Category: Ephemera
Dystopian Candy
The back of an old Betty & Veronica Archie digest greeted me with this horrifying dystopian future.
What does a kid do with a Rambler?
Apparently if you ate a lot of these frozen pops, you stood a good chance of winning one of these great prizes, including a trip to France for 3! THREE – That means you, mom and dad! SIS CAN’T GO!!
Not so Boffo
I ran across this old copy of “Boffo Laffs” – Surprisingly from 1986, and with an ad for the “Kiss me in the dark baby” tie! How strange.
Brought to you be the Acme barrel Company
Thousands of amazed spectators watched Anna Edson Taylor, at 43, pass safely over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Superheroes doing the best they can
Crunchy Nut Man– Kellogg’s has just created a new purported superhero. I’m a little skeptical. What exactly are his superpowers? Does it have something to…
What do non-rich retired people do?
We’ve been peddling stuff like these South Park bus passes on Mercari… (Like eBaY but not so much too big for their britches) Not making…
Street Robbery!
I have an old “Fun with Tom and Betty” primer, it is not as valuable or popular as Dick and Jane. I can kind of…
Olympic Sales Club went to pot
I used to sell Christmas Cards on commission for Olympic back in about 1970. I bought a used Schwinn Stingray and had to sell a…
A tribute to the Peter Putters of the world
My dad’s old Jensen-Byrd supply catalog had 1641 pages of everything under the sun. Many of the items were from small suppliers. I imagine that…
Throw your voice! Boys only!
Apparently only boys can learn to throw their voices. I think that has something to do with girls not having an adam’s apple. This must…
