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Monday, July 23, 2007

#18 Paperweights

Silk blend, hand rolled

Mirano glass paperweight design. One of my less kitchy scarves.

Monday, July 16, 2007

#13 High School Sports

Silk blend, hand rolled

The trophy reads 'Championship Won C.H.S. 1956'. Fun period uniforms - really short shorts on the basketball players. Pre-Brown vs Board of Education teams.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

#12 Counting Calories

Cotton, hand rolled, Burmul Original.

Nothing like blowing your nose into a handkerchief and simultaneously being reminded that an oyster is 50 calories - which seems a little low to me.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

#8 Boxing Poodles

Silk blend, machine rolled.

I think they should be named Paris and Nicole.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

#4 Hep Cat

Silk or silk blend, hand rolled

Because of its smaller size, I'm not sure if this is a scarf or a hankie - does that make it a scankie??

Not really just scarves.

The title of this blog is a misnomer

I've been collecting vintage souvenir scarves, but also pillow covers and hankies for many years. Most of these items date from the 1930's through the 1960's, which, in my opinion, was the Golden Age of car trips, cheap tours, and tacky souvenirs.

Many of these filmy swatches of color are made of modest materials - acetate, rayon, or cotton. A few are silk. Are they collectible or valuable? Perhaps, but that's not why I've collected them. I make it a point to pay not more than a few dollars for them.

I've begun to pare down the collection a little, especially of the WW2 military pillow cases. Over the past months, I've donated some to several small military museums around the country. So, before they all manage to walk out of the house, I thought I'd memorialize the collection here on Blogger.

Please enjoy.

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