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In Praise of Fathers - Fatherhood - Parenting - Vintage Catholic Pamphlet - Daniel Lord - Vintage Pamphlet Queen's Work - Christian Advise by HappyFortuneVintage

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29.95 USD

In Praise of Fathers by Daniel A. Lord, S.J., outlines the meaning and the purpose of being a good Catholic father to your children, offering advise and spiritual guidance to the faithful. The small Queen's Work pamphlet has bold cover graphics.


This is a genuine vintage religious pamphlet from the 1940s not a reproduction. As such, expect ordinary signs of aging including some wear to the cover, with a small chip on the right-hand side of the cover corner, wear and tanning at the edges of the pages. Previous owner's name (Carolyn Zickel) written in blue ink on inside cover.

In Praise of Fathers by Daniel A. Lord, S.J.
The Queen's Work, St. Louis
40 Pages
6 1/8" x 3 1/4"


Interested in additional vintage pamphlets published by the Catholic Church? I have a treasure trove in my shop.

You've A Right To Be Happy
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Don't Be A Liar
www.etsy.com/listing/251110117/dont-be-a-liar-vintage-catholic-pamphlet

How To Go To Heaven Without Dignity
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How Are Things in Tito-Slavia?
www.etsy.com/listing/249554272/cold-war-anti-communist-pamphlet-vintage

Humanity Debased
www.etsy.com/listing/250109210/humanity-debased-vintage-catholic

Godless Communism
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The Communist Conspiracy Against the Negroes
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and more....


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Heart Pendants - Heart Charms - Vintage Jewelry - Valentine's Gift - Valentine's Day Prop - Wedding Prop - Heart Decorations by HappyFortuneVintage

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28.95 USD

A fistful of vintage heart pendants - give them to your sweetie as a unique gift, use them as wedding decorations, or repurpose them into new pieces of jewelry or art.


Pendants are vintage circa 1950s and show typical age-related wearing including light tarnishing, & some rubbing away of the gold finish.

Pendants are approximately 1 1/4" long.

Pendants will be sent to you in a gift box.


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Propaganda Poster - Vintage Poster - Art Poster Decor - Political Poster - Marshall Plan Poster - Lithograph Poster - Horton & Sandiford by HappyFortuneVintage

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325.00 USD

A Great Britain entry in the European Recovery Program (ERP) Marshall Plan's Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living 1950 poster contest, this striking graphic suggests that cooperation is the key to post-World War II economic development and prosperity.

The ERP or Marshall Plan (1948 - 1951), conceived by George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff during WW II & Truman's Secretary of State, sought to politically stabilize & rebuild the economies of war-torn European countries while hindering the spread of Communism.

A panel of graphic artists selected 25 winning posters from over 10,000 entries. The posters are graphically stunning pieces of political propaganda and historically interesting bits of ephemera from the early Cold War era.

The poster is an original poster, not a reproduction. The poster is in very good vintage condition with just some wear at around the edges.

Poster has been stored flat and has never been rolled.

YOU HOLD THE KEY
by Leonard Horton & Ronald Sandiford
Circa, 1950 ERP/Marshall Plan
20 x 30 inches (50 x 76 cm)
Great Britain, 5th Place Winner

ERP - Marshall Plan Posters currently available in my shop:
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Architecture Book - History of Architecture - Architectural Design - Architect Gift - Hamlin - Architectural Illustrations -Antique Textbook by HappyFortuneVintage

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38.95 USD

Antique 1898 edition of Hamlin's History of Architecture in the College Histories of Art Series is in very good vintage condition. Fully illustrated with photographs and line drawings, Hamlin's history is a well-regarded and collectable volume on the subject of architecture. Comprehensive for its time, it covers primitive and prehistoric architecture through building in the late 19th-century United States. Bound in brown cloth with gold-leaf tooling this is an attractive book.

