History in the Finding

I shop at thrift stores a lot.  Really, a lot.  Clothes, books, decor items, cookware, raw materials for my shop; most of the goods I buy come from second hand shops.  This is partly because I am cheap and refuse to pay full price for new when perfectly serviceable things are available used.  Mostly, however, I shop at thrift stores because they can offer some hidden gems found nowhere else.

Sometimes these gems are beautiful and unique vintage clothing, or really high quality kitchenware for a bargain, and sometimes the value of a find is in it's history:

This snazzy old polyester tie is from a Clothing shop less than 2 miles from my house.

I don't know who anyone in this wedding party is, but I love this sort of old record of style.  From their clothes to the very frame, the style and taste of the era is readily apparent.

I know nothing about this book or it's author, but like the wedding photo above, I love what the styling of the cover says about the time it was written in.  .