MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

Every now and then you come across an ad, Christmas or otherwise, that leaves you wondering what the....and so it is with this ad from 1956 - yes indeed you too can make your lamps into Christmas trees...this leaves you speechless... Has anybody ever seen one of these in "real life"? Click on the photo.

UPDATED: PAUL SAYS: A DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS DECORATION AND A FOOTNOTE TO HIS ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT OF DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS--YOU CAN READ IT HERE http://www.familychristmasonline.com/trees/ornaments/dangerous/dangerous_decorations.htm

Friend Paul Race has been prepping for the 2013 Open Railroads (National Garden Railroad Convention)--you can read about it here http://familygardentrains.com/newbost/13_prep_for_conv/prepping_for_2013_open_rr.htm
and see his latest "trashbashing" efforts here--just keep scrolling down the page http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=210&start=40

Two peak roof cottage putz pattern from Howard Lamey of littleglitterhouses.com; just click on the link to get it http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=388

The 1937 Catalog, Whitehead Steel Cabinets  http://retrorenovation.com/2013/05/23/whitehead-kitchen-cabinets-1940-20-page-vintage-catalog/