History of Architecture by A. D. F. Hamlin
College Histories of Art Series
1898 Edition
Pages 441
Fully Illustrated, Photographs and Line Drawings
Index and Index of Architects
Glossary


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Telephone Music Box - Rock a Bye Baby Music Box - Lullaby Music Box -Vintage Telephone -Vintage Music Box - Musical Telephone -Nursery Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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28.95 USD

Wind up this vintage telephone music box and it plays the lullaby Rock A Bye Baby. This vintage toy telephone comes in its original box, and would make a sweet decor accent in a baby's nursery or child's room.

This is a genuine vintage music box from the 1960s. The rotary telephone is molded from plastic and the plastic shows some discoloration from age. There is some wear to the rope telephone cord.

The musical telephone was made by Marco Music Crafts, N.Y., N.Y. The music box works.

Approximate Measurements:
4 1/2" x 4" x 2 1/2"

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Vintage Card Game - Outer Space Art - Space Age Game - Space Race - Math Game - Math Decor - Vintage Educational Game - Space Ships Rockets by HappyFortuneVintage

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125.00 USD

During the 1950s & 1960s, the space race captivated our imaginations, and outer space imagery became a ubiquitous motif on toys, housewares, fabrics, and a myriad number of decorative items.

Sealed in its original packaging, this vintage educational card game is a rare find from the space age era. The box lid has an amazing outer space graphic with two rocket ships orbiting around the earth. The space age graphic is repeated on the back of each game card.

It's the perfect gift for the collector of outer space toys and games!

The box shows shelf wear with some rubbing and scratches to the cover graphic. Three of the corners are split, but the heavy cardboard box holds together well. The original cellophane wrap is beginning to tear at the bottom right hand-side corner.

Fractions
Elbrecht Enterprises, 1958
Bellwood, Illinois

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The Motor Girls - Antique Book Decor - Vintage Book Decor - Car Decor - Automotive Decor -Car Lover Gift - Adventure Book - Woman Cave Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.95 USD

Hard-to-find title in The Motor Girls adventure story series, this first edition copy of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay also has its original dust jacket with an illustration by Thelma Gooch.

The dust jacket shows signs of wear with chipping and tears around the edges, but it has done a fabulous job keeping the decorative cover of this antique book in marvelous condition. The embossed cover illustration is clean and bright. There is wear around the hardcover edges. There is some soiling on the hardcover spine. The vintage book's pages show typical tanning found in inexpensively produced books from this era. One of the book's illustrations has separated from the binding - see photograph five.)

The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or The Secret of the Red Oar
by Margaret Penrose
Cupples & Leon Company, New York, 1914
Illustrated; 250 Pages
7 5/8" x 5 3/8"

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Miniature Dinosaur Figure - Stegosaurus Dinosaur Model - Metal Dinosaur - Vintage Dinosaur Toy - SRG Dinosaur - Cool Gift - Fun Gift Idea by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.00 USD

This miniature stegosaurus is fiercely adorable! Add him to your vintage dinosaur collection, or start a collection today!

Made by Sell Rite Gifts (SRG) in the 1940s, this vintage cast metal dinosaur has a bronze coating and a wonderful patina. He was made as a toy and sold, along with SRG's full line of metal dinosaurs, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

The miniature dinosaur model shows signs of wear with some chipping to the the bronze coating. He is marked "SRG" on the bottom.

Approximate Measurements:
3 inches long by 1 1/2 inches tall

The miniature dinosaur comes in a gift box.

I have a larger stegosaurs model currently available in my shop as shown in photograph five.
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The vintage SRG dinosaurs for sale in my shop are being sold as display pieces for decor or dinosaur collections. The metal dinosaurs are not children's toys by today's child safety standards.

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Bedtime Stories - Children's Books - Nursery Decor - Bed Time Stories - Arthur Scott Bailey - Antique Book Set - Children's Room Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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65.95 USD

Instant collection of classic stories by Arthur Scott Bailey can be used as decor in a nursery or child's room. The antique children's books have orange and green bindings and charming endpaper graphics.

