Santa from Santa Paula
With a sack full of lemons. The company is Limoneira, based in Santa Paula. I actually own stock in them. They’re big in Lemons and… Read More »Santa from Santa Paula
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Gay Johnny Texas Vegetables
The former owner was clearly not a vegetable, if you get my drift. Photo by Integrity First.
Not Quite Renoir’s Le déjeuner des canotiers
Photo by Integrity First.
Tin Log Cabin Syrup & Wire Woven Asbestos Kindlers
This looks to be the 100th anniversary tin made in 1987. It looks like the log cabin shaped tins were last really used in the… Read More »Tin Log Cabin Syrup & Wire Woven Asbestos Kindlers
Texaco Oil: Clean, Clear and Full-Bodied
Sounds like a Chardonnay. Photo by True Legacy.
Buffalo Lithia Water
Wikipedia tells us this snake oil didn’t actually have much lithium in it, so in 1917 they had to change the name to Buffalo Mineral… Read More »Buffalo Lithia Water
McDonaldland and the McMetric System
Big Mac joining forces with Big International Bureau for Weights and Measures in 1974. Even Ronald McDonald wasn’t enough to successfully import these foreign units… Read More »McDonaldland and the McMetric System
Florida Boy Orange Car – Naturally without Carbonic Acid
Despite the aggressively American name, Florida Boy Orange was a popular orange drink marketed in Germany by Pepsi in the 1970s. I gather it was… Read More »Florida Boy Orange Car – Naturally without Carbonic Acid
Bloomie’s 1996 snow globe
Apparently it’s also a music box that plays ‘It’s a Small World’. Photo by Grasons.
Orange County Auto Club
This looks like a pretty boss hood ornament topper to show your membership in the local auto club. Photo by Johnevieve.