About
A collection of vintage publications from the 20th Century, focussing mainly on arts and crafts, fashion, and food publications. Whilst these are long out of print, they may still be in copyright, and as such, I make no money from this page, nor should you. Please do not repost, print for sale or otherwise monetise any of this content. This is purely for entertainment and research purposes. And occasionally for pointing and laughing. I hope you find something to appreciate here, whether it is for the graphic design, the historical insight, to find a nice knitting pattern or tasty meal, or simply to have a good laugh at what we used to think was cool, trendy and hep, daddy-o.
Some of these are in fairly fragile and/or damaged condition; many have gotten damp at some time and show signs of mildew; they may be dog-eared, torn, show rust from staples, or simply worn from being folded or badly stored. Part of my intention is to have these old gems still able to be appreciated before they simply fall apart and are completely unusable. I have scanned rather than photographed the originals, which means that as some are larger than my scanner, there may be some cases where one page is split over two or more images.
Some things to note: these are from my personal collection. Please don't ask me to post things you remember, as it is very unlikely I will have a copy. Please don't ask me to sell you anything posted here, as a refusal makes me feel like I need to privilege-shame a minimalist (anything to avoid dealing with my craft room). Feel free to ask if I would like copies of old magazines you have (if anyone can help me replace my collection of Smash Hits, Countdown and Bravo magazines from 1983 to 1989 that my mother's horrible ex-tenant threw out so she could use the box they were in, I'd be almost as ecstatic as I was attending A-ha's third ever concert) but be prepared for me to say no, especially if you are asking for payment, as I have a dearth of both room and cash in my life.
As I said, these are from my personal collection. If you want to use any of the images here on your own site, please link back here, don't download and post to your own (or at least contact me and ask for permission to rehost). Sesame Street taught us to share, and we all know sharing is not the same thing as taking.
Lastly, if you are going to make use of any of these things for your own purposes, whether that be historical research or commentary, recreating an old pattern or recipe, use in a collage, to stick on a t-shirt or tea-towel, or in any other manner, transformative or not, please remember to credit your sources - and that means the original publication! Crediting me is nice, but I didn't make any of these things, I'm just sharing them.
Cheers, and have fun (and don't forget to be nice to your newsagents)
Anwyn
Some of these are in fairly fragile and/or damaged condition; many have gotten damp at some time and show signs of mildew; they may be dog-eared, torn, show rust from staples, or simply worn from being folded or badly stored. Part of my intention is to have these old gems still able to be appreciated before they simply fall apart and are completely unusable. I have scanned rather than photographed the originals, which means that as some are larger than my scanner, there may be some cases where one page is split over two or more images.
Some things to note: these are from my personal collection. Please don't ask me to post things you remember, as it is very unlikely I will have a copy. Please don't ask me to sell you anything posted here, as a refusal makes me feel like I need to privilege-shame a minimalist (anything to avoid dealing with my craft room). Feel free to ask if I would like copies of old magazines you have (if anyone can help me replace my collection of Smash Hits, Countdown and Bravo magazines from 1983 to 1989 that my mother's horrible ex-tenant threw out so she could use the box they were in, I'd be almost as ecstatic as I was attending A-ha's third ever concert) but be prepared for me to say no, especially if you are asking for payment, as I have a dearth of both room and cash in my life.
As I said, these are from my personal collection. If you want to use any of the images here on your own site, please link back here, don't download and post to your own (or at least contact me and ask for permission to rehost). Sesame Street taught us to share, and we all know sharing is not the same thing as taking.
Lastly, if you are going to make use of any of these things for your own purposes, whether that be historical research or commentary, recreating an old pattern or recipe, use in a collage, to stick on a t-shirt or tea-towel, or in any other manner, transformative or not, please remember to credit your sources - and that means the original publication! Crediting me is nice, but I didn't make any of these things, I'm just sharing them.
Cheers, and have fun (and don't forget to be nice to your newsagents)
Anwyn