Déjà Vu Industries

26/03/2024

Summer isn’t too far away. Here’s a 1954 Dobbs “Champagne & Caviar” straw hat in fantastic condition and in a decent large size. Just the thing to wear on the PanAm Clipper to Bermuda. See it in my Etsy store.

10/01/2024

An advertising mailer for Haband ties featuring their Spring 1944 collection. Including a material sample. One of my favorite pieces of vintage ephemera in my collection. Especially as it was originally mailed to a Clara J. Grimm of Sodus, N.Y. who seems to have been a schoolteacher at the Joy School House in 1942. Typically these mailers were sent to shopkeepers and haberdashers. A little peek into someone’s everyday life of 80 years ago.

06/12/2023

I have a weakness for vintage travel books. Reading them is like visiting a world that once existed but now only lives in these pages. Or in the memories of our ancestors. This collection is “On a boat down the Rhine in 1906.”

25/10/2023

Just listed this gorgeous art deco style 1936 Westclox "Ben Franklin" electric clock. Wouldn't it look great on your vintage desk?

This Clocks item is sold by DejaVuIndustries. Ships from Stephens City, VA. Listed on Oct 25, 2023

10/08/2023

A perambulation through the hotel lounge, circa 1919.

10/08/2023

It’s green screen and tripod time again. A few “behind the scenes” tests of lighting and wardrobe to share with you. These are the “outtakes.”

05/08/2023

More from today’s car show. A gorgeous 1936 Plymouth. My favorite year for art deco / art moderne styling!

05/08/2023

A few highlights from my local town car show today. Here’s a very rare 1926 Paige four door sedan. With its original grey mohair interior!

19/07/2023

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29/06/2023

Telephone in place. Now, if I can just decide which desk lamp to use.

26/05/2023

Getting ready for the season!

28/04/2023

Just got these late 30s early 40s DIY woodworking plan booklets today. Which piece should I try to build first?

17/03/2023

Just got this yesterday! I’ve been looking for a complete copy of this 1933 “Balanced Recipes” aluminum encased, ultra deco moderne recipe book by . Can’t wait to dive into some of these! #1933

21/01/2023

Once, these components literally reverberated with the sound of words and music of an era gone by. Glass, wire, metal, and phenolic resin all carefully crafted to allow the expressions of life to be received by those people who lived here before us. Aged now with strata layers of dust marking decades of stillness. I will make these base elements hum and crackle with life once again.

14/01/2023

Just finished this refurbishment of a 1937 Readrite Model 430 vacuum tube tester. Works like a treat!

05/01/2023

Feast your eyes on what may be one of the last functional coin operated pay telephones in North America.

20/12/2022

A surprise in the parking lot of the local grocery store! Nice 1938 Packard “Junior” sedan. Didn’t get to meet the owner unfortunately.

02/12/2022

While recently picking up a 1935 Philco radio project I was offered an Atwater Kent model 38 radio basically for free. The Model E2 speaker I sourced separately. This radio was the iPod of its day, wireless radio in the comfort of your 1927 living room with “one dial” control. That was a big deal in an era when home radio was still pretty new. Right now, this radio chassis is a mess. Should be fun!