Thursday, January 31, 2008

Drinking usually leads to poverty.



Membership certificate from the Band of Hope temperance society. I wish the year had been filled in.

Click here for the extra huge size.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Follow me, kids!



Mid Atlantic Wrestling Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 2, 1977.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Griffin Allwhite



The nurse is surprised by the whiteness of her shoe.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Lovingly, Juanita.



I'm guessing this photograph is from sometime around 1945...

Monday, January 21, 2008

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Safe Unbreakable Tip.



Package for the Davol Rubber Company Infant Nasal Aspirator, item # 535.

Friday, January 18, 2008

U.S. No.1 Grade



Silver Skillet Corned Beef Hash Label.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

A saw of moderate price.



Ad for Atkins Saws from the February, 1949 issue of Southern Agriculturist magazine.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Odorless and Tasteless



Whiskey addiction treatment ad from the January, 1929 issue of Sovereign Visitor magazine.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Hee Haw #4



The greatest magazine cover in the history of publishing.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Them Duke Boys



Found photo. This one is important because of the kid's "Dukes of Hazzard" shirt.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Grinding Balls



Burlington Grinding Balls ad from The Canadian Mining Journal, June 1955.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Confederate Dough



Fluorescent colors do not work well with the scanner. This postcard / decal is much brighter than it appears to be.

Monday, January 7, 2008

2-for-1! Featuring Narvel Felts!



Detail of the cover for the tape The Very Best of Narvel Felts (©1981, Cindy Lou's Musical Mail Order).



Narvel Felts' autograph from the inside of the J-Card of The Very Best of Narvel Felts (©1981, Cindy Lou's Musical Mail Order). This tape used to belong to my uncle Dexter. I do not know who Brian is.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Nature Boy



Pin-up page of Ric Flair from Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 2, 1977.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

South Georgia Swamp, 1925



The back of this photo says "Clara Brock, Bess, Aunt Carrie, Uncle Fletcher Brock. Swamps So. Ga. 1925."

Friday, January 4, 2008

It's a Pleasure Doing Business With You



Box packing tape from International Boar Semen, Eldora, IA.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Two Cops



There are two cops. One cop is Corn. One cop is Rice. One badge is not enough for Corn.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

King Diamond



Card number 70 from the "Mega Metal" trading card series, ©1991

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Word power



The back cover of Using Words With Skill by Lillian E. Billington, Silver Burdett Company, 1950. Artist unknown.

No. 8 S.Y. 2061



The cover page of a daily calendar. Artist and manufacturer unknown.