‘Guests raved about her dinner.’ This late 1930s cookbook from Spry Vegetable Shortening tickles my fancy. Sadly, it appears that Spry lost the vegetable shortening… Read More »What Shall I Cook Today? Spry Vegetable Shortening
We’ll stick with the chess theme. This great poster touts the semifinal match in the World Chess Championship between Soviet Gary Kasparov and Swiss (since… Read More »Korchnoi-Kasparov 1983 in Pasadena… not
Constance Bannister was renowned photographer, primarily of babies. Here we have a little booklet of 20 of her favorite photographs, used as some promotional material… Read More »Babies and Quality Meats
A windup tin toy from Wyandotte, Humphrey hails from the Palooka-verse. Photo by Tall Rob.
“The first commercial gelatine came in sheet form and needed a long soaking before it could be used. In 1889, Charles B. Knox of Johnstown,… Read More »Knox Sparkling Gelatine
If I ever become a tattoo artist, and open my own shop, I would use this art, and call the place Tatooine, and be sued… Read More »Star Wars Tattoo Flash Set
Thanks to the labor unions, Americans (and Canadians, who also get a bonus ‘u’) get a day off. One of the possible early promoters of… Read More »Happy Labor Day – Come Into the Factories
OK, that’s an awfully specific description of what Jesus is up to. This must be ‘a thing’, as they say. And it is! Behold, I… Read More »Christ Knocking on the Door Kerosene Lamp
Model kit for the M65 280mm ‘Atomic Annie’. Sure you can drop atomic bombs out of planes, but wouldn’t it be cooler to load it… Read More »Atomic Cannon
What a strange thing. A wall-mounted plaque with a deer and forest scene, outfitted with a bimetallic strip thermometer. I would have thought it would… Read More »Deermometer