The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Suh'm super cheerful from the depths of the Great Depression...

'Living In a Great Big Way' - Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Fats Waller

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is somone I'm sure 99.9999% of you have never heard of.

Charles Winninger for Blatz Beer

He was sort of an home-grown American version of S. Z. Sakall, i.e. a chubby and lovable presence in a ton of supporting roles.  At least half the movies he was in I've never heard of.  The only movie I saw him in was Ziegfeld Girl, in which he played Judy Garland's father.

According to IMDB, he appeared 12 times on The Charles Farrell Show, something else I've never heard of.  Back in the 1950s there were several TV series headed by old timey stars - Loretta Young, Robert Montgomery, etc. etc.  Charles Farrell was one of those. 

Farrell might be better remembered as Gale Storm's dad in My Little Margie.

H is for...

 Our A-Z collection of marvelous marvels for upcoming gift-oriented holidays has reached the letter H.

Here (which, as you can see, also starts with H) we go!

H is for Holstein...

in serving tray form

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/19th_century_print_holstein_heifer_serving_tray-256250704082861914

See more Holstein-printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=holstein&st=Title

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H is for (bleeding) hearts...

in clock form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/bleeding_hearts_flowers_large_clock-256355997986014262

See more bleeding hearts printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=hearts&st=Title

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H is for (the) hood...

in necktie form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1930s_boyz_from_the_hood_rppc_tie-151055906364798294

For more hood-related items (which also include Red Riding Hood, and Hood's Pills, from the same company that brought you Hood's sarsaparilla) go here:  www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=hood&st=Title

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H is for hummingbirds...

in towel set form.  

Set includes bath towel - which you see above -, hand towel, and wash cloth.

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/1904_hummingbirds_print_bath_towel_set-256313134837963459

See more hummingbirds-printed items here:  www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=hummingbirds&st=Title

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H is for how... 

'How Do You Do Miss Josephine' in tote bag form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1909_how_do_you_do_miss_josephine_sheet_music_tote_bag-256104314758245307

See more how here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=how&st=Title

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H is for Hollywood...

in mug form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1930s_hollywood_cabaret_restaurant_ad_coffee_mug-168848416766415266

See more Hollywood here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=hollywood&st=Title

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Thus ends H.

See all 25,000+ items in my shop here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

Tuesday Song of the Week

The intro to this song sounds almost exactly to other song entries of the era, i.e. 1978-1979.

Yet another song you'll almost NEVER hear on any oldies station...

'Love Takes Time' - Orleans

This has me thinking about something I watched a few days ago, i.e. the first episode of The Golden Bachelor, which I dvr-ed.

It actually made me kinda sad, because it was so apparent that some of those women were absolutely desperate for a man.   

What was really sad was that several of those twenty women had less than two minutes screen time before they were sent away.  The astonishment on one woman's face almost made me teary.  

The Golden Bachelor himself was kinda teary when the rejects were standing there looking, well, rejected. 

Tickets, please

Today's ticket is a movie that, in my opinion, is Quentin Tarantino at his Quentin Tarantino-est

Reservoir Dogs was actually one of my mother's favorite movies.  Which tells you a lot about my mother.

G is for

 Another entry in our A-Z collection of nifty gift ideas for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus !

G is for gold...

in kitchen towel form.

Get it here:www.zazzle.com/1930s_gold_bar_sugar_peas_can_label_kitchen_towel-197574421113639335

See more gold stuff here:www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=gold

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G is for golfer...

in trifold wallet form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1934_golfing_print_trifold_wallet-256370990255498901

See more golf and golfers here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=golfer

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G is for Gimbels...

in tote bag form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1908_gimbels_ladies_blouses_waists_no_1_tote_bag-256483060625325645

See more Gimbels-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=gimbels

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G is for Giuseppe Garibaldi

in serving tray form

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1920s_giuseppe_garibaldi_macaroni_label_serving_tray-256214303274735766

See more Giuseppe items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=giuseppe

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G is for Gloria Swanson

in keepsake box form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1920s_gloria_swanson_behind_lace_in_pink_keepsake_box-246471428227103257

See more Gloria items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=gloria

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G is for glamor...

in printed fabric form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/beautiful_women_print_fabric-256357733725798194

See more glamor-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=glamor

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Thus ends the G collection.  H collection coming soon!

Until then, see all of everything, starting here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

October's second haul of antiques and untiques

Whew, is our Almighty Garage of Awesomeness full ! 

Here's what we've been able to dig up, and put on Etsy: 

 the California raisins are in the house! SOLD

and on a keychain !!

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       back to the 1920s... SOLD

A pitbull on his pillow, printed 'Life with Mother.'

keywords for your interest and edification: pitbull gifts, pitbull lover gift

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tiny trivet no. 1

tiny trivet no. 2

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putto holding caduceus wall hanging

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another 1960s NOS crystal pendant

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History's Most Adorable Little Stuffed Donkey Toy

one eye looks north, one eye looks south

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another NOS crystal pendant

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VERY cool old W. Soles decorative tile SOLD

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That's it for today.

TONS more coming!!

Until then, see more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I remember this being on heavy rotation when it came out in 1979.  

I'm betting I haven't heard it in at least 20 years.

