Challenge From Melissa - Turquoise, Juniper and Chartreuse

Another table sent to me as a challenge -

Juniper, Turquoise and Chartreuse.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here's Lookin' At You George!

Did you know that there is no "official" holiday called Presidents' Day?

Presidents Day (or Presidents' Day) is the common name for the federal holiday officially designated as Washington's Birthday. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday in 1796 (the last full year of his presidency) on February 22. While the holiday is still officially known as Washington's Birthday, it has become popularly known as "President's Day", honoring both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all the other men who have served as president.

Contemporary fabric tablecloth with vintage napkins, Post 86 Fiesta in Sapphire, White, Scarlet and Sunflower. The George Washington toby type mugs are from the 1939 World's Fair. Vintage Cobalt butterdish and covered individual casserole also by Homer Laughlin.


Read more about the 1939 Word's Fair and the Homer Laughlin connection HERE

An image from the inauguration to show another setting used with this same tablecloth. This tablecloth also appeared in December 2009 for a

Starlight Christmas Supper

I'm joining:

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

Sunday Favorites at Happy To Design

Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage

Originally published February 14, 2010:

Mosaic Monday over at Little Red House

Blue Monday at Smiling Sally

Come To The Fair!

1939 New York World's Fair

Vintage linen tablecloth with a map of the 1939 New York World's Fair grounds and surrounding attractions.

At the 1939 New York World's Fair, five potteries participated in creating the
"American Potter Exhibit" in partnership with the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters Union.  The sponsors of the exhibit were The Cronin China Company, The Hall China Company, The Edwin M. Knowles China Company, The Homer Laughlin China Company and The Paden City Pottery Company.
On the tablecloth map the "Home Furnishings Building" (the name was changed in 1940 to the "America At Home Building") is identified merely as "Shelter" most likely because of space constraints of the design.  The pottery exhibit was the only exhibit that continued in the building, all the other exhibits were new in 1940.

A foldout souvenir from the pottery exhibit has 16 pages of information.
Shown below are some of the souvenir pieces from the fair.

Some of the items were actually made at the fair in an onsite kiln, while others were made at the participating potteries.

If you would like to see the additional pages from the brochure,

please click the following link 1939 Fair Brochure.

Some examples of souvenirs from the fair in my collection.

Thanks for coming by for a look back 70 years at some of my Vintage Thingies!