Found in Mom's Basement

Vintage posters from behind the Iron Curtain

USSR, 1920s:

Poland, 1950s or 60s:

Poland, 1978:

Poland, 1957:

Seriously old advertising

Here are some Victorian-era advertising cards.

Found at The Vintage Moth, art-e-ology, adviz and Pinterest.

1980s dance, cheerleading and band costumes

Big hair, sequins and lots of flammable fabric. It could only be the 80s.

Found at Vintage Goodness.

Vintage St. Patrick's Day cards

Found on eBay and Pinterest.

Click here to see two more vintage St. Patrick's Day greetings.

Who wants cake?

I guarantee these neat little vintage birthday candles will have you craving cake.

And if the craving is so strong you're ready to start baking right now, look no further than one of my other blogs, Hey, My Mom Used to Make That!, for vintage recipes for cake. (Shameless plug, I know.)

Found at Vintage Me Oh My, Tias and Etsy.

Vintage Travel Posters: Hawaii

Vogue cover, 1956

Found at The Nifty Fifties.

Supermodels of the 1960s

Wilhelmina, Vogue 1964:

Jean Shrimpton, Vogue 1963

Twiggy, Vogue 1967:

Verushka, Vogue 1968:

Penelope Tree, Vogue Italia 1969:

Vintage Japanese travel poster

First posted by Found in Mom's Basement on 23 August 2007.

Old box of matches. Featuring a very handsome lobster.

Found at Unke E.