Observation Deck: July 2021

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Bingham Canyon, Utah. Overall view of an open-pit mine of the Utah Copper Company showing railroads, buildings, trestle bridge, and mountains of ore

1942.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017864628/

Ed Wood (1994)

Directed by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp. I have this DVD. I also have a nice Plan 9 DVD that has the documentary. Recommended. To both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wood_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ed-wood-1994

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/619-the-awful-wonderful-integrity-of-plan-9-from-outer/

https://trailersfromhell.com/ed-wood/

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ed-wood-tim-burton-most-personal-film/

https://www.avclub.com/before-tommy-wiseau-and-the-room-there-was-ed-wood-1798241252

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/90464/14-campy-facts-about-ed-wood

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78785/10-out-world-facts-about-plan-9-outer-space

Atari - "The 1980 Atari Games" (Commercial, 1980)

Space Invaders included.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/original-space-invaders-icon-1970s-America-180969393/

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-space-invader

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91107/10-fascinating-facts-about-space-invaders

https://www.denofgeek.com/games/how-space-invaders-became-a-gaming-phenomenon/

Atari Space Invaders 1980 TV commercial

Into the Valley of the Space Invaders

1982. Multiple parts (4). From the Museum of Classic Chicago Television.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders

NBC Buck Rogers in the 25th Century promo 1979

1971 Voice of the Mummy Board Game Commercial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_Mummy

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6797/voice-mummy

NBC promo A Fire in the Sky 1978

ABC 70s and Battlestar Galactica 1984 WOR Promo

Promo and bumper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)

Upper Yosemite

c1911.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660622/

NBC Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena 1979 promo

WFLD Channel 32 - Into The Valley Of The Space Invaders (Promo, 1982)

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/47162/40-Years-of-Space-Invaders/

Upper Eagle Falls & Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

c1910.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660510/

Chocolate Watchband - Don't Need Your Lovin'

Riot on the Sunset Strip (1967.)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-chocolate-watchband-dont-need-your.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_on_Sunset_Strip

A trestle on California Western Railroad and Navigation Co.

1880-90.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2012649431/

Janitor

Su Tissue. Suburban Lawns.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/janitor.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/green-eyes.html

Ouray, Colorado

c1915. Hand colored.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2011645019/

Are We Not Men?

We are DEVO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocko_Homo

The plunge, Santa Cruz

c1908.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660695/

Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah!

The Jetsons and Violent Femmes cover. Saturday Morning collection.

https://thejetsons.fandom.com/wiki/Eep,_Opp,_Ork,_Ah-ah!

https://www.metv.com/stories/hanna-barbera-brought-in-a-special-animator-to-craft-the-colorful-surreal-sequence-for-jet-screamer-s-song-eep-opp-ork-ah-ah

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Cartoons

Cartoon collection at Golden Horn was 71 when I took a hiatus. Added one today.

WFLD Channel 32 - Wonder Woman & Space Invaders (Promo,1982)

The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

Kurt Russell. Dexter Riley. Eve Arden. Phil Silvers. Cesar Romero. Joe Flynn. Dick Van Patten. Harold Gould. William Schallert. James Gregory. This is the one of the series I haven't rewatched in the last few years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strongest_Man_in_the_World

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/07/now-you-see-him-now-you-dont-1972.html

TV spot.

NBC promo Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1978

[Airplane]

1910-20.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016854774/

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "The Curse of Frankenstein" (Promo, 1979)

Automobile and motor boat

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014688667/

WLS Channel 7 - 3:30 Movie - 'Planet Earth' (Promo, 1980)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Earth_(film)

Trestle no. 19 of A.C. Railroad

1900-27.

https://www.loc.gov/item/99614595/

Honeycomb Cereal 'Mummy' Commercial (1977)

This is new.

