Remarkable 1949 spoof news novelty print blouse

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I am going to post this in our Tops in Tops Fashion Parade, but I feel I need to call even more attention to it, because it is so interesting.

The blouse dates from 1949, to be discerned from the newspaper print itself, with a few references to 1948 and 49. There is an article about an antique show with scarce 1949 motor cars "Strange Four Wheeled Land Vehicles Cause Much Comment." The print is funny and historical and fascinating, as this was a 1949 view of a newspaper ("The Strata Star") in 1999...the future. In this future, we are traveling to other planets and they are traveling to us, the government (made up of Globocrats and Unipublicans) is in charge of everything. There are atomic-heated coats, Martian ambassadors, 8-course dinner pills and commuter rockets causing traffic delays. You may notice the paper is dated April 1, 1999.

I bought the blouse from a 98-year old woman who said she bought it to wear to a Halloween party and it was so popular that she wore it on other occasions when she wanted to break the ice.

See more photos and the listing for this blouse here.

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I was sorely tempted to keep the blouse Mary Jane, but know it will be loved by someone else too. :spin:

Thanks for spreading the news ;) Linda!
 
It's great to see yours Susan, because there are different parts of the print showing. I feel like it could be in a museum!
 
Well these are just the coolest ever!! This is truly the best novelty print of all time!! I am often fascinated how this time period thought that so much would change in 50 years...but if you look back it only took slightly more than that amount of time to go from horses as the main form of transportation to men walking on the moon!

Love them and thank you both so much for sharing!!
 
The only noted issue with the blouse, a small mend, is surrounded by the text "One issue."

:wow:, I hadn't noticed that!

Thank you so much for the blog Eileen!
 
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