Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "outer space"

Astro Bow—Get in Orbit and Go Go Go!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:01:04 +0000

"Astro Bow. Get in orbit. Go-go-go. 39¢. Buser Century, Inc."

A black velvet hair bow shaped like a space capsule!

"Get in Orbit" and "Go Go Go" with "Astro Bow" is what the printed card is telling us. What Space Age gal could resist something like this?

You're Out of This World, Valentine

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:02:08 +0000

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"You're out of this world, my valentine."

A space-themed Valentine's Day "lollipop card" manufactured by the E. Rosen candy company. The card has perforations--barely visible here--that originally folded out to hold the stick of a lollipop.

Commander Alan B. Shepard, National Historical Wax Museum, Washington, D.C.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:52:16 +0000

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"In Washington, D.C., see National Historical Wax Museum. America's finest air-conditioned wax museum. 26th Street at E. N.W., near Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 9 am to 9 pm, including Sundays. Commander Alan B. Shepard."

Cover of a 1960s brochure for the National Historical Wax Museum.

Be Sure to Get Back for Rally Day

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:25:48 +0000

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"Be sure to get back for Rally Day. 'The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.' Psalm 19:1."

Rally Day is a special celebration held by some Protestant churches in September or October to promote family attendance at church services and children's participation in Sunday school.

This postcard, which was used to remind church members (and astronauts, too, I guess) to attend Rally Day activities, likely dates to the 1960s when the Space Race was taking place.

For some earlier aeronautical Rally Day reminders, see Rally Day Airship and Visit Our Sunday-School Air Port:

Mogera and the Mysterians Transfer Picture Book

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:34:42 +0000

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"Transfer Picture Book. Made in Japan."

Cover of a small booklet containing a few pages of decals or stamps.

The creature on the cover is Mogera, a robot with laser beam eyes that first appeared in Earth Defense Force, a 1957 Japanese science fiction film that was released two years later in the United States as The Mysterians (yes, that's where the music group Question Mark and the Mysterians got its name).

The Mysterian Space Station, a ringed planet, a Sputnik-like satellite, and a couple of rockets are visible in the sky above Mogera (did his laser beams miss that rocket or are they going right through it?).

Leave It to Beaver Rocket to the Moon Space Game

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:08:44 +0000

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"Leave It to Beaver Rocket to the Moon Space Game. Thrills with Beaver on a race to the moon. As seen on A.B.C. television coast-to-coast."

The disembodied head of Beaver Cleaver floats in space somewhere between the earth and moon on the lid of this 1958 board game tie-in with the TV show Leave It to Beaver.

Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol Membership Card (Side 2)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:08:50 +0000

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"Member, Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol. Name ________ Address ________ City ________ State ________ Is entitled to all privileges of membership in Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol and may take part in all activities, open or secret, of the patrol. U.S. Keds."

For more information, see the front of this Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol card:

Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol Membership Card

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:08:52 +0000

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"Kolonel Keds personally certifies that bearer, whose name is on back of this card, is a member of Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol. Kolonel Keds."

What kid in the 1960s wouldn't want to wear Keds sneakers and be a member of Kolonel Keds' Space Patrol! See below for the back of the card.

In a later, less Martian-like incarnation, the Kolonel was portrayed by an actor wearing Keds and a Bell Rocket Belt, who swooped down from the sky in TV commercials and did heroic stuff like saving a school bus from an avalanche. Head over to YouTube and see it for yourself: Keds Sneakers with Jet Pack Kolonel Keds.

Outer Space Guide

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:06:51 +0000

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Outer Space Guide

Instructions: Find desired planet on this wheel. Set it opposite arrow on bottom piece. In windows provided find answers.

Diameter in miles. Period of revolution around sun. Mass (Earth = 1.00).

Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

Easter Seals Space Ranger Pin

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 21 May 2014 21:25:11 +0000

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"Easter Seals. Space Ranger."

A tin-lithograph tab button pin issued by the Easter Seals charity in the late 1950s. The satellite depicted on the pin looks similar to Vanguard 1, which was launched by the United States in 1958. It's still orbiiting the earth today even though its solar-powered radio transmitter stopped working in 1964.

Astronaut Breakfast Game

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 21 May 2014 21:25:09 +0000

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Part of a game that encouraged schoolchildren to eat a healthy breakfast that included Kellogg's cereals. Late 1960s or perhaps early 1970s.

Excerpts from the text of the leaflet:

Kellogg's "Astronaut'" Breakfast Game

(Will your team be first to reach the moon?) . . .

You are now a member of one of the Moon Ship Crews that is racing to have breakfast on the moon. . . .

When you have a healthful breakfast like the one pictured on the inside of this score card, you are helping your team win the race to the moon. . . .