Snow Bikes have been around in one form or another for 100 years or so.
The conversion kits cost a little bit more these days.
Continue readingJohnny Gasparini would’ve gotten his two dollars on one of these.
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Just Before Taps
The tent in the postcard photo might be a WWI-era American Expeditionary Force Pyramidal Tent, if you happen to be interested.
Continue readingWe used to soften our fabrics, by the fire at Camp Waconda.
If you drink decaffeinated, you might be a…
Sit on it.
Magazine ad for Hart Schaffner & Marx found in a December 5, 1960 issue of Sports Illustrated
Great art direction for this menswear ad, oozing style and confidence, but now I want to find out more about the cool chair the suited dude is sitting in. Somebody thought it could be a Lucite chair but I’m not sure. Anyone know?
You can’t go wrong with veggie shapes and a creepy baby.
The Jujyfruits shapes are asparagus, tomato, grape, banana, pineapple, raspberry and pea pod.
You absolutely must be curious about the etymology of jujube.
Heide Candy Company was founded in 1869.
Heide was sold to Hershey Foods Corporation in 1995.
Hershey sold Heide to Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company in 2002.
Farley’s & Sathers merged with Ferrara Pan Can Candy Company in 2012, becoming the Ferrara Candy Company.
What’s a pastille? It’s for when you don’t want to say “lozenge”.
Continue readingGoing Hollywood
Some Western movies from 1972.
The Robert Redford Jeremiah Johnson gif many of you are familiar with is, like this ad, from 1972.
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.