Vintage Costume Collector Gifts

'Damn! Out of shoe polish again!'

"No, it wasn't a sinkhole. Your old TV was so heavy the ground could no longer take the weight."

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

The original paperless office

"Ikea for hippies" 1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood

Early Colour TV

Two circus clowns see each other dressed for a costume party.

Aw, geez, is my fly down again? Why Superman started wearing his underwear over his pants.

Pre-Television Man Caves

"They'd run out of nurses' uniforms..."

"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."

Joe had kept the same suit for thirty-five years!

JET (Part I)

Clock and Watch Shop: Second-Hand Clocks and Minute-Hand Clocks.

Gadzook used armour. Only one careful owner.

The Grecian Bend - Women's Fashion

"Haven't you a small one that would fit into a soldier's pack?"

Strong Female Lead

"Personally, I'd recommend something a little less formal for being run out of town."

"Perhaps you're right. Maybe we should upgrade our computer system."

'Is my make-up O.K.?'

"I think I found the perfect time of year to sell my old clothes!"

Acme Petroleum, since 1925 and 9/10.

"Trust me – she's a witch."

Ambrogio

"I predict that men's fashions will remain relatively stable throughout the next century and a half, whereas women's will evolve continuously, and with the speed and illogic of a juiced-up tribe of rampaging Darwinian monkeys."

August 9, 1857: The World's First Elevator Demonstration

'I was 'Sweatin' To The Oldies', and I flipped over on my back!'

"I used to be a veterinarian."

John Bull dressed in the French fashionable clothing of 1799

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

"We never talk anymore."

'I don't know what it is. I think it's some kind of old-fashioned cell phone.'

"All I could find was this butternut squash."