Category: Ephemera
Something for the parents stuck at home
We are glad that our young uns are grown and not needing to be constantly entertained. This is from the postwar “Comic Cards” with all…
Beer Hall Synergy
Still going through these “risque” cards from the 1950’s I think. Some of them are just weird. There is some kind of beer hall synergy…
Found buried treasure in my filing cabinet!
I found a batch of these novelty “Comic Cards” from probably the 1950’s? when I was rooting around in one of my filing cabinets. In…
The Future is now, sort of.
The February, 1956 edition of Town Journal magazine predicted cars would be controlled by devices embedded in the pavement. They didn’t see the advances in…
She’s dangerous!
Teresa got an old photo album at the Goodwill for some project, and there were several pictures of this badass left in there; no one…
Lucille was secretly thrilled
I accidentally dug up this weird scratch pad that I bought at a garage sale, maybe thirty years ago? for ten cents. It has maybe…
The Bricklayer’s Excuse- True story?
Fans of novelty music have all heard “The Bricklayer’s Song”, I have always thought of it as mere clever lyrics, so imagine my surprise when…
