Early 20th century branded optimism. Vintage Honey Moon tobacco tin & Happy Boy cigarette soft pack designs.

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1964, Vintage Japanese Packaging from 1960s Graphism, Printing Museum Tokyo, 2002 designreviewed.com/artefacts/19... #vintagepackaging #japanesedesign #illustration

PFMA member #EllisCoffee is serving up a little history. Check out this classic John Ellis and Bro. package from the late 1940s or early 1950s, a reminder of how far this Philly staple has come since 1854.
Small box, big legacy. ☕📦

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It wasn’t dessert.
It was cafeteria currency.

From the ongoing series on memory and childhood

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Vintage ad: Sad-faced White male child frowning at a plate of sliced ham and a bowl of scrambled eggs.

Vintage 1970s ad from the side of a toaster oven box: Sad-faced White male child frowning at a plate of sliced ham and a bowl of scrambled eggs while his sister and father bond over breakfast and their mother is absent except for her well-manicured hand daintily lifting muffins from the toaster oven.

“What’s wrong, you ask? I’m growing up in the ‘70s. Not the cool ‘70s with hippies, pot, & bell bottoms. I’m just a kid. I won’t be a car-driving teenager until the ‘80s, when it’s over.” #vintagepackaging #1970s #1970schildhood #tradlife #tradkid #tradmom

In America, we eat our heroes.

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Thrifting is the new winning. A recent purchase from a local online auction. #vintagepackaging #icecream #singleserving #halifaxcreameryltd #polaricecream #historichalifax #halifaxnovascotia

1964, Vintage Japanese Packaging from 1960s Graphism, Printing Museum Tokyo, 2002 designreviewed.com/artefacts/19... #vintagepackaging #japanesedesign #illustration