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Monthly Archives: September 2009
I Antique Online
If you’re a collector, dealer, or just curious about antiques and collectibles then I recommend joining IAntiqueOnline.com. It’s a free online community where you can share information about your fave subject/object or pose a question if you have no idea what it is you have. I became a member within the past year and I’ve [...]
1945 Radio News magazine – Color Television
I’d like to share two brief passages in a 1945 issue of Radio News Magazine. This article was written by Robert W. Ehrlich and it’s about the concept of color television. Keep in mind this was written before black and white sets were in people’s homes! “As world events move closer to the point where [...]
Roll up for the Hippie Tour!
Counterculture goes commercial in this ad from 1967. I found it in a June issue of the underground newspaper the Berkeley Barb.
Posted in Ephemera Tagged 1967 San Francisco, advertisement, Haight Ashbury, Hippie, Summer of Love, underground newspaper Leave a comment
The Chiffons ‘He’s So Fine’ sheet music
Doo-lang, doo-lang, doo-lang is one of the greatest backing vocal hooks of all time! The story goes that the hook was thought up by sound engineer Johnny Cue. The backing band were members of the doo wop group The Tokens (remember ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ and the wing-a’wack backing vocal? Another great hook). Anyway, this [...]
Ford Motor Company logo
Have you driven a Ford lately? Well, to be honest I haven’t. Many years ago I owned a Ford Escort. But the point of this blog entry isn’t to answer the car company’s slogan/question. I want to mention briefly key moments in the history of this iconic logo. The very first logo (in 1903) was [...]
Mary Travers 1936 – 2009
Repose en paix Mary. You were a talented and courageous woman.
George Nelson ball clock
Time never looked so good as it does in my kitchen. That’s where I have this clock displayed. It’s known as a ball clock and it was designed by George Nelson (1908-1986). He was an architect and designer and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of American modernism. “Form plus function” was the [...]
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Sir John Tenniel: Alice’s Illustrator
My first introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland wasn’t through its author Lewis Carroll or illustrator John Tenniel. It was the Disney animated film. And while the Disney film holds a warm spot in my heart today, it’s the original work of Carroll and Tenniel I appreciate the older I get. John Tenniel was born [...]
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Tiki Tribute: Bob Lee’s Islander
A Polynesian paradise once existed in Boston’s Chinatown. In the ’50s the place was known as Bob Lee’s Lantern House, but in the ’60s it became Bob Lee’s Islander. Now unfortunately I never went there, but the legacy of Bob Lee’s restaurant looms large among Tiki fans. Back in the day, college students and locals [...]