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

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

First up, remembering Sandra Dee---who died this date in 2005---an American actress... best known for her portrayal of ingénues.

Dee earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year's most promising newcomers for her performance in Robert Wise's Until They Sail (1958). She became a teenage star for her subsequent performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959), which made her a household name. By the late 1960s, her career had started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin (m. 1960–1967) ended in divorce. TO READ MORE, CLICK HERE 

Dee is pictured here in a 1960 LUSTRE CREME SHAMPOO AD, COURTESY OF OUR FRIEND CLASSIC FILM. 

NEXT UP, a fabulous 1950's toy from Linemar--we don't know which we like better: the actual toy with the dog playing the piano or the graphics on the box!  Featured in an auction many years ago at SeriousToyz.  It's followed by some fun and putz-house-appropriate crepe paper trees--that you can make---you'll find the video tutorial here. 

And finally a 1901 ad for silk thread---that features a wonderful pussycat graphic.  Again, click on the photos and links.

Some fruits, berries and vegetables--old stock millinery bits from Blumchen, all dating from the 1930's to the 80's--"new" old stock; see them here

For the very ambitious among us--Vintage Popular Mechanics Christmas Project plans--for outdoor decorations: http://www.familychristmasonline.com/decorating/outdoor_decorations/popular_mechanics/pop_mech_project_a_plans.htm

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON HERE. 

P.S. SEE THE MOTHER-LODE OF VINTAGE GENERAL ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS CATALOGS ON FLICKR AND COURTESY OF JEFF CARTER HERE

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