Stenso lettering card package.

It's a little ripped up, but look how excited that boy is about lettering! I'll put a scan of the Stenso lettering card itself up here soon. You know you can't wait!

Greetings from Cherry Hill, S.C.

I'm pretty sure I bought this postcard at the Gay Dolphin.

Budget Host

I don't know where this hotel is, or where I got this postcard. I am going to assume that Devlin gave it to me. Look at that banquet hall!

Quality LCD Quartz Watch

The interior of the Unisonic Dukes of Hazzard watch box, including the watch itself.

Horrendous Crash...

The front of a box for a Unisonic Dukes of Hazzard digital watch. I cannot remember if this watch plays "Dixie" or not, but it totally should. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that it does not. A scan of the contents of this box is forthcoming.

Susie

I can only imagine how great it would be to get this postcard in the mail. I had to pay money for it...

"4 of a Kind" with bonus King Diamond

Cover for a Singapore bootleg of D.R.I.'s "4 of a Kind" album with most of King Diamond's "Them" tacked on to side 2.

How Much Do I Pay Per Pound?

Cardboard egg computer. Side 2 of 2.

How shall I keep my eggs?

Cardboard egg value computer. Side 1 of 2.

Japanese Beer Ad

Ad for Sapporo Fine Lager from the back cover of a manga magazine. I remember the magazine had a manga about billiards that was WAY more intense than any comic about billiards has any right to be. LOTS of motion lines.

Phone 9113

Seaboard Service Station notepad, Elberton, GA. Circa 1950s. Printed by the McGregor Company, Athens, GA.

The Lowery Collection, Part VII: Order Diptera

Anatomical Drawing of an insect (probably a housefly) by H.C. Lowery, November 1947.

Playtime Records 309-PV

Not that anyone is probably reading any of this at all, but I'm taking a break from the Lowery Collection for a bit. There are still plenty of anatomical insect drawings to come, though, so don't get too worried if you're into that kind of thing. You should, by the way, be totally into that kind of thing.

The Lowery Collection, Part VI: Order Homoptera (head)

Anatomical Drawing of the head an insect (probably a cicada, or maybe an aphid) by H.C. Lowery, October 1947.

The Lowery Collection, Part V: Order Hemiptera (wings)

Anatomical Drawing of the front and rear wing of an insect (probably a cicada) by H.C. Lowery, October 1947.

The Lowery Collection, Part IV: Order Coleoptera

Anatomical Drawing of the head and mouth parts of a June Bug by H.C. Lowery, November 1947.

The Lowery Collection, Part III: Order Homoptera

Anatomical Drawing of an insect (probably a cicada or locust) by H.C. Lowery, October 1947.

The Lowery Collection, Part II: Order Coleoptera

Anatomical Drawing of a Beetle by H.C. Lowery, November 1947.

The Lowery Collection, Part I: Order Hemiptera

Recently I went to an estate sale, and I purchased some decent stuff. An empty Bubble-Up soda bottle, a Niagara Falls souvenir coffee mug, some old sheet music, but the best thing I got there was in the "Free" box. Always look in the "Free" box. This box contained the college notebooks of the man whose estate was for sale, H.C. Lowery. In one of the notebooks was (and still is) a series of anatomical insect drawings from 1947 when, from what I can tell from surrounding evidence, Mr. Lowery was a student at the University of Georgia. Over the next few days, I will be posting these drawings here. If you are (or know someone who is) a family member of H.C. Lowery, formerly of Athens, GA, and would like to have these drawings, please contact me by leaving a comment. I will give them to you. Until then, they are safe.



Anatomical Drawing of a Squash Bug (Back View) by H.C. Lowery, October 1947.

The Sleepy Hillbilly

Dog Patch (London, Kentucky) bumper sticker. To learn more about the Dog Patch Trading Post, read this. Please note that this is not the failed Dogpatch USA theme park in Arkansas.

Stops Fogging Like Magic

Geni brand cloth eyeglass cleaners. Look how serious that "geni" is about keeping your vision smudge-free. You'll see so clearly you won't even think about wishing for more wishes.

Nation's Largest Gift Shop

Bumper sticker from the Gay Dolphin Gift Cove in Myrtle Beach, SC. I re-colored this one because my scanner doesn't like fluorescent colors. I am not too good at the photo-editing software.

To learn more about the Gay Dolphin, visit their official website.

Nation's Largest Gift Shop

Bumper sticker from the Gay Dolphin Gift Cove in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. One of the best place I have ever been. I re-touched and partially re-colored this image because my scanner does not do well with fluorescent colors. I probably did not do a very good job. For more information on the Gay Dolphin, visit their website.

Deadly Friend

Promotional photograph of Anne Ramsey from the 1986 Wes Craven film Deadly Friend.

Golf of Mexico

Postcard with photos of the "Golf of Mexico" indoor miniature golf course at South of the Border. Sadly, the building in which this golf course was located is now a store that sells concrete yard art, though all the miniature golf holes are still there. They just have hundreds of concrete statues all over them.

Captain America and The Falcon

From Milton Bradley's "Captain America Game featuring The Falcon and The Avengers" ©1977. Artist unknown.

We're at every service plaza

A map of Ohio.

Good Luck to you, too, Mr. Deezen!

This is what Membership in the Eddie Deezen Fan Club gets you.

Japa-knit

A photo from a 1980's (possibly early 90's) knitting magazine.

The Lungs

This diagram shows the nose and throat passages to the lungs.

Best to Your Wonderful Store

Les Baxter Quiet Village 45 with autographed sleeve. I do not know who Neva is.

What-a-saurus?

Panel from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #38

Dookie

When you think of quality children's music, think Dookie!

You've Got The World By The Ears

Pace CB radio ad from the August 7-13, 1976 issue of TV Guide.

Holler

Mountain Holler citrus beverage label detail.

The Sexual and Other Vitamins

Illustration from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Sex, by Drs. Willy, Vander and Fisher as well as Other Authorities. Copyright 1950, Cadillac Publishing Company, Inc. New York.

More.

Numbers Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight in a series.

Crackering Ball

Packaging for Crackering Ball Fireworks.

Moon Travellers (sic)

Firework label for Moon Travellers bottle rockets.

Golden Flake Gobbler

That is, unfortunately, a reproduction autograph.

Also, I feel that I should point out that this, like many other things you see around here, was given to me by one of the top 10 awesome dudes in the world, Mr. Devlin Thompson.

Hands Off!

A souvenir of the Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

A Dramatic History

Danger Ahead: The Dramatic Story of Railway Signalling. By Richard Blythe. Cover Illustration by Dick Hart. Copyright 1951, Newman Neame Publishers, Ltd., London.

Pirates

Anti-pirate propaganda from the State Farm Insurance Company.

Sure Good

Package from the Marine Veteran Ice Cream Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Chef S.O.B.

Napkin from the diner at South of the Border, Dillon, South Carolina.

C-10 Fan Club

Promotional fan from Smith Pontiac-Chevrolet-Buick, Greensboro, GA. Art by Jack Davis, signed by Jerry Clower.

Star Ball Contribution

"Star Ball Contribution" Fireworks Package.

Number 3 in a Series

Mustache #3.

Drinking usually leads to poverty.

Membership certificate from the Band of Hope temperance society. I wish the year had been filled in.

Click here for the extra huge size.

How Long Has It Been?

Sing Records EP 400-1.