This book set includes bedtime stories The Tale of Betsy Butterfly, The Tale of Jasper Jay, The Tale of Mistah Mule, and The Tale of Dickie Deermouse. The books are in good condition for their age showing some soiling on the covers, tanning paper, and shelf wear around the edges. Each volume has a color frontispiece illustration of the book's main character.

The Tale of Betsy Butterfly by Arthur Scott Bailey
Tuck - Me - In Tales
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1918, 114 Pages
7 1/4" x 5 1/4"

The Tale of Dickie Doormouse by Arthur Scott Bailey
Sleepy Time Tales
Illustrated by Harry L. Smith
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1918, 128 Pages
7 5/8" x 5 1/4"

The Tale of Jasper Jay By Arthur Scott Bailey
Tuck - Me - In Tales
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1917, 114 Pages
7 1/4" x 5 1/4"

The Tale of Mistah Mule by Arthur Scott Bailey
Slumber Town Tales
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1923, 118 Pages
7 1/4" x 5 1/4"

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Victorian Boots - Antique Button Up Boots - Brown Leather Boots - Saks & Co Label - 1800s Shoes - Steampunk Victorian Costume by HappyFortuneVintage

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125.00 USD

Authentic antique Victorian button up boots, these beautiful brown leather shoes were the height of fashion back in the late 1800s. This pair of boots is gold stamped "Saks & Company New York" inside each ankle.

This amazing pair of leather boots are in remarkable condition for shoes made in the late 19th century. The leather has some peeling, nicks, and scratches in spots, but over all is very supple. The left boot has all of its original eleven leather-covered buttons. The right boot is missing four buttons. The soles and heels are in good condition.

Etsy only allows five images per listing. I'd be happy to send you additional photographs of these fabulous boots.

The boots are approximately a contemporary size 6 - 6 1/2. I wear a 6 - 6 1/2, and was able to try them on. I was not able to button up the ankles. If I could, I wouldn't be selling them!

Measurements:
9 3/4" inner sole
9" sole of shoe from tip of toe to end of heel
3" sole at widest point
9" tall
8 1/2" ankle circumference

Into Victorian era clothing? I have a beautiful black silk taffeta mourning cape lined with green fabric currently available in my shop.
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Antique Industrial Catalog - Brown & Sharpe -Antique Machinery Catalog- Vintage Factory Machines - Antique Industrial Decor - Industrial Art by HappyFortuneVintage

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95.00 USD

Antique industrial Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co catalog from 1914 includes the American machinery manufacturer's line of screw machines with plain-wire and automatic feeds for a variety of factory settings.

The vintage industrial catalog is fully illustrated with detailed line art of machinery along with a few photographs, including a photo of the Brown & Sharpe factory in Providence, R.I. The catalog comes along with an insert with a description and specifications for the Brown & Sharpe's No. 2G Automatic Screw Machine.

In remarkable good condition for a 102-year old antique advertising catalog, the soft-cover book shows some light shelf wear and has some scratches on the back cover.

Screw Machines
Plain-Wire Feed and Automatic
Attachments and Tools
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.
Providence, R.I. U.S.A., 1914
175 Pages plus insert for No. 2G Automatic Screw Machine
9" x 6 1/8"

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Jack O Lanterns - Vintage Halloween Decor - Halloween Decorations - Votive Holders -Metal Jack O Lanterns -Halloween Home Decor -Party Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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39.95 USD

Adorable vintage Halloween jack 'o lantern votive candle holders made by Hosley are the perfect fall decorations for your porch, windowsill, or table.

Made from metal, these vintage candleholders have a nice patina of age. The votives have rust and oxidations spots. The worn, rusted look give the jack o lanterns a rustic look.

Each votive is imprinted "Hosley U.S.A." on the bottom.


