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MEMO-PROP & CHILD-STAR ELOISE

  • by Occulta Thesauri
  • Posted on September 7, 2018September 16, 2018

How is a self-published booklet entitled “Memo-Prop” connected to the 1950s child star who played the beloved character Eloise?

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CIGARETTES AND LEGOS?

  • by Occulta Thesauri
  • Posted on June 30, 2018July 1, 2018

What could be more fun than play cigarettes? For decades, smoking was not only socially acceptable, so was providing toy cigarettes to children so they could pretend to be just like mummy and daddy.

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A CAT NAMED MORTIMER

  • by Occulta Thesauri
  • Posted on April 14, 2018April 16, 2018

People used to purposefully wall up cats in buildings for good luck? It’s true! Learn more about Mortimer and how he ended up in a display case at a going-out-of-business sale.

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A NURSE AND HER DUMMY

  • by Occulta Thesauri
  • Posted on April 24, 2016March 24, 2017

We fell in love with this vintage photograph of a beautiful ventriloquist performing in a fabulous formal dress with her dummy. We knew we had to give this photo a home. And find out the story behind the image.

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Recent Stories

  • PANCAKES, ALLELUIA, & SEPTUAGESIMA

    February 18, 2019
  • AN ADVENTURER’S 1808 ATLAS

    October 3, 2018
  • MEMO-PROP & CHILD-STAR ELOISE

    September 7, 2018
  • CIGARETTES AND LEGOS?

    June 30, 2018
  • A CAT NAMED MORTIMER

    April 14, 2018

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PANCAKES, ALLELUIA, & SEPTUAGESIMA

AN ADVENTURER’S 1808 ATLAS

MEMO-PROP & CHILD-STAR ELOISE

CIGARETTES AND LEGOS?

A CAT NAMED MORTIMER

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