TIL that in 1955, Jackie Gleason had a #1 record of mood music with unusual instruments featuring cover art by Salvador Dali. Wikipedia has the… Read More »Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo – LP art by Salvador Dali
Gilmore Stadium is a great bit of LA history (as was nearby Gilmore Field). It operated in the 30s and 40s not far from the… Read More »Gilmore Stadium Program 1940s
The show recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The lunchbox also shows the scale of the typical emergencies of the day: cats stuck in trees, people… Read More »Emergency! Lunch Box
Pacific Standard Time! Er, no. This clock registers Howdy Doody Time. Photo by Estate Sale Emporium.
Yes, yes, Moose and Squirrel. Very nice. Underdog. Sure. But the star of the show is Mr. Peabody. Photo by Gold Standard.
Photo by Arroyo.
Isn’t that a 6th level illusionist spell? Actually, it is a video camera tube. Sort of a CRT in reverse. Photo by Heritage.
Before you could mount your flatscreen wherever you wanted, there was the TV pole for hanging your portable CRT TV by its handle at a… Read More »High Low T.V. Pole
Photo by A Better Solution.
