500 mile race, Indianapolis

 

May 30, 1913.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014693034/

Atari Video Computer System with Pete Rose, Pele & Don Knotts (Commercial, 1978)

 

Ferris wheel. A carnival was in Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July

 

July 1941 Russell Lee.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017789860/

Gravesend Manor

 

1958-62 WOI-TV Ch. 5 Des Moines, Iowa. Malcom the Butler and The Duke of Desmodas. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11507172/

https://www.desmoinesbroadcasting.com/woi-tv/gravesend-manor/gravesend-mainpage.html

http://www.horrorhostgraveyard.com/2011/01/gravesend-manor.html

[Kiosk: U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture]

 

1926. Harris & Ewing.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016888123/

KIRO In Search Of promo 1977

 

Ariel

 

Aug. 11, 1894. J.S. Johnston.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805160/

No Blade of Grass

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066154/

Fierce Tortoise; T. rostrata (Thunberg)

 

1809.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5178-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Ferdie's Inferno

 

1964-68 WMTV Ch. 15 Madison, Wisconsin horror host. Ferdy. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4780146/

https://milwaukeehorrorhosts.com/Inferno_Madison_Crowley.html

https://egorschamber.com/tvhorrorhosts/hostsf.html

Imaginary "A" plane.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-6dd7-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

Flea (much enlarged)

 

1890. Popular Science Monthly.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2a50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wall butterfly.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-6569-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Killer Shrews (1959)

 

Directed by Ray Kellogg. James Best. 

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

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/killershrews.htm

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80263/the-killer-shrews#articles-reviews?articleId=157043

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=9556

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

 

c1914.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636960/

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Chill. 

The Forth Bridge

 

1890-1906 photochrom print.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017660378/

Lights Out - He Dug It Up

 

[Race between Lincoln Beechey in airplane and Barney Oldfield in automobile, going around race track]

 

June 28, 1912. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003656135/

Airline by MPH (Commercial, 1977)

 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5594/airline

Bingo tent at the carnival in Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July

 

1941 Russell Lee.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017789874/

Saturday Nite Dead

 

1979-80 KTSF Ch. 26 San Francisco horror host. Dr. Tom B. Stone. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13299530/

https://vimeo.com/494383345

http://www.professors-horror-host-tome.com/USA-Hosts-Saturday_Nite_Dead_Dr_Tom_B_Stone.htm

Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin. Introduction of "Woodsy Owl"

 

Sept. 15, 1971. Warren K. Leffler. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017646371/

'Brady Bunch Variety Hour'/'Six Million Dollar Man' Promo (1976)

 

Atlantic

 

Sept. 22, 1894. J.S. Johnston.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805161/

The Valley of Gwangi

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065163/

Hunting Crow, Kitta venatorius.

 

1830-34.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f25-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

TJ and the All Night Theatre

 

1977-89 WLUK Ch. 11 Green Bay, Wisconsin horror host. TJ.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4783084/

https://milwaukeehorrorhosts.com/All_Night_Theatre.html

https://egorschamber.com/tvhorrorhosts/hostst.html

Manned rocket returning to earth.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-de1e-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

[Magician pulling roses out of top hat surrounded by supernatural beings]

 

c1892.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636963/

The Stepford Wives (1975)

 

Directed by Bryan Forbes. Next on Tubi. Never seen it. Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Nanette Newman, Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Patrick O'Neal. Ira Levin book. Owen Roizman cinematography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives_(1975_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-stepford-wives-1975

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91401/the-stepford-wives#articles-reviews?articleId=194000

https://www.avclub.com/the-stepford-wives-1798195250

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2985

Cairo Drive-In, Cairo, Georgia

 

1979 John Margolies.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017708167/

Labyrinth (1986)

 

Directed by Jim Henson. Next on Tubi. Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/labyrinth-1986

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/labyrinth-david-bowie-in-an-80s-fantasy-classic/

https://www.ign.com/articles/labyrinth-movie-fandom-fan-fiction-anniversary-bowie-henson-connelly

TV Room

Live moments ago as I try to pick the next movie on Tubi. End of Street Smart.

Silver-washed fritillary butterfly.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-6557-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Land Unknown (1957)

 

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel. In CinemaScope.

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

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-land-unknown/

http://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/2019/05/tonights-movie-land-unknown-1957-kino.html

And now the educated hog. The office of exhibits, Department of Agriculture has prefected the "educated hog." It talks, n'everything.

 

• 1928 November 24.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016889096/
  
• The talking is done by means of concealed phonograph records and the action is accomplished by means of compressed air. The hog tells those interested all about the damage done to members of his family by the roundworm and as the roundworm gets to work the hogs are deflated by the letting of compressed air. This model, 4 feet 6 inches high will be exhibited the first week in December at the live stock show in Chicago.

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Don't panic.

Mooseriver Village Bridge

 

1884-91 Joseph John Kirkbride.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002711541/

Quiet, Please - Take Me Out to the Graveyard

 

[Automobiles on race track]

 

1925. Harris & Ewing.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016894314/

Atari - E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial (Commercial, 1982)

 

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: American Legion carnival near Bellows Falls, Vermont]

 

Aug. 1941. Jack Delano.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017795628/

Fantastic Theatre

 

1965-68 KVOO Ch. 2 Tulsa, Okla. horror host. Joseph Peter Hardt. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11166458/

http://tulsatvmemories.com/fantastic.html

NO CAPTION

 

• Harris & Ewing, photographer
• [1927 or 1928]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016888653/
  

Six Million Dollar Man' Promo (1977)

 

Agriculture: boy weeding lettuce, Pacific Div., Berkeley, Cal.

 

• 23 September 1918 [date received]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017667717/
  

'Land Of The Lost' Season Premiere Promo (1976)

 

The King in Yellow

 

Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933 (Artist)

Date Issued: 1893 - 1924 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f76b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Disaster

 

Season five, episode five. Aired Oct. 21, 1991. The Enterprise collides with a quantum filament and now the crew is cut off from each other and the ship is in trouble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Disaster_(episode)

https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-disaster-the-game-1798167497

Niagara Falls

 

c1896. William Herman Rau. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007661269/

The X-Files -Tithonus

 

Season six DVD. Episode 10. Aired Jan. 24, 1999. Geoffrey Lewis, crime scene photographer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithonus_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-tithonus-millennium-borrowed-time-1798173808

Uncas

 

Aug. 10, 1900. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798611/

Night of the Bloody Apes

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063090/