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Remembering Mad Men Through Episodic Mementos

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Remember Ken's lighter from Episode 7? Want to take a closer look at Joan's license from Episode 2? The Mad Men Scrapbook spotlights these evocative objects (among others) from Season 2. Click through the Mad Men Scrapbook to take a closer look at one ad man's paycheck and another's business card.

Posted by AMCtv.com
September 16, 2008 2:40pm

Filed under: Photo Galleries

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By Dry Manhattan on September 16, 2008 3:58 PM


....LOVE this! Thank you.

How about Paul's pipe, Betty's ring, Father Gill's cufflinks, Joan's pen-necklace, etc.... (just sayin')

On Pete's business card, it looks like the letters are shiny?

If so, that would be laser-printing from a custom die, which didn't exist yet.

The business cards would have been engraved, which is flat, rather than laser-printed, which is raised.

(or not!)

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By Dry Manhattan on September 17, 2008 7:35 PM


....if it's not too much work, would it be possible to have this be an ongoing feature?

i'm sure i'm not the only one wanting to see all the amazing details of each episode up close.

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By zerelda on September 20, 2008 12:08 PM

Shouldn't Pete's business card have a business telephone number?

Love seeing these bits and pieces of Mad Men up close. How about some of the ladies' jewelry - costume jewelry from that period could be hideously ugly or quite lovely - it would be fun to see how the ladies accessorize their work clothes and evening wear.

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By Alison Phalan on December 5, 2009 9:14 AM

I am missing my weekly adventures of Mad Men. I have been watching since the first season.
I was working in the late 60's and early 70's and knew women like Joan and Peggy. Of course the men were much like they are portrayed on Mad Men. I used to call them Kings in Little Kingdoms (only to myself and family).
But most of all I watch the jewelry the women wear. In the first season, Joan had a copper necklace that looked like it could be Rebajes. I was trying to figure if Joan would have worn that...and Betty had inexpensive costume jewelry on when I expected her to be wearing Miriam Haskell. But recently, the "Betty Draper" in my life passed away and her family asked me to go through her jewelry. Well, there was Haskell, but there was also Sarah Coventry, Coro, Napier and other more common pieces. I realized then that Mad Men had put the right jewelry on Betty. That it is the woman, so powerful and dazzling, mysterious and subtle, that makes the jewelry attractive.
Alison Phalan