Vinyl Killers and Soundwagons
Just discovered the concept of vinyl killers and soundwagons. What a fun way to play a record. Reminds me of the ladybug record player I used as a kid.
No commentsChicago Cube Pics III
The most fun I’ve ever had searching for pictures was at the Broadway Antique Market. They had drawers upon drawers of photos and most were a quarter or less. I was in photo junking heaven!
Old Style Halloween
“1983”
Devil’s Nose
“FEB 24 1943 JUDSON SMITH”
Far Side Kid
Earfull
“C.W. SIMON STUDIOS
334 S. George St.  York, Pa
MAY 11 1948″
“I hope you like these pictures”
“Sept. 4, 1936
Betty Jean Hipple in Carey’s Salt Mine At Hutchinson, Kansas
640 ft. belowd ground level”
Hand Dance
Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding of Up & Over It hand dance to Yolanda Be Cool‘s We No Speak Americano.
No commentsLost Buildings
What a treat to find Ira Glass and Chris Ware‘s Lost Buildings online so it can be shared. Support this kind of work by purchasing the Lost Buildings DVD and Book from NPR.
No commentsDirty Tractor
Who knew you could get a dirty toy tractor covered in brown paint?
Dirty Toy Tractor
Meijers – Findlay, OH
January 8th, 2011
Just a Speck. We’re all just Specks.
The population of the world has increased by roughly 3 Billion folks between when I was born in the mid-70s and now. Not quite double but relatively close. Certainly cause for pause.
National Geographic – 7 Billion
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four
Chicago Cube Pics II
Five pictures from Lost Eras or Where Mall Easter Bunnies Go to Die.
The Juke Box – Chicago
“Our family wishes you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Lorenzo, Bernice, Larraine + Reginald”
Grand Union Market & Post Office – Long Lake, NY
“I gonna look tough for Auntie V. (or am I trying to look like Lindbergh?) 10° above zero 1-57”
“Mort & Howard – Dec, 1948”
Calendar appears to be for the Page Elevator Company dated December 1949. If only more of the newspaper in the lower right was visible.
Door of Christmas Cards
Chicago Cube Pics I
Picked up a hearty handful of cube pictures while attending the Third Coast Filmless Festival in Chicago last March.  This post is the first of three showcasing the stash. These four were purchased at the Edgewater Antique Mall at 6314 North Broadway.
Beach Fun
6/21/36
Snowy Floral – Open For Business
You can do it!
Ta Da, see it wasn’t so bad!