Posts Tagged: art

vintage illustration 1950s family buying car

Moving Forward Into the American Dream

  The first hint of fall may have conjured up the crunch of crisp McIntosh apples, maple leaves turning colors, and the air filled with burning leaves, but for me fall conjured up the intoxicating smell of a new car.

vintage illustration 1950s family buying car

Moving Forward Into the American Dream

  The first hint of fall may have conjured up the crunch of crisp McIntosh apples, maple leaves turning colors, and the air filled with burning leaves, but for me fall conjured up the intoxicating smell of a new car.

Vintage business poster Mather Poster Company 1920s

Rooting For The Firm

Our  family-owned shoe factory in Allentown PA. has  been shuttered for decades, but memories of the once booming business lingered with me for years. In the late 1960s my parents and I  visited the lone remaining factory of my family’s

Vintage business poster Mather Poster Company 1920s

Rooting For The Firm

Our  family-owned shoe factory in Allentown PA. has  been shuttered for decades, but memories of the once booming business lingered with me for years. In the late 1960s my parents and I  visited the lone remaining factory of my family’s

art collage by Sally Edelstein appropriated vintage images

Oils Well That Ends Well

American Crusaders OMG! With  our all American can do optimism and a resounding chorus of Onward Christian soldiers, Americans have flexed our formidable global muscles, confident that our take-charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. In God We

art collage by Sally Edelstein appropriated vintage images

Oils Well That Ends Well

American Crusaders OMG! With  our all American can do optimism and a resounding chorus of Onward Christian soldiers, Americans have flexed our formidable global muscles, confident that our take-charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. In God We

art collage appropriated vintage images

Art in the Age of Political Absurdity

Just in time for election season, please join me at the opening reception of Party Headquarters Art in The Age of Political Absurdity at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, in NYC  where my piece “Oils Well That Ends Well”  will be

art collage appropriated vintage images

Art in the Age of Political Absurdity

Just in time for election season, please join me at the opening reception of Party Headquarters Art in The Age of Political Absurdity at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, in NYC  where my piece “Oils Well That Ends Well”  will be

vintage beer ad illustration suburbia 1950s

A Blueprint For The Middle Class

The idea of upward mobility in America is a powerful and deeply ingrained part of the American Dream. Never was the American Dream more potent or more seductive than in Mid century America. Middle class American were the most envied

vintage beer ad illustration suburbia 1950s

A Blueprint For The Middle Class

The idea of upward mobility in America is a powerful and deeply ingrained part of the American Dream. Never was the American Dream more potent or more seductive than in Mid century America. Middle class American were the most envied

art collage vintage images women 1950s

Media Made Women- Housewives

Happy Homemakers During the Cold war, the Culture of Containment was not just a foreign policy but applied to women and their identities as much as it did to the Soviets. Women were to contain their aspirations, their appetites and

art collage vintage images women 1950s

Media Made Women- Housewives

Happy Homemakers During the Cold war, the Culture of Containment was not just a foreign policy but applied to women and their identities as much as it did to the Soviets. Women were to contain their aspirations, their appetites and

photo 1950s baby

Feeding The Baby Boom Baby

Once you got the delivery system down- breast-feeding or baby formula-the more important dilemma for new Mothers has  been when and how often feeding should occur: self demand vs rigid scheduled feedings. For mid-century Moms the choice was a clear

photo 1950s baby

Feeding The Baby Boom Baby

Once you got the delivery system down- breast-feeding or baby formula-the more important dilemma for new Mothers has  been when and how often feeding should occur: self demand vs rigid scheduled feedings. For mid-century Moms the choice was a clear

collage of appropriated 1950s vintage llustrations

Media Made Women

Foraging For Female Fictions Over the past fifty years American women have consumed an abundance of often conflicting imagery about our role in the world and bits and pieces of these mass media representations remain imprinted in each of us.

collage of appropriated 1950s vintage llustrations

Media Made Women

Foraging For Female Fictions Over the past fifty years American women have consumed an abundance of often conflicting imagery about our role in the world and bits and pieces of these mass media representations remain imprinted in each of us.

Collage by Sally Edelstein exhibit Honoring Womens Rights

Honoring Womens Right

HONORING WOMEN’S RIGHTS: ECHOING VISUAL VOICES TOGETHER                                         Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voices Together is organized and presented by four WCA chapters: South Bay Area, Northern California, Peninsula, & Monterey Bay Women’s Caucus for Art

Collage by Sally Edelstein exhibit Honoring Womens Rights

Honoring Womens Right

HONORING WOMEN’S RIGHTS: ECHOING VISUAL VOICES TOGETHER                                         Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voices Together is organized and presented by four WCA chapters: South Bay Area, Northern California, Peninsula, & Monterey Bay Women’s Caucus for Art

art work collage by Sally Edelstein composed of appropriated vintage images

Men in Charge

The current backlash against feminism and female reproductive rights re-markets old myths about women as new facts. Related articles A Feminist Storms Approachin’ (envisioningtheamericandream.wordpress.com) Sally Edelstein Collage

art work collage by Sally Edelstein composed of appropriated vintage images

Men in Charge

The current backlash against feminism and female reproductive rights re-markets old myths about women as new facts. Related articles A Feminist Storms Approachin’ (envisioningtheamericandream.wordpress.com) Sally Edelstein Collage