I recently went to a wonderful little stationery store in Montclair, New Jersey, a lovely town not far from NYC. The shop, which is just called “Montclair Stationery,” is a bit of a time warp, as it harks back to the days when most towns’ main street had an independent stationery store that carried a little of everything. And this shop not only has a little of everything, some of its everythings have probably been on the shelves for decades! I bought a couple of notebooks there, and their notebook selection was pretty good, but not as exciting as all the vintage staples! I couldn’t resist taking photos of all these wonderful old boxes of staples and staplers that are all probably long out of production. Even if they’re still made, you know the packaging is nowhere near as cool now!
If you’re ever in the area, please stop by this lovely little shop. I’m so glad they haven’t been put out of business by Staples and Amazon, and hope they never will be!
wicked awesome!
Looks great! But what’s it called?
Whoops! Just updated the post, it’s called Montclair Stationery.
I love vintage stationary. I still use many of these items in my home office (I’m very old-school.) and it is difficult to impossible too find these types of items. I keep wanting to buy an antique typewriter, but where would I find the ribbons? That sort of thing.
I wish I lived close enough to visit this store. :) Ah well.