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
Buy Back Your Childhood, Cowboys and Indians, Ephemera | 
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January 10th, 2012
Wanna Be Starting Something
You’re A Vegetable, You’re A Vegetable
Still They Hate You, You’re A Vegetable
You’re Just A Buffet, You’re A Vegetable
They Eat Off Of You, You’re A Vegetable
Wanna Be Starting Something lyrics, by Michael Jackson.
Cat photo via.
December 14th, 2011
Look At Me, I’m Midget Frankie Dee
Vera Francis and Jimmy Edwards with “midget liquor salesman Frankie Dee.” (I’m pretty sure that means Frankie Dee was a midget; not that he was a salesman of midget booze bottles, like those you find in hotel room bars and on airplanes.)
Photo found in Jet magazine, February 19, 1953. More than that, Vera had midgets dueling for her affections. Check it out in my Vera Francis Timeline.
Yup, that’s Kitschy Kitschy Coo; showing you everything, from midgets to giants.
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December 6th, 2011
Auction Troubles
I found this in the Bismarck Semi-Weekly Tribune from May of 1877. In the olden days, newspapers didn’t distinguish much between joke articles and true news, relying on context to tell whether or not something is real. I’m pretty sure, based on the florid prose employed to describe the troubles with auction-going, this was a humorous fiction piece. However, there’s something rather true about it all, so maybe it hasn’t happened in reality, but I’m pretty sure this has happened in spirit more than once. Full story inside…
November 29th, 2011
Spindly
We’ve all heard that saying about people starting to look like their dogs, so now this photo has me wondering if there’s any correlation between people’s appearance and the look of their Christmas trees…
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November 6th, 2011
Welcome Back, Chris Farley
See what else I’ve posted at my Tumblr page.
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October 28th, 2011
Dames & Dogs #49
This vintage pinup posing with her pun-making pup postcard belongs to A Slip Of A Girl.
October 1st, 2011
Babs In Bibs: Donning Overalls, She Saw The Light
Up for auction at Heritage Auctions:
Attributed to CHARLES GATES SHELDON (American, 1889-1960)
Admiring the Saw
Pastel on board
30 x 19 in.
Signed lower rightFrom the Estate of Charles Martignette.
August 17th, 2011
Vintage Pinup Barricade
Hey, Selma, the console TV doesn’t weigh enough — if we want to block the door, you’ll need to lay on top of it. (If her name was Theda, it might be a Theda Bara-cade!)
Via.
