Collector of Advertising of the mid 20th Century.
Alas, the castle housing this museum was torn down in 1964, in the interest of urban renewal. I don’t know what became of the dude in the suit of armor shown here. Mr. Harding had inherited a fortune and used…
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These folks are fishing for salmon at the mouth of the Rogue River in Oregon. What a perfect activity for times like these. Those fishing lines require social distancing, and later fish-breath will keep people apart.
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 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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I guess these Army jeeps were not built for precision or comfort. There is a picture my dad took around here somewhere… I think it was in Okinawa. Some AF guys standing around looking at a jeep on it’s side,…
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We all know that Eastern Washington is known around the world for growing apples. This one though- I would just be worried about encountering that worm. It does make me crave apple pie though. They are trucking in 4-H and…
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I like these “checkbox” postcards. Because, every minute of vacation is precious! Not sure how many people will check “lover’s lane” though- who has time to track down the local lover’s lane, when you probably already have a motel room?…
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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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They say “Work is the curse of the drinking class” but it’s probably more like “Cirrhosis of the liver is the curse of the drinking class” in many cases, if you want to get real. With so many people working…
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Kansas looks like a pleasant, calm oasis in the midst of all this turmoil. Although their Coronavirus numbers seem high for such a place… I could social-distance the HECK out of Kansas. We are still kicking around the idea of…
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