From The Standard Book of Hunting & Shooting (edited by Robert B. Stringfellow, copyright 1950, Stackpole & Heck, Inc.), these photos illustrate the proper and improper gun safety; “One slip and the doctor or the undertaker will be needed.” Much love of her fringed leather jacket.
Nifty nerds posting with groovy kitschy puppets; photo found inside Space Age Puppets and Masks by M. C. Green and B. R. H. Targett, published by Plays, Inc, 1969. (My copy, a stated First American Edition, is available.)
From Nanette The Hungry Pelican, by William Wise, illustrated by Winifred Lubell, published by Rand McNally, copyright 1969. (My copy a First Printing, February 1969 is now for sale.)
Mrs. Peabody Fitch
Was terribly rich,
And her house was as big as a mountain.It had beautiful trees,
And a garden with bees,
And goldfish that swam in a fountain.
I guess we know where Nanette comes in…
This vintage Mary Poppins scrapbook is unused. Copyright date of 1964, Walt Disney Productions; measures 14 and 1/2 by 11 and 3/4 inches.
Do you know how to handle the problem of wrinkly meat?
Ready to take a gamble?
Dear Diary, today I…?
What did you keep in your shoeboxes?
Ready to bat your lashes — or grow a faux mustache?
Remember Rabbit & Skunk & the Scary Rock?
Hey, those last three links are to posts of mine at my other sites; just sayin’.
Another bit from Caricature, circa 1915. This bit about a dirty-faced train engineer in Tickville is credited to George Bingham.
From my copy of Caricature: Wit & Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song & Story, this oddly charming illustration:
The caption reads:
Plumber — A bathtub side car may not be very comfortable, but it’s all right in a rain.
If not a little, err, sexually uncomfortable.
Two-page illustrated joke from The Electric Company Joke Book, edited by Byron Preiss, Jack Rickard drew the pictures. (A Golden Book, published by Western Publishing Company; copyright 1973, The Children’s Television Workshop).
I do love me the Easy Reader logo (lower right corner of the cover).
This retro craft idea isn’t particularly exceptional — other than the fact that it was published in 1971 and refers to the project as “Making a Coal Glove.” Yes, a reference to coal gloves in 1971, specifically for children. The author, if not a teacher herself, was at least writing to them, perhaps was anticipating lots of naughty children who were familiar with Santa’s list of coal deliveries.
Itty bitty flying saucers carrying giant human heads, why worry?
The cover of Night Of The Saucers by Eando Binder, author of Menace of the Saucers; published by Unibook, copyright 1971. Artists name is really difficult to make out… Perhaps John Cayon?
Text from the back cover:
ALIEN INTERVENTION
It was Earth’s darkest hour. Weak, backward, prey to attack, it could only be saved by the Vigilantes. Sci-fi writer Thane Smith and his beautiful, adored wife Miribel, had the task of discrediting UFO stories. But how could they after they ran up against a playboy-monster who could only have been created by an alien race?
Yup, it’s just moved to the top of my reading pile.