Congratulations to Kirsten, winner of last week's Vintage Paper ephemera Giveaway!!!!
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In American Plastic: A Cultural History, Jeffrey L. Meikle describes a 1942 ad in which General Electric predicts the postwar future of a seven-year-old girl: “Wearing plastic shoes instead of glass slippers, enjoying the labor of electric servants, and flying a plane ‘as readily as you would drive a car,’ she would inhabit a ‘fairyland’ made possi-ble by ‘new materials like plastics, new developments like television, new sciences like electronics.’
Still waiting on the electronic servants...
and there is no way I want to see some drivers in a flying plane (you know who you are). Lol.
All that being said--Atomic Age stuff is so cool!
I have started to fall in love with lucite (as you read last week),
with funky shapes, and all sorts of 'snowflake' patterns.
I really think what got me so interested was a pair of lamps that I picked up for the shop.
The color and shape of those lamps made me take a second look at Atomic Age design, and I realized just how optimistic it was. It was actually made during an era where the phrase 'nuclear optimism' was commonly used!
We all need optimism, maybe not nuclear--but a hope for the future, a belief that tomorrow can be better than the pitfalls of today...that's never a bad thing.
This week on Tuesday, we are featuring a terrific Etsy Seller, 51VC who has a passion for all things vintage and atomic--and to boot she is one optimistic lady!
To celebrate we are giving away some really cool Atomic Age goodies.
Many thanks to 51VC for helping out with this week's giveaway!
This week's Prize:
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| Mint Condition Regal Percolator in Sought-After Orange |
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| And a Mod Square Salt and Pepper set in the Same Color Family |
Seriously, How cool are THESE?!
Here's how to get 'em in your kitchen:
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