Description: 🔴 Late 1940s 1950s Collectible MARTHA LORRAINE BAKELITE LIPSTICK BRUSH. We hope this will find a new home with someone that loves vintage things. 🔴 Retractable SABLE LIP BRUSH - slide red bar to reveal or retract the sable lipstick brush 🔴 Good Vintage Used Condition. 4.5" long beige / peachy colored Bakelite retractable, genuine sable-haired, quality, lipstick brush.Golden brass band. Red sliding bar controls brush.Case is engraved with script “Martha Lorraine” and print "Pat. Pend. Made in USA.” Brush has been cleaned but case is stained with lipstick at the end from use many years ago. 🔴 This was one of Marilyn Monroe's favorite lip brushes in addition to Grandma Rose 💋 🔴 IMPORTANT ! SEE PHOTOS AND ENLARGE TO SEE CONDITION ! 🔴 🔴Directions : Release the brush by sliding the red bar. Slide other way to retract and brush disappears inside case 🔴 No returns. Vintage item as is. Printed picture of Grandma Rose and Grandpa Ervin from the 1950s not included. This belonged to my grandma Rose who just passed away at 97 years old. Here is a little bit from her memoir related to this lipstick brush and WWII conditions. She lived in northeast Wyoming. I did want to elaborate a little more about conditions during the war as it was not over until the year I graduated 1945. Butter was scarce and we often put the melted bacon fat onto our bread. Sugar was scarce but we fared pretty well as we only had desserts perhaps on Sunday. No one in our family had to watch their weight either. We raised many vegetable and potatoes; carrots, turnips and onions kept well in the cellar. My Mom canned beets, pickles, green beans, corn, and meats, so we always had plenty to eat. One amusing incident happened to me one Easter at Communion Service. Shoes were scarce and money even more scarce. I had a pair of dress shoes but they had a hole in the bottom so I put a piece of cardboard in them. I was mortified later to think I kneeled at the altar and everyone could see the bottom of my shoe. I just loved shoes all my life and bought many pairs later in life, perhaps that is why I liked shoes so well. I worked for awhile at J.C. Penney Co. and some of my paycheck went for clothes as it was exciting to unpack the new fashions. (This is probably where she bought her lipstick brush for her red lipstick.) I worked in the First State Bank in the bookkeeping dept. after graduation and one of my duties was to tally and take care of the ration books people were issued. There were certain tokens for a pair of shoes, others for gasoline, sugar, butter, and things in short supply. We gathered some items at the ranch that were needed for the war effort: old bones (which I assume were ground up) any steel or iron. This sounds really strange now. We did what we could for the cause. I had 4 uncles (brothers of my Mom) who were in the service at the same time: Emory who was in the Construction Battalion (CB’s) who was in the Dutch East Indies, probably the Philippines and other Islands, being bombed by Japanese. Edward and Joseph who were in the Army, and Jiggs in the Navy in the Pacific theater; (their ship was hit by a bomb.) My brother, Bill served in the Army mainly in France, and Italy. My cousin, Bud was in Tokyo Japan and my husband, Ervin was in the Army and as a Corporal was stationed in Tokyo as an M.P. He directed traffic in front of McArthur’s Headquarters at the Imperial Hotel while there. Ervin relates meeting Bud over there as he noticed that the soldier needed a shave and his uniform just not quite correct. This was before he knew him and it was a small world to discover they lived within 10 miles of each other and had gone to the same high school. Ervin was in Tokyo Bay the day Tokyo was bombed. Dancing was one of my most enjoyable activities. I enjoyed going to high school and country dances with my brothers, Bill and Jimmy. Later I just lived for the Saturday nights when Ervin and I attended country dances. (I am sure she wore her red lipstick!) Most often taking our kids and making them beds on the benches or sleeping in the car in the summer. Yes, they were safe there and we parked close and checked on them often. Mostly just friends and neighbors attended. A lunch of cake and sandwiches was always served at midnight.
Price: 57 USD
Location: Saucier, Mississippi
End Time: 2025-01-06T06:25:27.000Z
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Featured Refinements: Vintage Lipstick Brush
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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