Native Rushmore
The U.S. government promised the Sioux territory, including the entirety of the Black Hills, in the Treaty of 1868. That lasted only until the discovery of… Read More »Native Rushmore
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Bedtime for Brezhnev
Impressive political parody ‘film poster’ riffing off of Reagan’s appearance in Bedtime for Bonzo. Love the detail of Henry Kissinger as ‘Doc’. More info from… Read More »Bedtime for Brezhnev
The Day Before the Day the Music Died
Playbill for the show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa. The day after this show, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper… Read More »The Day Before the Day the Music Died
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
Ives Toys Make Happy Boys
Ives Toys had a great slogan, for sure. They manufactured toy trains in the early 20th century, but their slogan was no match for the… Read More »Ives Toys Make Happy Boys
Black Dahlia Newspaper
The site of the murder is not much more than a mile away from me. Photo by A Vintage Walk.
Crusty Navy Airship
Photo by Expert Estates.