Last year I said that I needed to have my 'want bone' removed but I never did.

Unfortunately, I've had a recent flare up . . . . . . .

I want this cart:

Far Away From Here

Paris, 1950

A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th
Avenue and 40th Street, May 18, 1940:

I want 5¢ milkshakes and 10¢ coffee.


See the lady in the middle?  I want her hat.



If that's a ferret in the wash tub, I want one:



I want the table on the right:

Two young friends, Pittsburgh, PA, c.1932


Gentleman demonstrates the latest
stop sign technology, March, 1936:

I want one.  The sign, not another man.


Very rare street scene, London, c. 1872

I want the birdcage under the table.
And the chairs.


I want everything in this photo:

Photo of Russel Wright's apartment at 221 East
48th Street, New York City, May 13, 1949


Do you see it?  The palmist sign to the left?  I want it.

Federal Clothing Store, 621 Seventh St. NW,
Washington, DC, 1925



I never had a pony.  I want that pony.


If I can't have a pony I'll take a goat.

Coney Island goat carriages, 1904


The Detroit Opera House and Wonderland Theatre, c.1900

Wonder what happened to those signs?
I want them.

City Hall of Detroit, MI, c.1900
Yup, I want one of those fruit carts, too.



Clifford and Tommie Whittington of 38 Price St., Savannah,
GA, converted their basement into a deli and beer store, c. 1937

Where is that gorgeous neon sign today?  I want it.

Another view of the Whittington's deli and beer store.

The Bayou Pom Pom Grocery Store stood at 701 Bourbon
Street at Peters Street, New Orleans, LA, c.1937

Sad that all of those signs ended up in the city landfill.  I want them.
Google: 701 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA
The same street lamp is still there!



A class for makeup sales associates, the Helena
Rubinstein Co., 655 Fifth Ave., NYC, Sept., 1961

I want one of those vanities.
(Reminds me of the scene on Mad Men where she emptied the waste basket
of tissues where the models had blotted their lips - "a basket of kisses.")



Miss Elizabeth Huffman working in a research
test kitchen, Washington, DC, Sept. 6, 1922:

The kettle and pressure cooker - I want them.


A vintage typewriter?  Want one.

The typewriting department of the National
Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio, 1902
(These ladies would be amazed by Casual Fridays.)


I want a tree house like this:

Chene Chapelle ("Chapel Oak") is an oak tree located
in Allouville-Bellefosse in Seine-Maritime, France.
The tree is believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old.
In 1669 two chapels were built in its hollow trunk.

Sadly, a current photo of the tree shows that
it hasn't fared very well over the centuries.

Kuriositas

Yup, I've definitely got to get that 'want bone' removed.