'Time Passages' - Al Stewart

F is for

Another collection of Made in USA gift ideas for the upcoming holiday season, and the follow-up to collections A, B, C, D, and E...

F is for fish...

in throw blanket form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1930s_kingfish_asparagus_crate_label_fleece_blanket-256765506125765328

See more fish-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=fish

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F is for flowers...

in yoga mat form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/gaillardias_yoga_mat-256602597537804555

See more flower print items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=flower

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F is for flying...

in mouse pad form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/pegasus_the_flying_horse_mouse_pad-144266334368535622

See more flight-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=flying

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F is for fashion...

in notebook form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/victorian_evening_wear_notebook-256759618738506792

See more fashion printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=96&qs=fashion

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F is for Frazer...

in tapestry form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1951_frazer_automobile_ad_tapestry-256998413524105121

See more Frazer AND Kaiser related items (because the company was originally called 'Kaiser Frazer')

Frazer here:  www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=frazer

Kaiser here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=kaiser

The link shows Kaiser car ads, AND Kaiser Frederick the Great.  So there's that too.

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F is for Folies Bergère

in canvas art form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1930s_folies_bergere_ad_faux_canvas_print-256808043930057253

See more items with this print here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=folies

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Thus ends F.  G is coming soon.

As always, have a look see at all 25,000 or so items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is probably best known for at least two Irish roles...

Victor McLaglen for French's Worcestershire Sauce

The ad mentions his latest movie, i.e. Roger Touhy - Gangster, which dates the ad to 1944.

In the two movies he's best known for are The Informer, and The Quiet Man, he played Irish Catholics. His other best known turn would probably as one of the three leads in Gunga Din.

In real life, he was neither Irish nor Catholic.

He was born in England, from Scottish background. His father was a missionary with the Free Protestant Episcopal Church.  

For some reason I conflate him with Lawrence Tierney, who looked the teeniest bit like McLaglan when Tierney hit age 60 or so.  

October's first haul of antiques and untiques

We have tons more in my Almighty Garage of Awesomeness, but most of that is still waiting for me to do something with it.

Here's the super-mega-neato stuff I have done something with:

Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier are in the house! SOLD

Neato 1956 royal wedding souvenir in trinket box form.

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From about 30 years before the above royal wedding...

1920s sterling silver marcasite brooch with two birds drinking from a (glass? enamel?) bowl.

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      Westerwald pottery pig SOLD

Note that our piggy friend is blue and white.

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another pig, this one black and white...

I have five or six, or seven or eight other pig figurines awaiting my attention.  

Pig collectors rejoice!

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Barkcloth !!

in a thoroughly maaahvelous Western horse print!

A nice BIG piece, measuring 66" wide x 82" from top to bottom.  And in PERFECT condition.

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Lastly, but hundreds of millions of miles from leastly, we have...

a SUPER-CUTE owl made from horn.

Owl collectors rejoice!

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Until next time, see more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

advertising ashtrays collection additions

Pretty soon I'm pretty sure I'll be the person with the most old advertising ashtrays in the 

WORLD.  

Which is a nice spot to inhabit.  

On to what you came for...

Gibbons Beer & Ale of Wilkes-Barre, PA

There's a LOT of info about this brewery on the 'net.  Gibbons beer was done by 2009.

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Luby's

Still in business!

At one time they owned Fuddrucker's.  For a short time there was a Fuddruckers in Philly, on the property that was once the huhYOOGE Sears tower warehouse.  It was imploded on October 31, 1994.  I'm remember being in the shower at the time of the implosion. For reals.  

BTW, Fuddruckers: best hamburger I ever had.  The other best hamburger I ever had was at Rossi's Bar & Grille, which at the time was in Trenton.  Now it's in Hamilton. 

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Motel 81, Martinsburg, WV

At the moment there's a postcard on eBay that depicts this motel. 

There's a motel in Martinsburg that looks like the picture on the postcard, but it isn't called Motel 81 no more.  

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Thus ends today's ashtrays.  Probably lots more coming. 

E is for

 Continuing what we started with letter A some weeks ago, i.e. helping YOU with your holiday shopping, especially those of you what want to buy Made in USA items. 

Today we have E stuff:

E is for eyes...

in flask form

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/eyes_flask-256323004531764687

 

See more eyes-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=eyes

 

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E is for elephant...

in throw blanket form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/east_indian_elephant_print_throw_blanket-256038163385888533

See more elephant-printed items: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=elephant

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 E is for Elizabeth I...

in cufflinks form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/queen_elizabeth_i_in_blue_cufflinks-256960699775157698

See more with Her Royal Highness here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=elizabeth

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E is for Eskimo...

in throw pillow form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/eskimo_tobacco_print_throw_pillow-189002281960851469

See more Eskimo printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=eskimo

 

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E is for egrets...

in ceiling lamp form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/snowy_egrets_print_ceiling_lamp-256830183410844302

See more egret-related items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=egret

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F's will be here in a few days.  

Until then, see all 25,000+ items in my shop here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

Mug of the Month

Suh'm educational!

In Latin.

Learn about marvelous rare and unique fish !!

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/antique_fish_print_coffee_mug-168340425953191074