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THE GREAT GATSBY IN FILM 29 May 2013 | 03:49 am
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel THE GREAT GATSBY has been adapted for film a few times. The first was in 1926 and starred Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson, Neil Hamilton, and Georgia Hale. As far as anyone k...
WOODBURY 28 May 2013 | 03:04 am
The Woodbury Face Powder box depicts a young couple during the early 1920s — it’s not clear if they are on their way to a dance, if they have they become engaged, or if they are they embarking on a ...
Bette Davis — Dangerous (1935) 23 Mar 2013 | 07:42 am
Bette Davis is a natural for the Vintage Powder Room — she was a woman with style and substance. To appreciate Miss Davis you really need to see her films. So put your feet up and enjoy Bette Davis i...
GINNIE LOU HAIRPINS 31 Jan 2013 | 09:12 am
Look at those Victory Rolls! If there was a third woman on the hairpin card they could be the Andrew Sisters. LaVerne, Maxene, and Patty began performing when they where kids and they won first prize...
ADORATION 1 Nov 2012 | 04:55 am
The Adoration Face Powder box dates from the 1920s/1930s, and because the design on the box appears to be that of a spider web it brings to my mind the spooky goings on of Halloween. Halloween is ...
LUCKY 28 Aug 2012 | 01:26 am
Let’s keep this party polite Never get out of my sight Stick with me baby, I’m the guy that you came in with Luck be a lady tonight A lady never flirts with strangers Shed have a heart, she’d be n...
REGINA 2 Jul 2012 | 11:44 am
All hail the Queen! The Regina hair net envelope suggests that any wearer of the net inside will become a queen. Well, a hair net is much easier to wear out in public than a jeweled crown is — unless...
Black Dahlia Murder: the Crime, the Cosmetics, and the Folksinger 19 Apr 2012 | 04:30 am
Imprint Illustration: Scott Gandell I was recently interviewed by Michael Dooley for Print Magazine. Dooley is the creative director of Michael Dooley Design, and he also teaches design history...
BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, PART 2: THE VICTIM’S MAKEUP 19 Apr 2012 | 04:28 am
Photo © Joan Renner. In part two of my interview with Michael Dooley of Print Magazine, I talk about my collection of vintage cosmetics ephemera, and I also discuss my personality profile of Eliza...
ELIZABETH: LAPD’s 65-year crusade to capture Beth Short’s killer 21 Mar 2012 | 10:02 am
I’m pleased and proud to announce that a project on which I’ve been working for the past few months at the Los Angeles Police Museum has been completed and it opened to the public on Monday, March 19,...
