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Comic Books Uncovered
I'm still on the mend and what better way to spend that time than reading comic books. I wrote about the comic book find I made at a garage sale a few weeks back. The comics were ten cents each and...
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Longines Symphonette Turntable
My neighbor, knowing I'm a garage sale fanatic, approached me about a month ago looking for a turntable for his teenage daughter. I didn't have anything, but told him I'd keep an eye out. It was only...
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A New World
Another find from the great 10 cent comic book garage sale is this copy of "Hal Lindsey's There's a New World Coming". It's the comic book telling of the Book of Revelations, just right for terrifying...
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The Superhero Merchandise Catalog
Yet another find at the now legendary (well, not really) 10 cent comic book garage sale (the treasures just keep coming! Well, actually this is the last one), The Superhero Merchandise Catalog from...
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Dolgins Spring/Summer 1980 Catalog
Dolgin's was a small chain of catalog showroom stores in the midwest similar to Service Merchandise. They began as a pawn shop in the 1920's before becoming a jewelry store. They expanded into other...
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Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories
With titles such as "Sticking Pins into Billy", "Always Tell Mother", "Little Miss Grumbletone" and "From Crybaby to Helper Boy", Uncle Arthur's is chock full of fuel for your child's many years of...
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Reader's Digest Ads Condensed, September 1969
Continuing with a new feature I like to call "Reader's Digest Ads Condensed". Really just an excuse to scan more old ads. This time from September of 1969. It was the Age of Aquarius and the age of...
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Clifton's Reopens
While reading my morning blogs, I came across this article on Clifton's Cafeteria. Immediately, I thought, "Hey, I blogged about that cafeteria a while back." Then I looked and discovered I never had...
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Dad's Puzzler
I know posts have been scant around here lately. The combination of my illness and the medicine I'm on pretty much make feel me like not doing anything. I'm not quite recovered, although I'm...
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Dr. Gaymont's Yogourt
I can't resist buying these recipe flyers when I see them...and I see them frequently. It always amazes me how people hang on to these their whole life. I came across a fairly sizable cache this...
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Superb Recipes for Velveeta
Velveeta is one of those food products you just eat and try not to worry about what's in it. And who knew there were so many uses for it beyond Rotel dip?I have one recipe not found on here that we...
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Do Mutant Chickens Dream of Electric Skillets?
It's titled "Almost All About Chicken" for a reason. What they don't tell you, you don't wanna know.This booklet from 1960 comes to us from the folks at Foster Farms in Northern California who alert...
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La Choy Bean Sprouts, 1935
Why post a picture of a La Choy Bean Sprout can label from 1935? Because someone decided to save it for 80 years and who am I to end that legacy? Besides, I couldn't find another example of it on the...
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Dragon Dominoes
When I was a kid, I thought dominoes were strictly for standing up and knocking over like, well, so many dominoes. When I was about 12, my brother taught me to play and we spent one summer doing...
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The Sealtest Food Adviser, Number 71
Another recipe booklet from my last find. From 1948, the early spring edition of The Sealtest Food Adviser, brought to you from the fine folks at St. Louis Dairy.Bring a girl roses and she'll reward...
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Lloyd's Portable Phonograph
I found this Lloyd's portable phonograph at a garage sale back in June. It's a model PH-41 from 1965. I meant to blog about it much sooner since to me it brings to mind thoughts of Summer and taking...
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Halloween -- It's Still My Bag, Baby!
It's hard to believe the Halloween season has rolled around yet again. And once more, I have received an exclusive invitation from the countdowntohalloween.com gang to participate in this year's...
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Away, Foul Creatures of Evil!
Even Soap Operas couldn't resist the allure of the monster mania that swept the mid 1960's and countered the typical serial soap romance and melodrama with "Dark Shadows". Hosting a variety of ghouls,...
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Vampire Bendy
I found this rubber bendy vampire figure at a sale for a quarter. How could I pass him up? For some reason, I always thought these bendys were silly when I was a kid, but I totally dig them now.I'm...
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Fun in Story
This children's book dates from 1940 and was written by Gertrude Hildreth who was a psychologist and wrote the first textbook on applying psychology to school problems.This story follows the adventures...
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