Congo - Michael Crichton

 

Impulse reread while boxing up some old paperbacks. First read this copy as a teen. Came out in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_(novel)

Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio

 

• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer
• 1938 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017732759/
  

Agrl. Dept., Bureau of Chemistry

 

c1920.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016852323/

CBS Late Movie promo Mako: The Jaws of Death 1978

 

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Dr. Lao. 

Vigilant before the start

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• 1893 Oct. 11.
• ttps://www.loc.gov/item/2016798294/

Chosen Survivors

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071318/

Old Woman.

 

Man!

African Fish : A series of 50 (British American Tobacco Co.)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-91ed-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

El Capitan.

 

Geological Survey of California (Author)

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (Photographer)

The Yosemite book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada and of the big trees of California

Date Issued: 1868

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c133f3a-ff9f-afe5-e040-e00a180627d9

Sea-Trout fishing in the Hebrides.

 

Angling : A series of 25 (Mitchell's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9926-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Brimstone moth & larva.

 

Butterflies and moths (Adkin's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-640f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla,_King_of_the_Monsters!

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76563/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters#articles-reviews?articleId=1533580

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewse-g/godzillakingofthemonsters.htm

The Old Bridge, Concord

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1900.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016794241/
  

Suspense - Somebody Help Me

 

Model x-4 - Hiker.

 

Automobiles: Manufacturers catalogues

Haynes Automobile Company.

Date Issued: 1903 - 1916 (Approximate)

Place: New York

Publisher: Haynes Automobile Company

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0053-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

1980s Exit Game Commercial

 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4093/exit

A poster advertising the wrestling side show at a small carnival near Bellows Falls, Vermont

 

Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer

• 1941 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017750231/
  

Carrère and Hastings workshop.

 

New York Public Library Visual Materials

Photoprints and Negatives

Central building of the New York Public Library

Construction photographs

Date Created: 1905

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-36f7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

KSTW Terror Week promo 1985

 

America

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016797892/

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher

Created / Published

• 1887 June 23.

Headings

• -  America (Schooner)
• -  Yachts

Salmon fishing on the Dee.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-991c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Geological Formations near Gallup, New Mexico, Gallup, N. M.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-9df8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Detroit Publishing Company postcards

Date Issued: 1898 - 1931 (Approximate)

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night

 

From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues

 

Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain.

 

Circus poster, Alabama

 

• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer
• 1936 Summer.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017758401/
  

Barnes' Wild Animal Circus

 

• Price, Albert M., 1873-1957, photographer
• [between 1914 and 1929]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017656419/
  

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus [graphic].

 

• Circus poster showing clown faces and fire cracker.
• Chicago : Globe Poster Corp., [between 1900 and 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2018653274/
  

Circus poster, Omaha, Nebraska

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1938 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017717640/
  

Lime-hawk moth & larva.

 

Butterflies and moths (Adkin's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-640d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

 

Directed by Don Sharp. Hammer Films. 

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

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

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1727hamm.html

Following the Trail of a Mysterious Circus

 

Vacation Circus. 1915-20. Bain News Service. Blog post on this from Library of Congress in 2021. 

https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2021/03/following-the-trail-of-a-mysterious-circus/

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014704096/

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. New Night Flight vid. 

Suspension Bridge. Niagara

 

• Reilly, John James, 1838-1894, photographer
• [Niagara Falls, N.Y.] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1860 and 1890]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017659409/
  

Suspense - One Man Crime Wave

 

It's very comfortable just to drift here

 

Under pressure

 

"Pressure Drop" - Toots and the Maytals (1968)

 

Hay stack and automobile of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1940
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877613/
  

1980's Iron Sword Video Game Commercial

 

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

 

• Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
• [1941 Aug.]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017750230/
  

Agrl. Dept., Bureau of Chemistry

 

• [ca. 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016852319/
  

ABC Sunday Night Movie promo Night Cries 1978

 

Reliance and Shamrock III before the start, Aug. 25, 1903

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1903.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805061/
  

The Neptune Factor

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070438/

Common Frog.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-2db4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

A Mexican moth & larva.

 

Butterflies and moths (Adkin's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-63f7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Invisible Man (1933)

 

James Whale. Claude Rains. Gloria Stuart. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(1933_film)

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79365/the-invisible-man#articles-reviews

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1463invi.html

Ogilvie Bridge ice jam

 

• 1910 May.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/99614678/
  

Lights Out - Flame

 

1913 - Oldsmobile Model 40, 4 cylinders.

 

Photographs of General Motors and Chrysler car and truck models

General Motors Company. Oldsmobiles 1897 -1938. Photographs - Specifications.

Date Created: 1913

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-baaf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99