Greetings From Foursided!

The first postcard to be printed as a souvenir was made in 1893 advertising the World's Columbian Exposition - hosted right here in Chicago; since then, the fun of buying and mailing postcards has become an activity that most have partaken in at one time or another!

Your friends at Foursided in Andersonville have just acquired a treasure trove of vintage postcards from stateside destinations both big and small - ready to be mailed (some are blank!) or crafted into something fun. Want a piece of home from the state you grew up in, or need a bon voyage gift for a friend? Chances are we have a postcard with your name on it! Postcards are $5 each, and depict iconic images from each location. Grab a little piece of Americana today with these

New & Old

Tot's treasures from yesteryear have made their way to our Andersonville location! From well-loved dolls to wooden puzzles, these former toys will surely enjoy their new life amongst your modern wares. Antique metal doll head, $48; and Animal alphabet puzzle circa 1939, $78.

New & Old

Watch Faces, $8.99 each.

Manly Slide from the 1800's, $14.

Letterpress Wood Type $1.99-$7.99 each. California Case, $45.

Foursided in Andersonville has some new old goodies that we are sure will peak your interest. No, the don't do anything per se, but they look as cool as can be! Display them creatively, and we promise your friends will be drawn to them like a moth to a flame (complimenting your taste while they are at it)!

X is for Xylophone

Stop by Foursided in Andersonville to tickle our ivories, er... we mean tickle our bars. Check out our fun new antique xylophones, and let us hear your best Mary Had a Little Lamb at our interactive display. With several styles to choose from, as well as a handful of xylophone themed flashcards, we are sure you will enjoy our tribute to the only word anyone can ever think of that starts with the letter X. Make some music with us! Xylophones range from $20-$40.

You've Been Framed

We hope you enjoy these newly acquired found frames as much as we enjoyed finding them! All four of these vintage gems will add pizazz to any picture you have, and with a price range of $15 to $45 you can't go wrong. Stop in our Andersonville location to take a look and get framed!

New & Old: Twosided

Victorian Bird Blocks, $6 each.

Republican & Democrat Canisters, $24 each.

Toy Horse on Castors, $75.

Nixon Bank, $46.

Art Nouveau Tin Box, $25.

We have some more fantastic antiques at Twosided for your viewing pleasure, from birdy blocks to busty banks and more! Ogle them here, then stop in to see them in all of their glory - if you're lucky we will even let you take our horse for a spin around the store!

Many Many Maps

Mapquest and Google Maps? Too Futuristic.

Folding Road Maps and GPS? Too Tiny.

We say go big or go home; and while you're at it, go vintage with these amazing wall maps! We have more antique pull-down maps than you can shake a stick at here at Foursided, in Andersonville! The majority of our maps hail from the early 1900's, and range from $94 -$110. Sure they may not be practical for getting to and fro, but they make one heck of a wall decoration or room divider. We suggest you enter 5061 North Clark into that GPS thingy of yours and come see us soon!

New & Old: Twosided

Globe with plexiglass base, $65.

In/Out Sign, $95.

Lovely Leg, $45.

Tin Litho Globe, $45.

Large Red Number, $65.

Clock Face, $70.

New year, old stuff! Stop by Twosided in Lakeview to check out our newly acquired antiques! We've got it all - from clocks and globes, to numbers and... um, legs??! Hope to see you soon!

New & Old

Royal Wood Typewriter, $185.

Globe with wooden base, circa 1940, $140.

Corona Portable Typewriter, $105.

Replogle Toy Tin Globe, circa 1940, $89.

Perfect for the jet-setter, or wordsmith in your life, Foursided in Andersonville has new old goodies in the form of globes and typewriters. Travel the world, and write a novel about it - heck, maybe you need a globe and a typewriter. Either way, we've got you covered.

New & Old

It's new to us, but old in years! Check out these new antiques at Foursided Andersonville

top: Victorian alphabet blocks from the late 1800's, $4.99 each.
bottom: 4' game board, $65.

ABC's and 123's have never been so fun!

Ready For Our Close Up

Calling all shutterbugs - we just acquired a stock pile of cameras with character at Foursided in Lakeview. Ranging from $22-74, these antique cameras look awesome on a shelf - some may even take a photo or two, but we aren't making any promises! Stroll by our window to see our picture perfect display and stop in to say hi!

New & Old

Watercolor tin, $46.

Wooden tool & dye parts, sold as a set, $75.

Psychic testing cards, $49 for the set.

Here's what is new in old stuff this week:
Get your art on with an Alice in Wonderland watercolor tin. Not artistic? Just admire it's retro coolness at your own tea party. Looking for cool graphic elements to add some punch to your walls? A set of wooden tool and dye parts could be just the answer! Wondering what the tomorrow has in store for you? Hone your skills with a set of psychic testing cards from the 1940's. We see a trip to Foursided in your future...

P is for Puzzle

Stencil flashcards, $2.99 each.

Alphabet Puzzle Cards, $4 each.

We love pieces from old children's games and puzzles - but that shouldn't come as a surprise! Enjoy the word stencil cards jazzing up our wall (remember these from your old Fisher-Price chalkboard?), and take a peek at the new alphabet puzzle greeting cards the next time you are visiting our Andersonville location. In the meantime, dig out some of your old childhood puzzles and repurpose them into something fun! We would love to see the results!

New & Old

Stencil Set, $37.

1939 Italian Atlas Pages, $25-55 each.

Take a look at the new old things we have recently acquired at our Andersonville location- this one is for all the graphic design nerds and cartophiles out there! Designers, need a break from the mundane world of Quark and Illustrator? Try it old school style with this stencil set! Know someone who needs their own Roman holiday? Frame up a cool map of Italy circa 1939 - Viva Italia!

A Perfect Match

These pages of old matchbooks are super fun! Suitable for framing, or using in other art projects, these matchbooks are bold, graphic, and represent a piece of Americana. Each sheet contains several books of varying sizes, $18 each.

Bingo!

Get out your daubers and lucky charms, ladies and gentlemen, because it's bingo time! As if you didn't already know, we are sort of obsessed with bingo paraphernalia around here. From vintage baskets to game cards and everything in between, we love the look of this classic game. Antique baskets range from $68-$125 and our slide cards are $6 each.

Big Boy Banks

Big boy banks, big boy banks, big boy banks... we want to hear you say that five times fast! Have you seen our handsome fellows watching you when you pass by our Andersonville location? We love these guys for their nostalgia factor, but they would also make a pretty cool addition to your vinyl toy collection. Oh and did we mention they are banks? Perfect for adding spare change to your hamburger fund. Assorted styles from various years, $21-32 each.

New & Old

Chinese Checker Boards, $48 each.

Surveying Stick, $91.

It's new! It's old! It's both! Are you into playing games? Check out our selection of Chinese Checker boards perfect for gracing your walls or your game table. Prefer to stick it to the man? Check out our surveying measuring stick which fully extends to 12 feet long - whoa that's one huge ruler!

Back To School Cool

Vintage Flashcard Sets, $18-40 each.

Bunches-o-Beakers, $5-9 each.

Assorted Vintage Rulers, $4-10 each.

Chemical Bond Puzzle Cards, $.75 each.

Vintage Books, call for prices.

Kids Around the World Flashcards, $3.99 each.

Framed ABC Poster, $85.

It's back to school time! While we hate to see summer end, we can't help but be a little nostalgic for the days when September meat new notebooks and freshly sharpened pencils. Get your adult school supply fix with some of our goodies, or just stop in to riffle through our ever expanding collection of vintage flashcards for old times sake. We better see you soon, or we are sending you straight to the principal's office...