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Lidian

  1. The Billion-Can Festival: This side of the two-page spread is more than enough, because the other side is just m... bit.ly/K3Jnhq about 22 hours ago via twitterfeed
  2. The Kitchen Retro-spective is out! bit.ly/uVmBmE 1:05 PM May 26th via Paper.li
  3. The Virtual Dime Museum Weekly is out! bit.ly/rNgEdS 12:54 PM May 26th via Paper.li
  4. A Man With Two Swans On His Head: Here's a little something different - still retro, and definitely kitsch (thou... bit.ly/LQxM6o 7:40 AM May 26th via twitterfeed
  5. The Yorkshire King of Roulette: Joseph Hobson Jagger -  possibly a Victorian relation of Mick Jagger's - was a Y... bit.ly/LQozey 6:38 AM May 26th via twitterfeed
  6. A Good Ladies' Watch: 19th century French chatelaine (Wikimedia)Pocket watches were traditionally the preserve o... bit.ly/Kj2dy5 11:41 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  7. A Curious Little Cake: A beach on Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, which are near New Zea... bit.ly/KkSSpM 10:34 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  8. The Moral Powder Puff: Of course Betty Lou is going to say all kinds of crazy things, because these are her Velo... bit.ly/LHIhZV 6:01 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  9. Ginger Tea and Stomachic Powder: Ginger (Wikimedia) Any decent medical teaching course or medical management cou... bit.ly/KkDqdN 12:11 PM May 22nd via twitterfeed
  10. An Unusual Cure-All: WikipediaIf you had been a medical student in the Middle Ages, you might have used a pictur... bit.ly/JDpOfN 9:35 AM May 22nd via twitterfeed
  11. Edwardian Adventures In Dry Cleaning: Vintage Ad BrowserYes indeed, I had no idea that dry-cleaning was around i... bit.ly/K7NExo 8:49 AM May 21st via twitterfeed
  12. The Kitchen Retro-spective is out! bit.ly/uVmBmE ▸ Top stories today via @be_dsgn @duhproject @alanlagerhausen 1:03 PM May 19th via Paper.li
  13. The Virtual Dime Museum Weekly is out! bit.ly/rNgEdS ▸ Top stories today via @new_york_post 12:59 PM May 19th via Paper.li
  14. Parrots By Gaslight: Flying foxes, unimpressed with the show (NYPL )In May 1892, a man and woman "whose names ar... bit.ly/Jn18rz 8:17 AM May 18th via twitterfeed
  15. Sally's Some Cook: LJ Vintage AdsYou can click on the link to see the bigger version of this one, but if you are... bit.ly/KInbYA 6:33 AM May 18th via twitterfeed
  16. Frangelico: A Winning Hazelnut Liqueur: This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Frangelico fo... bit.ly/JMNRpv 3:22 AM May 17th via twitterfeed
  17. Keen About Beau Cake: Big version over hereWhen I first noticed this ad I thought it said "Bean Cake" and I coul... bit.ly/JIUV6r 6:32 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  18. A Very Rice Time: LJ Vintage AdsHow was Mindy's pajama party, dear? Oh Mom, it was great! We sat on the floor an... bit.ly/LRH0Md 5:18 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  19. Scuppernong Wine on the Beach: WikipediaHave you ever heard of scuppernong wine? The scuppernong is a kind of mu... bit.ly/JuRZet 4:48 AM May 14th via twitterfeed
  20. Canon and Kannon: WikipediaThe next time you use a Canon camera battery and start taking pictures, think for a m... bit.ly/KXAhn3 9:39 AM May 13th via twitterfeed
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  • Bio Ex-pat New Yorker. Writer/genealogist/historian. Blogs about: kitsch & retro ads, culinary history, old NYC/Brooklyn, historic true crime & quirky pop culture.
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