Postcards from the Past #2: Labor Day at Dorney Park
This postcard is a wonderful piece of mid-century Labor Day ephemera from Dorney Park in Pennsylvania.…
Tag: 1950s
Toon Time #2: Quick Draw McGraw for Kellogg’s
- in Advertising
From the age when corporations directly sponsored TV shows comes this color animation cel from 1959. It features Baba Looey of The Quick Draw McGraw Show on top of a wagon spiriting a Kellogg’s banner.…
Postcards from the Past #1: Pike’s Peak Auto Race, 1950s
- in Ephemera
Postmarked June 18, 1956: PIKES PEAK AUTO RACE Here on Labor Day of each year gather the world’s best dirt track drivers to test their skill on the 10% grade up the side of Pikes…
Now Playing: On the Waterfront
- in Movies
From the September 26, 1954 edition of the Dayton Daily News comes this ad for Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando.…
Now Playing: Vintage Movie Ads of the 1950s (Part 1)
- in Advertising
A gallery of vintage 1950s newspaper advertisements for movies.…
Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 3
- in Retrotisements
We’re back for our junior year of vintage back-to-school print advertisements.…
Vintage NBC Promo Slides
- in Auction Finds
A gallery of slides used by NBC in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s to promote upcoming TV shows, movies, and events.…
First Year Covers: Playboy
- in Ephemera
A gallery of covers from Playboy’s first year of publication, December 1953 through December 1954.…
Get Toasty With These Wisconsin Electric Power Company Christmas Cooky Books
- in Ephemera
A wonderful gallery of Christmas cookie recipes from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s published by Wisconsin Electric Power Company.…