Up for bid on eBay is this astounding original 1930s drive-in menu for Brit's Drive-In in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate (Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach freeway, Firestone exit Southgate).
The seller says, "...the restaurant was even ON Firestone Blvd, how cool is that?. This menu is from 1930s based on the ridiculously low price of 20 cents for a cheeseburger. Features fantastic graphics of a carhop holding a tray of goodies amidst a sea of cars.Even cooler are the full set of specials inserts, including one for country fried rabbit (yikes!) So rare to find a drive in menu from the 1930s."
To own this vintage drive-in menu, click the link provided and bid to win.
Up for bid on eBay is this autographed picture of Ted Cassidy as Lurch from Addams Family TV Show.
The seller says, "...comes with original envelope in witch it was mailed back then May 26 1965 The photo is address to Ronda All My Best Ted Cassidy Lurch."
To own it, click the link above and place your bid.
Up for bid on eBay is this rare 1961 U.S. Government Office Of Civil & Defense Mobilization issued booklet entitled "Survive Nuclear Attack - Ten For Survival".
The seller says, "This booklet was originally issued in May 1959, this is the March 1961 reprint. This 23 page paper booklet details what Americans should do in order to survive in the event of a nuclear attack. Issued to households in the Cold War era."
To own it, click the link provided and bid, bid, bid before the auction blows up.
Up for bid on ebay is this orginal 1970's Elvis Presley Hilton Las Vegas Lobby Card Taxi Cab advertising signadvertising sign. The sign measures 36 inches long and 12 1/2 inches tall.
Up for bid on eBay is an original 1892 edition of All About Cookery by Mrs. Beeton. This cookery book is a collection of practical recipes, arranged in alphabetical order, containing many new recipes for every branch of cookery.
To own this wonderful food ephemera, click the link provided and place your bid.
In the lingo of birders, a megatick is an extremely good thing, "by virtue of the bird being rare and probably either very colourful or awesomely huge to boot." So, I felt it was appropriate to call their recent release of America's Other Audubon (Princeton Architectural Press, $45) a "megatick--given the subject matter and my overall impression of the work.
I'll let the publisher's own words tell the story of this acheivement:
Nearly everyone is familar with John James Audubon and his seminal color-plate book, The Birds of America. But few people are aware of another monumental volume of artwork, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. Inspired by viewing Audubon's lithographs at the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia, twenty-nine-year-old amateur naturalist and artist Genevieve Jones began working on a companion volume to The Birds of America, illustrating the nests and eggs that Audubon omitted. Her brother collected the nests and eggs, her father paid for the publishing, and Genevieve learned lithography and began illustrating the specimens. When Genevieve died suddenly of typhoid fever, her family labored for seven years to finish the project in her memory. The original book, sold by subscription in twenty-three parts, included Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Theodore Roosevelt among its subscribers.
Only ninety copies of the original book were published in 1886, and fewer than twenty-five copies now remain in institutions and private hands. Featuring reproductions of all sixty-eight original color lithographs, archival photographs, selected field notes, and a key to the eggs and birds, America's Other Audubon chronicles for the first time the story behind the making of this extraordinary nineteenth century book. America's Other Audubon includes a foreword by Leslie K. Overstreet, curator of Natural-History Rare Books at the Smithsonian Institution.
Joy M. Kiser began her professional career as the librarian for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 1995. In 2001, she moved to the Washington, DC area to become the librarian for National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). She now works as a writer/editor for the Federal Government.
Up for bid on eBay is a signed photograph of Bert Lahr as the beloved ''Cowardly Lion'' in the 1939 film version of the ''The Wizard of Oz.''
From the seller's descirption:
Signed ''To 'Richard' / Best Wishes / Bert Lahr''. Some creasing remains after tears along left edge were professionally repaired, not affecting signature. Overall very good condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA COA. Lahr hardly ever signed photos of himself in his most iconic role, thus authentic signed photos in full Lion regalia are exceedingly scarce.
To win this signed photo, click the link provided above. Bid bravely.
Frankly, I've never understood the whole Pokemon phenomenon, but, that doesn't mean you won't want to bid on this item. And I'd be grateful if you'd click the link provided above to do so.
Let's get some bid for this vintage funeral home handheld folding fan featuring Jesus at the Last Supper. It's up for auction on eBay and not getting much love.
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