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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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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I picked up this neat bottle at the Saturday auction, it once contained “Newbro’s Herpicide” and claimed that it “kills the dandruff germ”. Mr. Newbro had some wacky ideas about what causes dandruff and baldness. I read up on this…
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It’s 1935- The depression is barely over, not over for a lot of people, yet this yarn wench chooses to slack off her work, and get cigarette stench all over the product. I guess it’s human nature to take advantage…
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I was listening to the Larry Miller podcast, he was going on about saving soap slivers in the shower, somehow mushing them together to form a bar sufficient to bathe with. Apparently that is how they roll on the island…
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I guess when your head hurts so bad that you can’t even stand the sight of a trademark stamp, you don’t care about side effects, but acetanilid will do a number on your kidneys and liver if you aren’t careful;…
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Back in the day, apparently you could get into the Saturday Matinee for what? A dollar? Thirty-Five cents? Nope! Just six 7-up bottle caps! You could probably find them in the alley behind Uncle Larry’s house, or ask your big…
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“Hey, sorry about your goat, guys! I have to go open a chain of questionable chicken restaurants, I’ll be back to settle up later.”
Since cellphones with the WAZE app installed did not yet exist in 1906, motorists of the day resorted to using confetti flung across the roadway to warn other drivers of a “police trap” ahead. Since speeds were limited by the…
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It’s 1946, the war is over, and Look magazine asks people what they want. to buy. Because apparently everyone has piles of cash now. They want a pony, a convertible, a cruise. But Dominic just wants a simple gold band……
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