REO Non-Speedwagon
Ransom E. Olds founded Oldsmobile in 1897. Apparently not satisfied with having only one motor company named after him, he started REO Motor Company in… Read More »REO Non-Speedwagon
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Bloomie’s 1996 snow globe
Apparently it’s also a music box that plays ‘It’s a Small World’. Photo by Grasons.
Happy Fourth of July
Photo by Grasons.
Xavier Cugat – La Subasta
Bandleader Xavier Cugat was also something of an artist. In the 1920s when his band was at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, he was… Read More »Xavier Cugat – La Subasta
We can be Heroes, just for one day
Photo from a private sale.
Xylophone Playing and Singing
Seems to be some pretty random clip-art on the cover of this book from Cole Corporation. I can only imagine they relate to the songs… Read More »Xylophone Playing and Singing
Bugaloos Lunchbox
I’ve always contended that the early 1970s were a victim of the drug use of the 1960s. Case in point: the Bugaloos. Click through for… Read More »Bugaloos Lunchbox
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
Disney-themed MAGNUS Electric Chord Organ
What a neat find! Apparently from the mid-1970s, the little chord buttons on the left are matched up to Disney characters. The sheet music uses… Read More »Disney-themed MAGNUS Electric Chord Organ
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