Collector of Advertising of the mid 20th Century.
Another item from my dad’s old 1958 Jensen-Byrd catalog, supplier to hardware retailers all over the west. This is a set of the locking mechanisms for card tables (Playing cards was a big thing too) – Today’s card tables have…
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This postcard suggests that President Reagan and Nancy simply shaved their heads, to save money on tonsorial services. It seems like a small sacrifice, and I would suggest that our current president should do that also. I have been cutting…
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This is a project from my son in 2nd or 3rd grade I guess. Apparently the idea was to draw an anti-pollution poster. Because pollution is BAD I don’t know what they made in that factory at the top. Frank…
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Teresa still has her KJR cash card! We go way back listening to Seattle radio. When I got my first radio, there were THREE competing “Top 40” stations on the AM dial; KJR, KING and KOOL. I preferred KOOL. One…
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To my dismay, store clerks don’t even ask for my ID anymore. I have to speed and get carded by a cop instead. It’s not the same. This Replica McLovin ID is fun for movie fans, but probably the method…
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From my wife’s 1962 World’s Fair stuff, a guide to the “plywood house of light”. Look at the curves! Kids were probably punished by being told to stand in the corner. It looks like a nice place, but I would…
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This old postcard shows a jackass backed up to a bar, and a patron commenting, “There’s one at every bar”. Aside from the question of why he is backed up instead of turned around and eating popcorn, you have to…
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I have to wonder about the economic realities of the town where Ed’s restaurant existed. On one hand, the customer has the choice of eating at Ed’s… or starving. On the other hand, a serious labor shortage. You could work…
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A few generations ago, people would buy “War Bonds” from Uncle Sam, to finance WWII. Now we are faced with needing to pony up cash to keep small businesses afloat and help the unemployed until the Covid thing is gone…
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I remember a stream like this, fishing with my dad. Of course, I fell in. (Hey, mossy rocks are slippery!) It was still fun though. Later in life, we found some geocaches out in the woods, him and mom had…
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