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California, Here I Come*
*Al Jolson hit from 1924 1935 map See? There really was an Inspiration Point!
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More From A Bright Spot
Livin’ it up at the Orchard Inn I’ve never been as far north as Wisconsin, and my only knowledge of Milwaukee is this: Laverne & Shirley But I loved that show and wanted to visit Milwaukee to see...
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Dave’s Black Spasm Incomparable One-Man Band
Houston 175 The small-hatted, accordion-squeezing Dave traveled all the way from Tulsa, Oklahoma to perform at Houston’s Weber’s Pleasure & Beer Garden in October 1933.
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Milk And Corn Flakes
Phenix Milk Wagon 1927 Kellogg’s salesman at Root Memorial Square, Houston 1928
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Barry’s Shine Parlor, July 1929
Houston Chronicle So much of this pre-Depression image is foreign to me. I’ve never worn a swimming cap in public. Actually, the woman near the eyeglasses display is wearing a cloche hat, designed to...
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Sea Brisket: Heavy Half, Extra Lean, Outside Cut
Just foolin’, folks; there’s no such thing.
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1916 Election: Peace With Honor
Illustrated History of the US One hundred years ago, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson used newfangled machines on wheels to get his message of peace across to the common man (not woman, of course;...
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The Last Of The Famous International Milk Bars
Herald Sun 1988 The Herald Sun declared this milk bar in Brunswick (a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria) “a sight unlikely to last much into the 21st century.” But what is a milk bar? Those two words don’t...
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Take One Down, Pass It Around
1949 Sadie Hawkins Dance, Univ of Texas These young men may have been in the Lone Star State, but they were swilling brown bottles of the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Schlitz may not be your first...
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Your America
Yesterday we profiled New York Central railroad advertising, and today we focus on the Union Pacific. Again, these are all WWII era, as evidenced by the optimism above: “After victory…” Montana shows...
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Signs O’ The Times
Tossing out old newspapers today, I stumbled on to this choice (and timely) comic. In fact, I did toss the 7/14/1984 Dallas Times Herald into the trash, but not before scanning these ads. And what...
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The Touch, The Feel Of Cotton
Most of the yearbooks I collect have ads in the back. Rarely are they interesting beyond the typeset or logos of the times, but this 1955 Lion’s Lair yearbook shows student at the places of business....
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6.5 Ounce Cokes: The Secret To A Darling Figure
Life: 10/10/55 Actually, it was during this very year of 1955 that Coca-Cola expanded its packaging from the standard 6.5-ounce contour bottle to include 10-, 12- and 26-ounce contour bottles in the...
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Because When I Think Fiesta, I Think Italy
Life 10/10/55 I don’t know about you, but when I eat ravioli, I don my Italian sombrero and play a round of Italian music with my maracas.
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Seconds On Pork Sausages, Please
LIFE 11-11-46: American Meat Institute As I read that aloud, I can hear the man’s voice saying it. I wonder if you hear it, too? That typical 50s voice. “Why, Dick and Jane even give their dog, Spot,...
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