The Taft Hotel

Vintage Snap! cards by Abbatt Toys.

From the Moviestars Playing Cards pack (made by Offason AB of Sweden).

Manhattan Island by May Garelick, woodcut illustrations by John Ross and Clare Romano Ross (Thomas Y Crowell, 1957)

The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus by Paul Gallico, illustrations by Gioia Fiammenghi (William Heinemann Ltd, 1969)

The Little Bird – Dick Bruna (Methuen,1962)

Jeu des 7 Familles (that’s Happy Families, in English) – a card game from the 70s. 

Unfortunately I did “miss the boat” by not buying this 1965 board game from Waddington’s. 

Who cares what the present looks like when the retro wrap is this good?

Pickled herring design from the 1960s Clupea range by Figgjo Flint, Norway. Designer: Turi Gramstad Oliver. Bought this at The Den, North Berwick. 

Victor Reinganum and Mel Calman were both British, but their avian illustrations could hardly be more different. Reinganum’s ‘angry’ birds wouldn’t look out of place on the shelves of Skandium – adorning a cushion or curtain design.