.
 
$4.20 -+


#TY864 - Group of 4 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus Envelopes
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 4 for $2 (that's 50¢ each). Vintage large 9 1/4" wide envelopes with a huge logo. Logo says "Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus" "Greatest Show on Earth" "Since 1870". These are unused old stock from around 1950. Excellent unused condition.
 
$2.00 -+


#ZZStock091 - The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company Stock Certificate
Click the picture to see a large version of the entire image in detail. Vintage 12" wide stock certificate says "The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company" "Nickel Rate Road". Very nice graphics. All are from the 1950s. Colors may vary from the picture. Image is identical. These are used stock certificates that were kept in unusually nice condition.
 
$0.75 -+


#BEADS0154 - Group of 12 Early Plastic Green and White Beads with a Speckled Pattern and Goldstone Flecks
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You will get 12 for $1.00 (that's about 8¢ each). Vintage hard plastic beads with a beautiful green and white speckled pattern that are 11-12mm in diameter. They also have splotches of goldstone (aventurine). This is an early style of plastic that was made around 1950 or possibly earlier. They look a lot like old aventurine marbles from the 30s.

They are in unused condition, and like most of the others in this find, so far as we can tell, there are no other examples of these to be found anywhere online, or anywhere else period. These were the only plastic beads stashed away with the hippie beads, but are substantially older. 
 
$1.00 -+


#BEADS0278 - Givre Glass Banana Shaped Cabachon
Vintage clear glass cabachon with embedded yellow translucent glass at the base (view is from the side). I took a picture from the side so you can see how the look like a banana! They are 14mm tall. They are old unsold Czech stock from the 1950s.

This item is from our recent trip. We returned with these and over 100 other items! We found two separate warehouses loaded with beads, cameos, cabochons, charms, and other stuff that went as far back as the early 1900s. We are thrilled to share this stuff with you guys!

 
$0.20 -+


#BEADS0502 - Huge 32mm Early Plastic Black Cabochon with white splotches and Goldstone - As low as 20¢ ea
Vintage flat back huge 32mm (1.3") early plastic black cabochon with white splotches and goldstone. This is a very early type of plastic made around 1950 or earlier and these are extremely good quality and perfect condition.  They look exactly like glass ones and would be a perfect substitute if you need a very large cabochon (glass cabochons in this size runs a couple bucks each!). These are very beautiful and very underpriced.
 
This is from our latest treasure hunt! From a warehouse of cabachons and beads! All were in original packaging. All are 50 - 90 years old.

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#BEADS0515 - 8mm Olivin Czech Glass Rhinestone - As low as 10¢ each
8mm pointy foiled back round rhinestone. Packages were marked "Czechoslovakia", and "Olivin". This is a scarce and pretty color. they were made in the 1950s. Excellent, never seen the light of day condition, from original packages.
 
This is from our latest treasure hunt! From a warehouse of cabachons and beads! All were in original packaging. All are 50 - 90 years old.

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$0.15 -+

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#BEADS0518 - Large 28mm Pink and Gold Intaglio Featuring an Old Steam Engine - As low as $1 each
Vintage 28mm (1.1") wide intaglio. The pink backed glass with reverse painted incised gold color give these a 3D image. Flat back. West German. The color is a classic 50s pink (not sure why the photo came out reddish). They are from around 1950 and are uncommon. Perfect condition. They picture an old steam engine and the depth effect in the picture is excellent.
 
This is from our latest treasure hunt! From a warehouse of cabachons and beads! All were in original packaging. All are 50 - 90 years old.
 
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$1.50 -+

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#BEADS0562 - Spectacular Czech Picasso Glass Cube Bead - as low as 15¢
Vintage 8mm square Picasso cube bead. These have an old Czech label that says dark tan and goes back to at least the 1950s.. These are one of the nicest looking Picassos we have come across. Just beautiful. Unsold old stock from an old store up in the northeast we recently visited. Excellent unused condition. Prices are per bead.
 
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#BEADS0724 - 10mm Transparent Purple Swirl - Cherry Brand - As Low as 15¢
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 10mm long transparent purple cabochon with white stripes. Flat back. These are a delightful purple color with internal white stripes on the inside. Japanese. These were in Cherry Brand packaging which is very high quality. The company only existed from 1946 - 1951, so they are from that time period. Unused perfect condition from original packing.
 
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