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Monthly Archives: February 2010
1939 Parachute Jump postcard
PARACHUTE JUMP FUN FACTS BUILT: In 1939 for the New York World’s Fair HEIGHT: 262 feet high SPONSOR: The Life Saver’s Company COST of RIDE: 40 cents for an adult; 25 cents for children TIME of RIDE: Trip up took about a minute; drop down 10 or 20 seconds WORST MOMENT: Entangled cables held a [...]
Posted in Ephemera Tagged old amusement park rides, vintage postcards, World's Fair memorabilia Leave a comment
Electric Belts Booklet
Can electric currents cure disease and relieve pain? That’s a question some scientists have been asking since Ben Franklin’s kite experiment in 1752. In the late 1800s a medical fad began — the selling of electric belts. Each belt sold promised to cure a specific ailment. There were belts to cure rheumatism, sexual dysfunction, liver, [...]
The Yardbirds on the BBC
British bands in the 1960s knew they made it when they were asked to perform on the BBC. One band consistently asked back were The Yardbirds. They appeared on numerous BBC programs including Saturday Club and Easy Beat. Their performances on the Beeb occurred between March 1965 and March 1968, so this was the post-Eric [...]
Posted in Music Tagged 1960s English bands, British blues rock in the 1960s, The Yardbirds and Jeff Beck 1 Comment
Olympic Stamps & Pins
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are underway in Vancouver. There are thousands of Olympic items (past and present) in the collectible market. Postage stamps with Olympic themes is just one genre. Another popular area for collectors of Olympic memorabilia are pins. Unfortunately, I don’t have any, but if you do, please share them with us. [...]
Washington’s Day Postcard
This undated postcard was printed by the Whitney Company (1869-1942) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Whitney started as a stationary store. By 1888 they were printing holiday cards and began printing postcards several years later. Holiday postcards included: Valentines Day, Halloween, Easter, Christmas, and yes even Washington’s Birthday.
NASCO China set (USA)
I’m having a hard time finding anything about the NASCO company. If you know please send a comment and I’ll post it. In the meantime, here’s how this set ended up in the family. It was most likely the 1940s and Bendikte Olsen and her daughter Helen went to a neighborhood social in Brooklyn, New [...]
Posted in Family Items, Household items Tagged NASCO china set, NASCO silver garland and triangles pattern Comments closed
Patches from the 1970s
Patch or badge collecting is called scutelliphily. In Latin ‘scutellus’ means ‘little shield.’ ‘Phileein’ in Greek means ‘to love.’ Scutelliphily is a hobby world-wide and goes back hundreds of years. In fact, Geoffrey Chaucer mentions pilgrims and the various badges they acquired in his classic work Canterbury Tales. The patches in this posting were aquired [...]
The Who ‘The Last Time’ sheet music
Back in June 1967, a certain Mr. Jagger & Mr. Richards of The Rolling Stones found themselves in trouble with the law. They were busted and jailed on drug charges. To show a bit of solidarity to their fellow British mates, The Who recorded two Jagger & Richards songs: The Last Time and Under My [...]
The Auction Wally Show
When I started getting my toes wet in the collectible world Walt Kolenda aka Auction Wally was one of the first experts I discovered. His weekly show is available to listeners via internet radio. I always make time to listen to the podcast. Sometimes Auction Wally has a special guest on to talk about collectibles [...]