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Modern Retro Woman: Vintage Just for Fun

Sometimes it’s just fun to explore midcentury ephemera. Posts in Vintage Just for Fun include short-short stories inspired by illustrations as well as posts about commercials, movies, advertisements, and magazines.

How to Behave When Eating Out ModernRetroWoman.com Blog Image

How to Behave When Eating Out

Women at Quilty Bee image for Circles Short Story Jan Cooper ModernRetroWoman.com

Circles {Short Story}

A Different Life Short Story by Jennifer Cook ModernRetroWoman.com

A Different Life {Short Story}

The Kiss Short Story by Jennifer Cook ModernRetroWomancom

The Kiss

The Picnic {Short Short Story}

The Picnic {Short Short Story}

The Lost Friendship Short Story Jennifer Cook ModernRetroWoman.com Collage

The Lost Friendship

A Perfect Memory by Jennifer Cook ModernRetroWoman.com

A Perfect Memory {Short Short Story}

One_Giant_Leap_Short_Story_by_Jan_Cooper_ModernRetroWomancom

One Giant Leap

Your Beauty Zone Vintage Commercial ModernRetroWoman.com

Your Beauty Zone {Vintage Commercial}

Camille v Camille v Camille ModernRetroWoman.com

Camille v. Camille v. Camille {Saturday Night at the Movies}

Best Friends Forever {Short Short Story}

Best Friends Forever {Short Short Story}

The Next Step Short Story Jen Cook ModernRetroWoman.com

The Next Step {Short Short Story}

Independence Day Jennifer Cook Short Short Story ModernRetroWoman.com

Independence Day

Red White and Blue Memories Jan Cooper Short Story ModernRetroWoman.com

Red, White, and Blue Memories

All States Picnic Parade 1955 Home Movie ModernRetroWoman.com

All States Picnic Parade July 4, 1955 {Home Movie}

Madame Grés suit Glamour Shot of the Day ModernRetroWoman.com

Just Add Accent {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Happy Birthday, Audrey! {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Happy Birthday, Audrey! {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Jonathan Logan Glamour Shot of the Day via ModernRetroWomancom

Jonathan Logan {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Collage for Pygmalion Saturday Night at the Movies ModernRetroWoman.com

Pygmalion {Saturday Night at the Movies}

Collage for The Spirit of Christmas 1950 video with the Mabel Beaton Marionettes made by Bell Telephone AT&T ModernRetroWoman.com

The Spirit of Christmas {Vintage 1950 Video}

Image of three vintage inspired Christmas trees to make modernretrowoman.com

Three Vintage-Inspired Christmas Trees to Make

Second Chance on Route 66 {Short Story}

Second Chance on Route 66 {Short Story}

Avoiding Insipid Tea {Vintage Video}

Avoiding Insipid Tea {Vintage Video}

More Kicks On The Original Route 66

More Kicks On The Original Route 66

Al Buell image of woman and man dressing; Inspiration for "Getting Ready" ModernRetroWomancom

Getting Ready {Flash Fiction Story}

A Brighter Day...In Your Kitchen {Vintage Video}

A Brighter Day…In Your Kitchen {Vintage Video}

Second Chances {Short Short Story}

Second Chances {Short Short Story}

"Wishes" Short Story Inspiration; ModernRetroWoman.com

Wishes {Short Short Story}

Glamour's Coeds {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Glamour’s Coeds {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Welcome to Alspaugh! {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Welcome to Alspaugh! {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Small Potatoes Short Story by Jan Cooper inspired by an illustration by Sarnoff

Small Potatoes {Short Short Story}

I've Been Going About My Sewing All Wrong! {Glamour Shot of the Day)

I’ve Been Going About My Sewing All Wrong! {Glamour Shot of the Day)

Carried Away {Short Short Story}

Carried Away {Short Short Story}

Only A Secretary {Short Short Story}

Only A Secretary {Short Short Story}

Becalmed short story inspired by an illustration of a beatnik and a beautiful woman on a beach by Edwin Georgi, 1959.

Becalmed {Short Short Story}

No Way Out {Short Short Story}

No Way Out {Short Short Story}

Carrier air conditioning advertisement, 1954; Image courtesy of MyVintageVogue via Pinterest

A Pebble in the Pond {Short Short Story}

A Knock at the Door {Short Short Story}

A Knock at the Door {Short Short Story}

Unmasked Short Story inspiration image: Woman putting on lipstick with little girl in the doorway watching; ModernRetroWoman.com

A Spring Affair {Short Short Story}

Unmasked Short Story inspiration image: Woman putting on lipstick with little girl in the doorway watching; ModernRetroWoman.com

Unmasked {Short Short Story}

"Dynamic Duo" Short Story Inspiration ModernRetroWoman.com; Illustration by Harry Zelinski for the story “You Have To Be In The Mood” by Elizabeth Troy in Woman Magazine (1953) via TotallyMystified on Flickr

{Short Short Story} The Dynamic Duo

Curve Balls short story inspiration image of man playing with stereos and woman with records

Curve Balls {Short Short Story}

Glamour Shot of the Day: Because Flowers Are A Great Distraction; Modess Ad, 1951; Image courtesy of MJ Basala on Pinterest

Because…Flowers Are A Great Distraction {Glamour Shot of the Day}

What is Glamour? {Vintage Video}

What is Glamour? {Vintage Video}

Mother Was Wrong {Short Short Story}

Mother Was Wrong {Short Short Story}

Margaret's Decision {Short Short Story}

Margaret’s Decision {Short Short Story}

Because...Sometimes A Girl Needs A Good DIY Project {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Because…Sometimes A Girl Needs A Good DIY Project {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Because...You Have To Wonder What They Were Thinking {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Because…You Have To Wonder What They Were Thinking {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Because...It Had To Start Somewhere {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Because…It Had To Start Somewhere {Glamour Shot of the Day}

Modess...Because Advertisement; Source image courtesy of Dovima_Is_Divine_II on Flickr.

Because… {Glamour Shot of the Day}

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