Maria Grygier photographed by Charles Cushman (1949)

From the Charles M. Cushman photograph collection.

I love the absolutely classic beauty and style of Ms. Grygier. Note the appendectomy (?) scar in the middle image. More girls should rock a turban with their swimwear.

Shawknit Stockings

I found these delightful spot illustrations in one of my favorite online haunts, Duke University's Emergeance in Advertising in America online digital collection.

Here is anoter example of how the history of America is written in its disposible items: Benjamin Shaw, the inventor of "seamless stocking" or "half stocking" aka the sock, was a vehement Abolitionist and one of the founding fathers of Lowell, Massachusetts.

You learn something new every day!

Hunter S. Thompson wore Izod

Toffee Wrapper from the Twenties

American Ball Game (sic) Toffee, going after that lucrative St. Louis Browns fan demographic.


Hooray- Spring Training begins this week! March is the best month to live in Arizona without a doubt. I am going to see two of my most hated teams on the first weekend in March- The Flubs and Dodgers- but my family is coming in town so that should be fun. I'll take lots of photos.

Connie Hawkins basketball card (1971)

Boss Hog t-shirt (1995)

from the absolutely brilliant "my life in t-shirts" post on the absolutely brilliant Secret Fun Blog

Joy Division t-shirt (1980)

swiped from Defunkd's ebay auction wow, if I had $194 dollars and a size extra small torso, i would buy this in a heartbeat. This is an otherworldly shirt.

Wrangler jeans tag books

Wrangler placed these little books on their tags in the Forties and Fifties. I need these!

thermal porn underwear (1975)

from Eaton's catalog, 1975. Back when male models could kick your ass and f your wife.

rejected Chicago White Sox uniform prototypes (1982)

from Whitesoxcards.

The White Sox unis of the late Seventies and early 80s are widely considered some of the worst in baseball history, so a redesign was slated for 1982. These were the rejects! That Dan Marino softball jersey would have set back South Side cooldom for decades. I do like the Joliet Jake prison striped sleeves a little. The one in the middle was the closest to the finished product.

Them t-shirt as flyer as art as design (1965)

"In 1965 Colin Fulcher – as he was then - won a national design award for the poster, which stemmed from a photo session the previous year with his girlfriend, fellow student and artist Lorry Sartorio."

from Reasons to be Cheerful 's blog about rock and roll designer Mr. Bubbles

A ton of trouble- the Steelers' front four (1975)

TIME cover: 12-08-1975 on The Pittsburgh Steelers. On cover: (L-R) L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White, Ernie Holmes and Joe Greene. Photo Credits: (Clockwise from Top R) L. C. Greenwood, Dwight White and Ernie Holmes by Shelly Katz-Black Star; Joe Greene by Steve Northup.


cool art- i'm pulling for the Cardinals.