While breaking down walls yesterday, I came across some magazines wrapped around the pipes as insulation and just like at the dentist, they were not current, as the house was built in 1963 and these were from a few years earlier. While not in great condition, I thought it would be a bit of fun to photograph a little of what was inside and what was in vogue in Finland in the 50s.
Me Naiset No.12, 1957.
The number is the month so this is from December 1957, which means it is a Christmas edition and as expected, there were a few gift ideas in there, as well as a lot of fashion.
This baby looks pretty happy that Santa came a callin'
And the fashion... Suffice to say, there was a lot of fur coats on display.
And, there was also a fair bit of submissive looking women in a lot of the images, which is funny as this is a women's magazine. Me Naiset means "Us Women" and the magazine is still around today.
And if you were wondering about how to dance the Conga at the Christmas party....
and ladies, here is what you need to know about Sagittarius men - you are welcome.
There was a bit of men's fashion in there too.
And what every woman really wants for Chistmas - Plastic crap. What is also funny to note is the sales office phone number of Plastex is only 5 digits - 61 641.
Kuva Posti No.7, 1958.
As far as I know, Kuva Posti doesn't exist anymore, or has changed names. The other thing to note is the price of "90". This magazine predates the Finnish Markka (arrived in 1960), which I think means that this price is in Russian Rubles.
The girl on the cover is pretty much what I would expect on the cover of a magazine today. She looks like a friend of mine.
There was a story of blind japanese child artists, which looked pretty cool.
Then, there was another story that introduced a familiar name into the fashion scene, Yves Saint Laurent. My wife was reading some of the articles and found them funny, as a lot of them were written in a much simpler way - which I suspect is because at the time - higher education was not quite as widespread as it is today.
I thought this comic was funny.
I liked the next too for the boldness and in the first with the boar, the "Picture, that was never taken" text.
And this story about the Rio Carnival in Brazil
To finish off, a couple of cartoons of the time.
The sign says "closed"
It was cool looking through these and carefully turning the pages so they didn't rip. I am hoping that as we start pulling more of the place apart, I will find more of these and take some shots. These have been inside the walls for 60 years and therefore, are part of the history of our house - and it might be a bit of fun to intersperse some of these images into a coffee table book of the process of making this home.
It is good to take a glance back occasionally.
Taraz
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<3 As a teenager I would often browse my grandmother's collection of old journals. I loved the pictures and all these crazy recommendations they had for women these days. Like letters from readers claiming emotional abuse by their partners and some Doctor would write back to them how they needed to understand their poor husband who's out there working all day for her … Imagine what people will think about today's journals in a while … :D
This is one of my favorite examples on how women got dragged down. It's a commercial for alcohol, covered as some kind of medicine. "Frauengold" means "women's gold".
**"You don't feel as pretty as you used to?"
Drink alcohol!
:D
I am pretty sure that this period of time isn't going to be looked back on as clever. =)
Have you ever seen those adverts about men being unable to cook or clean? Oh - they are made these days! :D
lol! Sure.
What a nice find :) A glass-topped coffee table with a collage underneath sounds pretty cool.
Enjoy your weekend, I'm sure there is much to get on with.
It would be cool to have some large pint posters too.
Trying to get the last of the stuff into some kind of order so we can relax in the evening.
That is super cool. I guess it is common to find stuff behind the walls of older homes.
When we were re-doing our basement and we tore the walls apart, written in sharpie on what looked like tinfoil (it was a cheap insulation at the time) was this: "To whomever can read this can suck my big dick." And then there was a picture of a big dick and balls with pubes and everything. Then signed by the Mr & Mrs...must have been from the 60's. Crazy to think it had been there so long, those two people probably don't even remember writing it.
lolol That is playing the looooooong game!!!
I am hoping to find a long-forgotten safe filled with gold :D
Oh sorry for not feeling well. Comics reading is the best way to enjoy yourself being at home. This is also helps you to convert your attention from what you've noticed.
by the way, keep safe man.
What kind of comics do you normally read?
I love to read those superhero comics and sometimes about bible story. Superhero comics because I really love writing fiction stories. I'll get some ideas from it. lol
Sounds good - do you have a favourite?
I been storing some magazines, thought it would be nice to look back on in idk how many years later but my wife keeps telling me to get rid of them because we don’t have to much space.
I think there is a line - store something or - store everything. Wives don't tend to appreciate the latter :D
Have you found any old money yet? In America, the carpenters would some times leave a few coins of the times in the walls or the carpet layers would leave a few coins when laying down the carpet.
I have heard the same with the carpets in Australia, but haven't found anything here in the walls yet. THey don't do carpet very often - hard floors almost exclusively.
Wow, so interesting! I love seeing old magazines, they are definitely a peek into the past!
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The magazine looks intact. Keep it safe so that your children will be able to look back at the history.
Hidden treasure.