Quick bits from a 30’s magazine

Posted on June 24, 2008 by livingisdetail

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Edit: This is actually my 100th post. Yipee I made it this far!!
Want to go back in time? Here is the front cover of a 1933 edition of The Australian Women’s Mirror. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of it on top of my washing machine for some reason. The miscellaneous modern paper [...]

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Have you seen the sky lately?

Posted on November 15, 2007 by livingisdetail

The old Chicory Kiln at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria.
The sky was so dramatic when I took this photo last Saturday. The clouds were moving quite fast. This is a photo of a chicory kiln built in 1885 which is still adorned with an old advertisment for “Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills”.
Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills [...]

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