Dimensions: Approximately 2 1/2" tall not including handle; 4" 3/8" including handle. 2 3/8" top diameter; 2 5/8" diameter at their widest point.

Vintage, pre-owned votives show wear including rust and discoloration. Please see photographs.

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Ladies Underwear Catalog - Vintage Women's Underwear - Everywoman - Antique Advertising Brochure - Richelieu Mills Utica NY -Sisson Brothers by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.00 USD

Everywoman, an ladies underwear catalog distributed by Sisson Brothers-Welden, a once prominent dry goods store in Binghamton, N.Y., is filled with amazing illustrations of women wearing various styles of undergarments knitted by Richelieu Mills of Utica, N.Y.

Although the antique catalog is not in fine condition, I just could not resist the information and images it contains, from its cover with illustrations of 12 beautiful woman sporting a variety of hairstyles, to the brief "Everywoman" story that begins, "When Eve's curiosity led her into the indiscretion that resulted in her loss of social position she took to sewing...," to the pictures of women with rosy cheeks wearing modest cotton knit underwear.

The adverting booklet is undated. The hair and clothing styles, and advertisements for the Win-Sum union suit date the catalog to 1910 - 1912.

The front cover of the booklet is heavily spotted with soil and foxing. The back cover has a hole that penetrates through to the last page of the booklet (see photograph 3). There are some numerical pencil notations on the inside back cover and stray pencil marks and soiling on the back cover. Pages are browned with age. The bottom page corners are bent and a few are chipped. There is some paper loss on the stapled spine.

Printed by Esser-Wright Company, Utica, N.Y.
12 Pages, Stapled Binding
Circa 1910-1912

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Holy Dying - Christian Death and Dying - Religious Book - Spiritual Guidance - Religious Instruction - Vintage Book - Death Literature by HappyFortuneVintage

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48.95 USD

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor is a classic Christian book on death and dying.

Written in 1651, Holy Dying provides Christian instruction on living to prepare for a holy and blessed death. The religious book addresses the vanity and shortness of life, the miseries of life, the practice of charity and patience, confession and repentance, and sickness.

The small pocket-size book is in good condition for its age showing light wear on the cover with some very small white spots. There is a small tear at the top of the spine. Paper is tanned from age. Pages are clean and the binding is tight.

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
By Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Sometime Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore
Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1929
Printed in Great Britain
248 Pages
5 3/4" x 3 7/8"

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Physics Book - Corpuscular Theory of Matter - J.J. Thomson - Geek Gift - Physics Gift - Science Book - Library Decor - Prop - Rare Book by HappyFortuneVintage

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175.00 USD

First edition copy of The Corpuscular Theory of Matter, this rare science book by Nobel Prize winning physicist J.J., Thomson is a must-have title for any serious science library.

Credited with the discovery of electrons, subatomic particles, Thomson is also known for his work with cathode rays, isotopes, and mass spectrometry.

The Corpuscular Theory of Matter by J.J. Thomson
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1907
Blue Cloth Binding, Title & Author in Gold Gilt on the Spine
172 Pages; Illustrated, Tables, Index
Good Condition.
Corners bumped and starting to fray. Wear around the edges and along the spine. Weak front hinge.

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World Globe - Vintage Globe - Office Decor - Colorful Desk Globe - Globe Decor - Chein Toy Globe - Earth Globe - Metal Globe by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.00 USD

This transfer painted metal steel globe published by the J. Chein & Company, Burlington N.J. has very good detail for a "tin" child's desk globe. The world globe has a plastic half meridian, time dial at the North Pole, and a gold metal octagon base.

The globe shows the world as is was in 1960-1961. Egypt & Syria are united as the United Arab Republic (1958 - 1961), French Equatorial Africa is not present (1908 - 1959), Germany is broken apart into East and West. "Belgian" has been dropped from the Congo (1960).

In very good condition for a 50+ year-old metal globe, the colors are bright and there are minimal signs of wear.

