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1946 Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Sheet Music
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Kellogg’s “Banana Splits” Club Magazine Ad
The Banana Splits was a children’s TV variety show featuring four, life-sized furry creatures: Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky. The show was created to help advertise Kellogg’s cereal! Here’s a 1969 magazine ad asking fans to join the Banana Splits Club. All you needed to do was submit a Kellogg’s box top and 25 cents [...]
Also posted in TV/Movies Tagged advertising to television, Banana Splits Club, Banana Splits TV show, children's television, Kellogg's Cereal Leave a comment
Disneyland “It’s a Small World” Souvenir Program
It’s a Small World opened at Disneyland in 1966. Two years earlier, it entertained more than 10 million people at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. This souvenir program was printed in 1969. It features colorful pictures from the ride in Anaheim as well as historical information about the ride. One of the more interesting [...]
1964 Presidential Election Handbook
Now that this year’s Presidential Election is in full swing, let’s peak inside an election handbook from 1964! The handbook begins with a look at the National Conventions. The Republicans met in July at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The Democrats met a month later in Atlantic City. Leading up the the GOP convention, [...]
Dick Dale & Del-Tones Surfers’ Stomp Poster
Here’s a cool looking concert poster I won recently from an online auction house in New York. This original, vintage poster features headline musical acts for a concert held at the Hollywood Palladium. The concert took place on August 26, 1973. This concert was a reunion of musicians who represented the early 1960s California surfing [...]
1965 Boston Yellow Pages Phone Book Directory
I love vintage ads, historical ephemera and items pertaining to a place and time. Well, this 1965 Boston Yellow Pages has it all. I bought it at the local flea market and it’s a lot of fun to go through. I wasn’t born in 1965, so by the time I was older and moved to [...]
Also posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1965 phone directory, Boston history, collecting phone books Leave a comment
Postcard of Charing Cross Railway Station in London
The 2012 Summer Olympics begin in London in just a few days and one bustling area for Londoners and tourists will be the famed Charing Cross Station. It’s situated in the heart of the city and in a typical year over 37 million people pass through it. Charing Cross opened in 1864. Disaster struck 41 [...]
1937 Coronation London: A Pageant! A Souvenir! A Guide!
Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee is underway in London. She’s held the throne for 60 years! Her coronation took place on June 2, 1953. The monarch’s predecessor was her father, King George VI. He was crowned King in 1937 and that’s where this souvenir guide comes in. It’s 66-pages and notes where national celebrations were to [...]
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1950 Eastern Airlines Plane and Baggage Claim Tickets
Tickets for two on Eastern Air Lines please! The couple who bought these tickets took a quick jaunt from New York to Boston in 1950. They made the trip in early June; a pleasant time to go. The cost for a one-way ticket was $12.82.
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