Keyhole Leda
A fortuitous camera angle, as the mirrored ‘keyhole’ gives us a little peek at the Leda & the Swan print on the opposite wall. Serendipitous(?)… Read More »Keyhole Leda
Beverly Hills Public Nuisance 1954 Rolls Royce
Clearly there’s a story here, and I managed to find it. The city of Beverly Hills succeeded yesterday in having a $200,000 Rolls-Royce auto declared… Read More »Beverly Hills Public Nuisance 1954 Rolls Royce
Roswell Festival 2007 – 60th anniversary of Weather Balloon
Great pulp-y science fiction art for this poster for the Roswell UFO Festival. The Roswell ‘UFO’ of 1947 has been convincingly demonstrated to have been… Read More »Roswell Festival 2007 – 60th anniversary of Weather Balloon
Poe’s The Raven 1883
Another handsome book. Photo by Blast.
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles
‘Featuring the elaborately designed covers of more than one hundred pieces of vintage sheet music, Songs in the Key of Los Angeles spans 1859 to 1959, offering… Read More »Songs in the Key of Los Angeles
Which came first, the piglet or the egg?
Photo by True Legacy.
Paramount 75th Anniversary Poster, Robert Hoppe
Great homage to the dancing spectacles from the films of yore. Photo by RLB.
Munson Equipment Calendars, Late 1940s
I guess you gotta do something when you’re the local distributor for International Harvester in Blythe. Photo by Monarch.
Three Ostrich Centerpiece
I can’t help but love this oddball thing! Photo by Aversa.
Look at the beautiful wood!
Click through for a picture of the whole gigantic mirrored buffet/vanity thingy.