Five of clubs

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce22-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[Trademark registration by J. C. Ayer Company for Ayer's Ague Cure Warranted brand Propietary Medicine for Malarial Diseases]

 

• 1887 June 21.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2020708480/
  

New perforating machine used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for perforating postage stamps ...

 

• Photograph shows a woman seated at a perforating machine with Benjamin R. Stickney, the machine's designer, standing alongside.
• National Photo Company.
• [between 1909 and 1932]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2006692618/
  

Night Flight

 

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

Malayan tapir and young.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-371b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

On the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.

 

• People walking on the bridge.
• c1894.
• Photoprint copyrighted by A.S. Johnston, N.Y.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2002716138/
  

Suspense - Short Order

 

C. G. V. automobiles; Light Runabout; All complete 8-10 h.p. $ 2,500.

 

Date Issued: 1903 - 1916 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0813-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Big Jim 'Rescue Rig' Toy Commercial (1973)

 

Racing tandem.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4bb1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio]

 

• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer
• [1938 Aug.]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017732760/
  

Lilium.

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-445d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[United States two cents postage stamp with head-and-shoulders portrait of James A. McNeill Whistler]

 

• 1940.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/93505044/
  

Dot

 

• Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• 1890 July 12.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016813223/
  

The Swarm

 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078350/

Short Sun-fish, Tetrodon Mola.

 

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

Date Issued: 1803

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-62e5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Four of clubs.

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce21-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Dr. M.G. Kerr Asiatic Balsam Compound

 

• Patent medicine label showing woman and children beside sickbed.
• c1851.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701442/
  

U.S. Mint, New Orleans, La.: Stamping Room

 

• c1897.
• Photo copyrighted by E.S. Gardner.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2005693130/
  

Svengoolie: The Return of the Vampire (1943)

 

Bela.

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

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88090/the-return-of-the-vampire#articles-reviews?articleId=145355

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-return-of-the-vampire/

The giraffe.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-3719-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Covered bridge at Wallingford, Vermont

 

• Locke, Edwin, photographer
• 1937 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017764944/
  

Escape - Misfortune's Island

 

Misfortune's Isle is the actual title. 

Commercial car; No. 232; Model 15; 3 ton truck. Price, $ 4,050.00.

 

1909 Knox commercial cars

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0799-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Bonneville Blasters Toy Cars Commercial (1973)

 

Touring tandem.

 

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

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

Lachenalia.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-445b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Treasury Dept. Internal Revenue Bureau, counting Internal Revenue stamps, [1914]

 

• [1914]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016852704/
  

Shamrock II before start

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• 1901 Sept. 28.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016804930/
  

Starcrash

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079946/

Wolf-fish, Anarhichas Lupus.

 

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-62e3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Three of clubs

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce20-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Elixir feminae partens or, Mothers remedy for morning sickness

 

• Patent medicine label illustrated with two women, one an American Indian, holding stalks from plants.
• [between 1850 and 1900]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001704413/
  

[Glazier Stove Company, stamping press, Chelsea, Mich.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016811899/
  

Night Flight

 

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

Svengoolie: Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

 

Directed by William Castle. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Sardonicus

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83744/mr-sardonicus/#articles-reviews?articleId=208692

https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2023/08/mr-sardonicus-1961-pressbook.html

Pressbook.

The gazelle.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-3717-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

High Bridge, New York City

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [ca. 1900]
• Photochrom prints
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016794149/
  

Escape - He Who Rides the Tiger

 

Commercial car No. 185, D-6 Transportation car. Price, $ 3,200.00.

 

1909 Knox commercial cars

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0796-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Screamin' Demons 'Dare-Devil Challenge' Toy Commercial (1972)

 

Italian velocino bicycle.

 

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

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

Decorations at a sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

 

• Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
• United States. Farm Security Administration.
• 1941 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017750415/
  

Hydrangea.

 

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

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4459-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing / [WKL].

 

• Photograph shows gas ration stamps being inspected with a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington, D.C.
• Leffler, Warren K., photographer
• 1974 Jan. 31.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2003673995/