Some Western movies from 1972.
The Robert Redford Jeremiah Johnson gif many of you are familiar with is, like this ad, from 1972.
Going Hollywood
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Getting Agricultured
Last night’s adventure was going through a 41 pound lot of The Country Gentleman magazines published between 1915 and 1927.
Here are some of the covers (and one random ad portion) I uncovered while going through this rough but rather large lot.
prelude to adventure
Gay Diversion is brought to you by the same folks who made Menace, Enchanting Menace and Moonlight Menace.
Continue readingMulva the Macaroni Girl
At an auction on Saturday, I was digging the packaging for Minnesota brand macaroni shells.
I can imagine the girl having a Selma Diamond voice and she says — “I like to stick the macaronis up my nose.” — followed by a strange rattling noise as she laughs.
Just Four Spiffy Little Ads From 1948
Simonis might be the only one still in business.
The Maid’s Dilemma
In 1971, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. sent out fancy-looking replicas of one of its 1906 advertising pieces to… oh, probably bars, package stores and, who knows, maybe even courthouses and Girl Scout troops. It was a different time. Anyways, here’s one of them.
Bad Girls sucks your balls.
Back in the 1990s when I was living in Grand Forks, North Dakota, there was a building that housed Sensations Nightclub, the Down Under Pub, Campus Liquors and several other businesses. In the inside hallway was a pinball machine that one of my friends decided to play one night. After a bad game, she shouted, “Bad Girls sucks your balls!” and something like that is hard to forget.
I randomly happened upon this Bad Girls flyer while scrolling through some eBay listings and, yeah, I had to get it.
Ahh, good memories of Bad Girls.
Continue readingNo other car in the world will satisfy you.
What did the 1950 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine look like for real? Check out General Douglas MacArthur’s, one of 209 built that year.
Continue readingDo you have under-par children like High-Strung Helen?
How to Impress a Biker Chick
Illustration by Jay Hyde Barnum. Not a lot of info online.
I’m not quite sure what sort of action went down in the illustration, but they both look great!
A History of Herringbone, courtesy of King & Allen Bespoke Tailoring
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