Signs of the Times: Nashville, Tennessee in 1940s

These photos were taken by a billboard/graphic artist in the late 1940s in Nashville, Tennessee. They come from the absolutely wonderful Electrospark collection.

The Life and Times of Marjorie Casper: Valentine's Day

As a rule, I try not to post the same thing on this blog as I do on my flickr. But seeing as it is probably the  best day to post some great Valentine ephemera from Marjorie Casper's scrapbook, I felt like this is an OK instance to repeat myself a little bit. I have included notes on the items telling you where the items came from and who these people were (to the best of my knowledge).

This is a Valentine telegram from Dayd (Elmer Seifert) who you will meet tomorrow. Dayd was Marjorie's boyfriend.

This is an earlier (maybe a year or two) Valentine telegram from Jack Nolan. Jack appears to have been an ex-boyfriend or a gentleman admirer. Not really sure.

A card from either Less or Liss. Not sure who that was. There is no more information in the scrapbook on whoever this was.

Kathaleen was a friend of Marjorie.

Genny is Marjorie's much younger sister.

Kathy was a friend of Marge.

Meet Marjorie Casper

Meet Marjorie Casper.

I do not know Marjorie Casper. I never knew her or anyone in her family. Here is what I know of Marjorie:

1. She was born in 1922.
2. She graduated High School in Breckenridge, Minnesota in 1940.
3. She worked at AIResearch during WWII presumably building planes/bombers
4. She had a boyfriend named Dayd.
5. She lived in Minnesota, California, and Oregon.

One day, in the summer of 2006, my wife and I were antique store shopping in the Eastmoreland section of Portland and we stumbled upon a scrapbook.
The scrapbook was made by Marjorie Casper between 1938-1944. Marjorie saved all sorts of ridiculous things.
This scrapbook is falling apart and I am trying to put it back together. I figured, while I was putting it back together I would feature all of the neat things within.
Over the next little while I will be sharing with you some of the great ephemera inside the scrapbook. I may not post stuff every day but I will post things as I see fit! I hope you enjoy this stuff as much as I do!