Night Flight

 

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Damnation Alley - Roger Zelazny

 

Arch bridge, Bellows Falls, Vt.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1905 and 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016795881/
  

Suspense - The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

 

Knox commercial cars; No. 342, Model D-7, I 1/4 ton Express. Price with top, $ 2,475.00.

 

1909 Knox commercial cars

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-078e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Screwball Toy Commercial (Hasbro, 1972)

 

Lady cyclist, 1896.

 

Cycling : A series of 50 (Player's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ba3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

"Double bodied, both sexes." Believe it or not, outdoor carnival, Granville, West Virginia

 

• Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
• 1938 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017753516/
  

Hippeastrum or amaryllis.

 

Flower culture in pots : A series of 50 (Wills's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4455-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. STAMPING BONDS

 

• Harris & Ewing, photographer
• 1917.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016868724/
  

Penelope

 

• Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• 1897 July 7.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016813385/
  

Deathsport

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077414/

Wrasse, striped, Labrus Variegatus.

 

The natural history of British fishes: including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species...

Date Issued: 1802

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-62e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

King of diamonds.

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce1d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Swaim's Panacea

 

• Nineteenth-century patent medicine label with head-and-shoulders portrait of manufacturer John Swaim.
• c1846.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/96505843/
  

[Workers in the postage stamp gumming and drying room in the Stamp Division at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing]

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• [ca 1895]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2006692528/
  

The bittern.

 

Colour in nature : A series of 50 (Ogden's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-3711-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Covered bridge. Washington County, Vermont

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1937 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017776118/
  

Suspense - Summer Night

 

"The Great Shipwreck of Life" - IAMX (2015)

Commercial Cars. No. 280; Model 20; 1,500 lb. panel top delivery. Price, $ 1,700.00.

 

1909 Knox commercial cars

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0787-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Stick Shifters Drag Racers Toy Commercial (Hasbro, 1972)

 

Novel tandem of the 90's.

 

Cycling : A series of 50 (Player's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ba1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

At a "girlie" sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Vermont

 

• Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
• 1941 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017750453/
  

Gloxinia.

 

Flower culture in pots : A series of 50 (Wills's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4451-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

"Say it with stamps" Buy!! Nassau County poster stamps : "What helps Nassau helps you!"

 

• Poster for Nassau County Association fund raising drive stamp sale showing the Trylon and Perisphere at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
• [New York] : WPA Federal Art Project, Dis. 4, [between 1936 and 1939]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/98514633/
  

Nixie

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• 1890 June 28.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016797991/
  

The Boys from Brazil

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077269/

Ray, rough, Raia Rubus.

 

The natural history of British fishes: including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species...

Date Issued: 1802

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-62df-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Queen of diamonds.

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce1c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[Man seated with a stamp vending machine]

 

• c1907.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654889/
  

Hurricane Hilary

 

An odd one for people who live on the Gulf Coast at this time of year.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/weather/hurricane-hilary-california-southwest-tropical-storm-saturday/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/hurricane-hilary-live-updates-rcna100563

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.php

The turbot.

 

Colour in nature : A series of 50 (Ogden's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-370f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: Konga (1961)

 

Konga

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

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22034/konga/#articles-reviews?articleId=159260

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/74095

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/never-before-such-fury-and-spectacle-april-1961/

https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2015/04/movie-pressbook-konga.html

Waban Bridge, Wellesley College, Mass.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c[1908?]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016814677/
  

Escape - Ambassador of Poker

 

Commercial car Model 20, 3/4 ton chassis. Price, $ 1,400.00.

 

1909 Knox commercial cars

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0785-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Mattel Hot Wheels 1971 TV ad

 

The Latchman Triplets

https://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Explore/Themed-Topics/Latchman-Triplets

 

Pacing triplet.

 

Cycling : A series of 50 (Player's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4b9f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

 

• Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
• 1941 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017750418/
  

A Face in the Crowd (1957)