Like many valentines (and greeting cards in general), spelling rules will be pushed past the limits to make a sentiment — if not complete sense. This vintage valentine features a cowboy with a “lassoo” to make the mushy-stuff work.
February 8th, 2012
Vintage Cowboy Valentine
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September 6th, 2011
Vintage Plastic Cowboy Pinball Machine
Hard to imagine that this plastic floor-standing pinball machine survived at all, let alone in working condition — but there it was, in an antique shop in Fergus Falls, MN. The price on the tag was $75; but it was half-off this holiday weekend (at least).
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September 2nd, 2011
The Stovall: Good Old Fashioned Branding
A great vintage neon sign for the Stovall theater (Sayre, OK), posted by The Vintage Reader (another one is here). Note that along with the cowboy riding the bucking bronc, there’s a line of brands down the side of the sign closest to the building. (PS You would have seen this — and plenty more — had you been following my Tumblr.)
May 24th, 2011
100 Million Years Old
Despite the bold, all caps, huge font — and the hideous photo — this claim in a vintage brochure for Meramec Caverns was not about Jesse James.
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May 5th, 2011
How The West Was Done
Children dressed up as cowboys for Mardi Gras; The Netherlands, 1965.
February 27th, 2011
The Short Lives Of Squirrel Bandits
February 13th, 2011
Giddy-Up, Valentine
Vintage paper Valentine paper dolls — one cowboy (with a dog) and one cowgirl (with a cat); via Mountain Kinfolk. (PS Check out my other post: Be My Racist Valentine, 2011.)
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January 17th, 2011
All Snuggly Warm With Nostalgia & Flannel
Part of our collective sense of nostalgia is the classic cowboy pajama. Now you can wear your own set watching TV before bed; just don’t sit to close or you’ll damage your eyes. (Sale found via Shop It To Me.)
December 22nd, 2010
Ride ‘Em Cowboy
November 17th, 2010
The Violent Little Log Cabin In The Woods
A pressed paper or cardboard log cabin with “Indians” that pop-up from around corners and doorways that good little boys were supposed to shoot at to improve their aim, I guess. My inner little girl was fascinated by this sort of paper doll house for boys; violent (and rather racist), yes — but with moving parts!
Photo snapped at an auction; I know nothing else about it. I you do, please share!
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