Virignia Heffernan on the telephoneThe disappearing analog telephone call#analog#dowdyworld#telephone·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 31, 2010Virignia Heffernan on the telephone
Wooden phone boothsLong may they stand.#dowdyworld#telephone·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 31, 2010Wooden phone booths
"THIS IS FUN"1940s ad for mystery fun-producing food#advertising#culture#dowdyworld#food#liverwurst·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 27, 2010"THIS IS FUN"
Coming soon: funA 1940s ad for a food that means fun. Can you guess what it is?#advertising#culture#dowdyworld#food#liverwurst·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 27, 2010Coming soon: fun
Personal Post Office ScaleA nifty, dowdy tool#dowdyworld#mail·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 24, 2010Personal Post Office Scale
The all-in-one roomMid-20th-century living, with Mary and Russel Wright#culture#design#dowdyworld·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 12, 2010The all-in-one room
Easier living with Mary and Russel WrightModern living, mid-20th-century#culture#design#dowdyworld·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 12, 2010Easier living with Mary and Russel Wright
Orange telephone artRetro telephone, orange#dowdyworld#technology#telephone·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 2, 2010Orange telephone art
New York, 1964: record storesFrom Hart's Guide to New York City#dowdyworld#NewYorkCity#records#1964·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 2, 2010New York, 1964: record stores
New York, 1964: Schrafft'sFrom Hart's Guide to New York City#dowdyworld#NewYorkCity#1964·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 2, 2010New York, 1964: Schrafft's
New York, 1964: Chock full o'NutsFrom Hart's Guide to New York City#Chockfullo'Nuts#dowdyworld#NewYorkCity#1964·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 2, 2010New York, 1964: Chock full o'Nuts
Angela Lansbury and Basil RathboneEating lunch#dowdyworld#photography·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 24, 2010Angela Lansbury and Basil Rathbone
Chock full o'Nuts lunch hourEisenstaedt photograph#dowdyworld#photography·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 24, 2010Chock full o'Nuts lunch hour
The government-issue penWashington Post article on a dowdy writing instrument#dowdyworld#pens#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 24, 2010The government-issue pen
"REUSE THIS CARTON!"Value-added shopping, with Draplin Design Co.#dowdyworld#signage·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 7, 2010"REUSE THIS CARTON!"
Orange soda artNesbitt's, 1953 ad#advertising#dowdyworld·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 7, 2010Orange soda art
"A sort of jump-seat Mona Lisa"A J.D. Salinger sentence with a jump-seat#dowdyworld#Salinger·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 29, 2010"A sort of jump-seat Mona Lisa"
WNEW jingles"Eleven-three-oh in New York"#dowdyworld#NewYorkCity#radio·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 19, 2010WNEW jingles
Harvey Wang's New YorkGreat book on people in disappearing lines of work#dowdyworld#NewYorkCity#photography#work·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 10, 2010Harvey Wang's New York
Telephone exchange names on screenCHelsea, from The Dark Corner (1946)#dowdyworld#film#telephone#EXchangenames·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 6, 2010Telephone exchange names on screen
StopetteAn item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey#dowdyworld#fiction#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 12, 2010Stopette
Sal HepaticaAn item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey#dowdyworld#fiction#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 12, 2010Sal Hepatica
MusteroleAn item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey#dowdyworld#fiction#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 12, 2010Musterole
ArgyrolAn item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey#dowdyworld#fiction#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 12, 2010Argyrol
A Salinger catalogueFrom Franny and Zooey, the contents of a medicine cabinet#dowdyworld#fiction#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 7, 2010A Salinger catalogue
Card-file steals scene in TV debutCard-file, from Father Knows Best#dowdyworld#indexcards#stationery#television·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jan 20, 2010Card-file steals scene in TV debut
Father Knows Best Christmas episodeStrange, stranger#Christmas#dowdyworld#television·mleddy.blogspot.com·Dec 25, 2009Father Knows Best Christmas episode
PUSHAn old metal sign, good advice for reading, writing, and teaching.#dowdyworld#reading#signage#teaching#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 3, 2009PUSH
“Trailing-edge technology”A photography exhibit on the work of men and women in vanishing trades.#dowdyworld#photography·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 3, 2009“Trailing-edge technology”
