Johnny Cash on the cover of TV Guide
Not sure what to watch on TV?
That question is just as relavent today as it was 41 years ago.
Here’s what was on the week of August 30th.
Sat: The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game.
Sun: Walt Disney: “Davy Crockett Goes to Congress.”
Mon: Gunsmoke
Tue: Star Trek. Tonight’s episode “Requiem for Methuselah.”
Wed: Tarzan
Thu: Dragnet
Fri: My Three Sons
And the guest this week on The Johnny Cash Show — folk singer Odetta!
Some collectors are passionate about pink.
In fact, one could argue it’s the most collectible color.
Pink became a color marketing brand in the late 1940s;
that’s when designer Elsa Schiaparelli introduced “hot pink” to western fashion.
By the 1950s and 60s thousand of products were offered in pink like this Bell telephone.
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Forty-five years ago this month, Bob Dylan released one of his greatest albums.
Highway 61 Revisited was a jump away from folk and a giant leap forward to rock.
Every song save one (“Desolation Row”) was recorded with a rock band.
“Like a Rolling Stone” was the big hit single from the LP, but my favorite song is “From a Buick 6.”
Birdhouse Books
Collectible books, postcards and other fun ephemera from this friendly, top-rated seller.
I recently purchased a vintage Valentine’s Day card from her.
Seacoast Bargain
I never know what Bobbi will list each week. I haven’t bought from Bobbi, but I know her. She’s leader of the Seacoast eBay/eCommerce Seller’s Group in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Technoray
If records and vintage electronics are your thing, then here’s your guy. I’ve purchased several items from him. Always accurate in his descriptions.
OBJECTIVE: To prove you are the real Six Million Dollar Man
ENEMIES: Imposters – others who claim they are the real Steve Austin
EMPLOYER: NASA, INTERPOL, the CIA and the Defense Department
This board game came out in 1975 and was made by Parker Brothers.
It was one of the many licensed products based on the popular 1970s TV show.
Steve Austin game piece
The United States was at war for the first half of the 1940s.
Much of the clothing from this time reflects the way Americans lived:
Practical, frugal and hardworking.
1940s Simplicity dress patters
This pattern is a great example of what working women during World War II may have worn.
Many of these women would have worked in factories making war materials.
I imagine Rosie the Riveter being comfortable in wearing either one of these dresses. Can you?
Here’s a batch of fantastic photos taken in 1975 by British photographer Terry O’Neill.
The setting was Beverly Hills, CA.
This would have been around the time of David Bowie‘s hit single Fame.
Elizabeth Taylor had just completed The Driver’s Seat co-starring Andy Warhol!
I never knew these photos existed until a MVG fan posted one on Facebook.
RadioShack is one of the oldest retailers in the United States.
The first store/mail-order operation opened for business in 1921, in downtown Boston.
It was founded by Theodore and Milton Deutschmann.
They chose the name RadioShack because they specialized in radio equipment (primarily for ships and ham operators) and the space was small.
This RadioShack catalog is from 1962.
It was a time when the company was struggling financially.
But, a year later the Tandy Corporation bought it.
They helped turn RadioShack into a billion dollar company.
Believe it or not, Bozo the Clown didn’t start his career on TV.
Instead, his first claim to fame was on a children’s record.
It was called Bozo at the Circus and was released on Capitol Records.
This was in 1946, three years before his first TV appearance.
The success of this children’s record made Bozo an overnight sensation.
Many more Bozo records followed including Bozo Under the Sea originally released in 1948.
This album is a reissue.
Adolf Loos was a 20th-century architect who hated ornamentation.
He wrote about his disdain for it in a 1908 essay;
in English it was translated as Ornament and Crime.
This pitcher is a perfect example of Loos’ aesthetic style.
Straight lines, simple curves and smooth surfaces.
Adolf Loos designed it in 1931 for Viennese glassmakers, J. & L. Lobmeyr.
I bought this pitcher in Vienna back in 1996.
It was a wedding gift for my sister and brother-in-law.
But you needn’t travel so far to buy one.
The Neue Gallerie in New York has them for sale.
