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V253: 1940s "Bomber Girl" Photoshoot with Stephanie

V253: 1940s "Bomber Girl" Photoshoot with Stephanie

Today my buddy Stephanie and I got together to take her submission photos for a local "Bomber Girls" 1940s pageant coming up in October. I did Steph's hair and lent...
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V140: New Vintage Camera: No.2 Folding Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model B

V140: New Vintage Camera: No.2 Folding Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model B

While in Astoria, Oregon, Carolyn and I visited many an antique shop. I was delighted to find a whole case full of vintage cameras, many of them folding cartridge styles...
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V112: Steampunk Expo Yay!

V112: Steampunk Expo Yay!

Okay, I'm SO tired, but we had the most amazing 1st annual Steampunk Expo here in Reno. It was a huge success! Now time for a nap .... more photos...
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V100: Vintage Girl Scouts - Another 1912/2012 Centennial

V100: Vintage Girl Scouts - Another 1912/2012 Centennial

Did you know that 2012 is the 100-year centennial not just for the sinking of the Titanic, but the founding of the Girl Scouts? My own Girl Scout adventures aren't...
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V91: Edwardian Showgirls

It's another busy day for me - I'm off to the Auto Museum again to play a ditzy maid in my 1920s bathingsuit. I'll give you a number of cool...
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V88: A Massive Merry Widow Hat

I have to run, but I have much to tell you in regards to hats, tomorrow. :-) For now, enjoy this image from Bartoscollection.com, and the many more very cool...
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V69: Vintage 1920s/30s Hair Clip Results and Photos

V69: Vintage 1920s/30s Hair Clip Results and Photos

Yesterday I played around with some vintage hair waving clips I picked up at Sacramento Antiques last month. Remember these?... 1930s aluminum hair waving clips, and dog hair. I used...
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V64: My Grandmother's Birthday

Happy Sunday! Today my Grandmama is 88 years old. I'm off to go and have a visit with her, before resuming my regularly scheduled petticoat sew-a-thon.
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V37: Steampunk School Picture Day

V37: Steampunk School Picture Day

Last Saturday Chris and I spent the afternoon snapping photos of the local Steampunk club, "High Desert Steam." We had access to the Victorian train cars stationed at Victorian Square,...
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New Vintage Toy - Brownie Camera, 1946

New Vintage Toy - Brownie Camera, 1946

This past weekend in Alameda, I couldn't resist visiting one of my favorite antiques shops, where I found this Kodak Brownie camera for $25. It's a Brownie Target Six-20, made...
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A Day in the 1930s

A Day in the 1930s

This past Saturday, Oscar and Debbie Sessions, plus myself, volunteered to appear in a couple historic Reno homes, included in the Reno Historic Preservation Society's second annual "Harvest of Homes"...
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Pretty Victorian Creatures - New Photographs, and New Old Photographs

Pretty Victorian Creatures - New Photographs, and New Old Photographs

Holy Fritatas, I've been been busy. The Victorian Steampunk Ball is this Saturday and I kinda went off the deep end and decided to make new costume pieces for it...with...
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