The globe has a 9" diameter, stands approximately 12" tall, measures 7" across the base, and has approximately a 28" circumference not including the meridian.

Globes make great gifts!

Looking for more globes to add to your collection? Check these out.

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www.etsy.com/listing/192951906/vintage-tin-globe-9-inch-chein-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/221218761/wood-globe-world-globe-vintage-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/259466095/vintage-globe-crams-celestial-globe-star
www.etsy.com/listing/264323165/antique-globe-pencil-sharpener-vintage

And, I have additional globes in inventory. Feel free to send me a message for more information about the globes I have on hand.

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Vintage World Globe Toy - Vintage Toy Top - Vintage Globe Decor - Tin Litho Toy - Fun Gift Idea - Unique Gift for Him or Her - Cool Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.00 USD

This vintage miniature world globe toy is big on fun! The colorful globe would make a cool display piece in your home, office, man cave, woman cave, child's room, or anywhere you want a whimsical bit of fun.

The vintage metal toy globe top comes as shown. I'm not sure if it at one time it had a launcher device. It has a wooden handle at the top attached to a metal rod that goes through the globe to the South Pole. There is a metal fitting at the top of the globe through which you can attach a string should you want to, giving you the ability to hang the small globe as a decor accent.

The miniature metal globe is in good condition with some small worn spots to the lithograph.

The toy globe has approximately a 1 3/4" diameter and is approximately 3" tall including the metal fitting and red wood handle.

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Vintage Mail Order Catalog - Grace Holmes Catalog - 1950s Fashion - Mid Century Furniture - Vintage Toys - Vintage Electronics - Housewares by HappyFortuneVintage

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49.95 USD

Vintage Grace Holmes Club Plan mail order catalog for fall winter 1958 - 1959 contains a treasure trove of information on mid-century clothing for men, women, & children, underwear, toys, electronics, housewares, furniture, lamps, bedding,and general household and personal items.

The glossy magazine-type catalog has 318 pages and includes a handy index.

The catalog is in remarkable condition, but it does show wear mostly around the edges and at the top and bottom of the spine. The cover has a few small tears most notably on the front cover bottom edge. The pages are clean.

Grace Holmes Club Plan for Gracious Living
Ashton R.I. -- Rahway N.J
Fall & Winter 1958 - 1959
Catalog No. 25
318 Pages including Index


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Santa Claus Salt & Pepper Shakers - Santa Figurines - Vintage Christmas Decor - Waving Santas - Christmas Kitsch - Japan Ceramic Santas by HappyFortuneVintage

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23.95 USD

Very cool, a little strange, and certainly kitschy, sitting and waving vintage Santa Claus salt & pepper shakers will welcome your Christmas guests to your holiday table.

No markings, but I did some research and traced these ceramic Santas to Japan circa 1950s. They are in very good vintage condition, no cracks or chips. Cork stoppers are intact.

Would make a super holiday hostess gift!

3" Tall x 2 1/8" Wide


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Bookbinding - Antique Book - Zaehnsdorf - Art of Bookbinding A Practical Treatise - Rare Book - Illustrated Bookbinding Guide by HappyFortuneVintage

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145.00 USD

A copy of J.W. Zaehnsdorf's Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise is a must-have volume for the serious collector of books on books.

This is the 1897 third edition of this classic instructional guide to bookbinding. Fully illustrated, the book is in good condition showing typical wear including bumped corners, fraying, soiling, slight tanning, a few spots of foxing, weakening front hinge. Binding is tight. Previous owner's bookplate (Florence Dillon Wyckoff) on the front endpaper.

Art of Bookbinding, A Practical Treatise by J.W. Zaehnsdorf
Technical Handbooks, with Plates and Diagrams
George Bell and Sons, London, 1897
Third Edition
190 Pages, Plus List of other Technical Handbooks and a 47 page book catalogue
7 1/8" x 5"

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Check out my books, records, & paper section for an eclectic selection of interesting titles:
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