Album Vintage Ephemera from PopKulture

Reward_of_Merit

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:25:15 +0000

Victorian-era reward of merit card which lends one to believe playing marbles wasn't consistently considered delinquent for youngsters.

p.s. I'm guessing by the cricket bat that this may be English in origin, but not necessarily.

PC_Midget_City

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:15:28 +0000

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“An Entire City Populated by Midgets.”

Well, this is sure to be a losing entrant in the PCPC (Political Correctness Postcard Contest), but it is mesmerizing nevertheless.

And what were the little people of the day to do? At least here they earned a wage and gained the acceptance of peers if not the adulation of the teeming White City* crowds.

Postmarked Aug. 7, 1906.

* White City was an amusement park on the South Side of Chicago.

Ford_Motor_handbill

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:07:26 +0000

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"After reading this over, step to your phone and call Bittersweet 2610."

Check out the prices on those classic old Ford Motor cars and trucks!

Circa 1920's.

The Sultan sez...

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:18:48 +0000

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In this pictorial softcover book, the sultan of swat, Babe Ruth, offers advice on everything from fielding and base-running as well hitting the home runs that made him the most famous athlete - if not of all-time - then at least for the first half of the twentieth century.

Babe Ruth's Baseball Advice by Rand McNally, 1936.

Measures about 8-1/2 by 11.

Just imagine!

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:33:12 +0000

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One of the perks of leafing through an old comic is unquestionably the ads - for everything from hordes of plastic army men and Red Ryder B.B. guns to bodybuilding courses and dance instruction to giant balloons and cardboard forts - and, in the case above, ads for other comic books!

Looking back in our rear-view mirror, some of the issues advertised are of course mundane; others, however, like the ad pictured above for the first issue of The Justice League of America, fuel the imagination.

Ironically, these ads tend to appear in companion magazines which are not themselves all that significant, but had that shiny dime been spent instead on the book pictured, it could be worth thousands!

October 1960.

Piggy Marner met a farmer

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:42:26 +0000

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Antique trade card for Fairbank's Family Lard featuring a dapper Piggy Marner - probably 1880's.

William Tell

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:51:36 +0000

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Vintage lithographed postcard advertising Emil Harder's 1925 production of William Tell.

Buck Rogers big big

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 13 May 2001 04:20:35 +0000

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PC_Wienermobile

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:00:28 +0000

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Remember the Wienermobile? Oscar Meyer advertising postcard, 1950's

PC_look_over_your_hose

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:00:29 +0000

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“Garden Hose Inspection Day”

A whimsical advertising postcard reminding recipients to look over their garden hoses. A new 50 foot hose cost $6.50 – no small amount in the 1920’s!

Sent by Harley R. Lugibihl, Main St., Blufton, Ohio

PC_Pabst_plant_WI

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:33:19 +0000

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The grandeur that was once the sprawling Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Postcard circa 1908.

PC_Kansas_calling

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:15:28 +0000

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“Kansas Calling You!”

A thoroughly enchanting postcard espousing the virtues of the middle-western state.

“Room for a Million!”

Copyrighted 1911

PC_baby_habit4

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:10:46 +0000

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"I don't want to - "

Who hasn't had a day like this?

Vintage postcard from 1910.

Against_Evil_booklet_dtl

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:49:23 +0000

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"Against Pride In Clothes"

This Victorian children's booklet of "Watt's Songs Against Evil" contains warnings like the one above against pride in clothes, as well as sloth, evil company, and theft.

No date given, but probably 1880's.

Against_Evil_booklet

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:54:47 +0000

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This Victorian children's booklet of "Watt's Songs Against Evil" contains warnings against pride in clothes, sloth, evil company, and theft.

No date given, but probably 1880's.

AG_Jonathan_Harris

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:28 +0000

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WARNING!! WARNING!!

Jonathan Harris signed glossy featuring himself in the role of Dr. Smith, along with his favorite bubble-headed booby, the Robot from Lost In Space.

Mickey_Mouse_record

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:07:26 +0000

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So what's all the intrigue at Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party? I guess I'll have to play the record to figure out what it is Goofy seems to already know...

Oahu_WWII_map

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:12:13 +0000

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Serviceman's cartoon keepsake of Oahu, Hawaii, showing many of the military and civilian landmarks. 1946.

Lucas_BnB_menu

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:43:04 +0000

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Vintage menu for Lucas B&B Restaurant in Dallas, Texas. Circa 1950's.

Nixons_Restaurant_menu

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:43:04 +0000

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Vintage menu for Nixon's Family Restaurant in Whittier, California.

Included are the daily specials from Monday, September 12, 1955.