The Son of Ghoul Show

Akron, Ohio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Ghoul

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390771/

https://terrordaves.com/2011/06/18/a-conversation-with-son-of-ghoul/

https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2011/06/son_of_ghoul_marks_his_25th_anniversary_on_northeast_ohio_tv.html

Norman Ross of the division of Paleontology, National Museum, preparing the skeleton of a baby dinosaur some seven or eight million years old for exhibition

1921.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001695537/

Friday, July 16, 2021

Cypress

Starting aeroplane [airplane] motor

1915-20.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014708511/

CHiPs & Night Of The Lepus 1989 WTBS Promo

World Cruiser [airplane]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014717197/

CBS Late Movie Hurricane promo 1978

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071638/

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Paul Philidor

Belgian, Dutch, or German stage magician active from 1785-1828 who was known for his pioneering phantasmagoria shows. These used mechanical devices to produce ghostly effects on a specially prepared stage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Philidor

https://www.geriwalton.com/phantasmagoria-paul-de-philipstal/

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/02/phantasmagoria.html

Zambesi Bridge, Rhodesia.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-298c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Suspense - Hello, My Name is Elwood

[Airplane in snow]

1922.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016891219/

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

CKNX TV sign-off 1981 - Triple Terror Feature

Triple Terror Feature.

https://www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com/2017/12/06/column-cknx-tv-the-beacon-of-mid-western-ontario

Automobiles in full parking lot

c1920-50. Library of Congress website once again almost totally useless. Took me 20 minutes and multiple tries to access this one bookmarked image.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019683941/

Jack in the Box Meteor Game 1979 TV commercial

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Baron Von Crypt

St. Louis. KDNL Ch. 30 Shock Theater.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5526046/

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2016/05/17/where-is-baron-von-crypt

Adanos (magician)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-d810-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Monday, July 12, 2021

Observatory, Harvard College

c1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808394/

DRIVE-IN MOVIE PROMO 1982

Dracula: Prince of Darkness.

https://www.dvddrive-in.com/TV%20Guide/driveinmovie5.htm

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Plum

1884. Not much available for plums but I'm doing it anyway. Grapefruit, on the other hand, had so many I didn't feel like even starting that one.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003674539/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum

1905. Entrance to a Japanese garden, showing Japanese ladies with plum blossoms.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2020634625/

c1887. Print shows an old man with the body of a plum, wearing a hat, check-pattern pants, and holding a walking stick, standing, facing front, with plum trees growing in the background.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646766/

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster/Curse of the Voodoo

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/3233/rec/51

Ornamented Trygon, Trygon ornatus. Singapore.

1830-34.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f87-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Piranha (1978)

Directed by Joe Dante. Written by John Sayles. Next up on Kanopy streaming but I also have this Corman Collection DVD, which is excellent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_(1978_film)

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/piranha-1978-lookbackreview/

1980 NBC intro.

https://www.avclub.com/piranha-special-edition-1798165569

Trailers From Hell.

https://trailersfromhell.com/piranha-3/

WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Matinee - "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (Opening, 1982)

Black Sunday (1960)

Directed by Mario Bava. Testing the Kanopy library streaming service playing through the new TV. Problem is I watched two crime movies last night on the laptop and it screwed up all the Recommended for You cult science fiction and horror titles I saw last night. After I watch this it will probably go back. They had my interests pegged pretty well before. I first saw Black Sunday on DVD from the library. Recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sunday_(1960_film)

Larry Cohen on Trailers From Hell.

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/cteq/black_sunday/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3930sund.html

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/an-englishmans-guide-to-italian-gothic-black-sunday-1960/

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The 3-D Movie" (Promo #1, 1982)

We had this 3D version of Revenge of the Creature here and I remember all the hype well.

http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2007/10/1982-television-event-revenge-of.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Creature

https://ericrobertnolan.com/2016/07/07/throwback-thursday-the-1982-broadcast-of-revenge-of-the-creature/

Friday, July 9, 2021

The Great McEwen, Famous Scottish Hypnotist

1908-09.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636922/

That Was Poe

Don't be modest - it was great!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849
Dear Sir,
There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan’s 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, he is in need of immediate assistance.
Yours, in haste,
JOS. W. WALKER
To Dr. J.E. Snodgrass.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/edgar-allan-poe-toaster-tradition-is-no-more/2012/01/19/gIQAOQUBBQ_blog.html

Poe toaster tradition ends.