Friday, January 20, 2012

Vintage Decks


 Ladies Portrait Cards, 1819


 German Card Deck 1935



 English Card Deck 1820


German Deck, 1936(circa)

Cards are from the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/carycards/default.asp

Friday, January 13, 2012

Photochrom Prints from the Library of Congress

                                                  Laitiere Bruxelloise ca.1890 to ca.1900

                                      Distinguished Moorish Women Algiers, Algeria ca.1899


                          North German Steamer "La Prussel" Antwerp, Belgium ca.1890 to ca.1900
                                            Blankenberghe, Baigneurs ca.1890 to ca.1900

Friday, November 18, 2011

How to wear your suspenders with confidence!

Awesome vintage photographs on Ebay of classic American style.        
Great Inspiration for the upcoming fall days!


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Sunday, June 5, 2011

New Riddles

Q: What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?

Q: What is put on a table, cut but never eaten?


Answer correctly and get 15% off any amazing inventory at Olaf's...answer incorrectly and bear the burden of being the most shameful/ridiculed and ostracized member of your immediate family and community. Just kidding, kind of.  


Xo! The Olaf's Girls.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Come support the adorable Olaf's girls...or at least one of them...



Miss Reni Lane, the bombshell blond of OLAF'S staff who, apart from being lovely also happens to be (gasp) an immensely talented musician, is playing a show on June 6th at 7:30 PM at The Rockwood Music Hall. The show is free the entertainment is epic. Check out her website at www.renilane.com