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

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies and special requests too.  Click on the photos and links.

First up, a fab Chesterfield Cigarettes ad from 1938; click on the photo.  

That's followed by a great scene from BLAKE EDWARDS' "THE GREAT RACE"....starring Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk and many other notables.  If you haven't seen this 1965 film, put it on your bucket list....this one is truly a classic comedy.  (And Trigger Alert--Natalie is quite racey here! If that offends you, move on!) Read more about this very funny film here.

And finally a look back, by special request, at the 2019 "Maria-ville" Christmas village--NO PANDEMICS, NO POLITICAL MADNESS, and where there is ALWAYS snow on the ground during the Christmas season!  Again click on the photos and links.

An oldie but goodie--Brian's reproduction of a vintage made in Japan putz house; click here and scroll down the page. He calls it the Petit Four House

Popped around putz artisan Howard Lamey's website yesterday -- littleglitterhouses.com -- and came across a really great one--A custom copy of a "California" house; click here.

Great vintage circa 1960's Hayashi piece of tinplate--a bus; click here

REMEMBERING S.S. KRESGE STORES AT CHRISTMAS; more here

NEW FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS, A POST ABOUT THE ACTRESS CAPUCINE; read and see more here.

TRAIN TIME: Edge of Town Layout Progress Is S-L-O-W But Steady: Scenery, Track, Corner Bar, Milwaukee Road Hiawatha's and Memorial Da; see more at http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/2020/06/train-time-edge-of-town-layout-progress.html

AND NOW AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE, DOC JOHNSON, AMERICA'S FIRST CHRISTMAS STORE...This article kindly remembers "Doc Johnson," the Smethport, Pennsylvania pharmacist whose Christmas-themed hobby grew into a tourist destination and influenced the front yards and Christmas trees of the United States for nearly 70 years.

Oh for a time machine--on so many levels---and especially these days---read and see more here

REFURBISHING VINTAGE #58 LIONEL GOOSENECK LAMPS; SEE THAT HERE

And see them in Howard's 2016 "Dolly Co." repro village--three fab photos and lots of faux flatties too----just click here  
 
AND ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREEs, a fascinating collection of links from FAMILY CHRISTMAS ONLINE DOT COM(TM)---GO TO https://familychristmasonline.com/trees/trees.htm 

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