Collector of Advertising of the mid 20th Century.
Before my dad had cable, he had a standard roof antenna, or on the other TV, just “rabbit ears”. The roof antenna usually would do OK just pointed toward Seattle’s Queen Anne hill, from our outpost in what is now…
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My sister was complaining that she spent the whole morning looking for this particular “army man”. Her grandson claims that this one is the “chief”. She finally found him. He doesn’t look like any NCO to me. Years ago I…
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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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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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It is father’s day again, but I don’t even have a recliner, I have to envy my dad’s. I will probably get a “World’s Greatest Dad” trinket today, but let’s face it, my dad could dad circles around me. I…
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I dunno, he could be still around? This restaurant in San Jose rode his coat tails in the 80’s and 90’s, and I’m sure there were festivities on the anniversary of the jump every year. I like history, so I…
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I had the same problem with my issued uniform when I joined the Navy in ’82… It got worse because I lost so much weight in boot camp. First thing I did after boot camp was buy some uniform stuff…
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