J.C. Baber family photos, above, source: FamilySearch
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J.C. Baber & Son Cement Block Company Elida Ohio RPPC 1907
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National Tequila Day - Let's Go back in Time to Hussong's Cantina in Ensenada
Well, it's National Tequila Day today (July 24). I tried to find out who decided that, but could find no exact culprit. Logic says it was a liquor company. So I guess we can't blame this one on Hallmark.
I'm tempted into honoring the Tequila Gods, and indulging in a little Jose Cuervo tonight, but we all know there's no such thing as a little Cuervo -- I mean, crack open the bottle and throw away the cap, right?! At least that's what I'd have done (did) "back in the day".
My next thought -- "Hey, wonder if I have any tequila collectibles?"
I wish I could say I pulled out my copy of:
The Champs' 1958 recording of their R&B grammy winning TEQUILA, but no, I don't own it. Yet.
I did dig out my one and only tequila-related item. It's a ceramic jug with raised design that once held HUSSONG'S Tequila.
Hussong's Cantina is a great bar down in Ensenada, Mexico.
When I was in high school, we spent many a summer night there, after long days on the beach. As the current owner, Ricardo Hussong says, "It was way wilder in the ‘70s." Ah, good times. Enough said there. ;-)
On a historical note, the Margarita was invented at Hussong's - for realz!
Hussong's Cantina is still there, and still the place to go in Ensenada. Established in 1892, Hussong's is the oldest cantina in the Californias (California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico).
" ...opened Hussong's Cantina, back in 1892. Today, over 100 years later, it's hard to beat the $2.00 margaritas and the live mariachis that help make this fine drinking establishment one of the most famous bars in the world. ..."
Why I didn't take, or buy any souvenirs, I don't know. But thank goodness for ebay. That's where I bought my jug, even if it does have a Zanesville Pottery (Ohio) sticker on the bottom. I doubt if it was ever even in Hussongs ...
Here are a few items that were on ebay -- the cool ashtray, and a metal bar tray. Maybe I'll watch for more Hussong's items... or maybe I'll just enjoy my memories of the good times I had there....
This is what Hussong's looked like when I went there in the 1970's:
Hussong's in 1908 [Source: Ensenada Historic Photos]
and Circa 1920s
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Blue Moon -- Vintage Style
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Labor Day History: Things We Take For Granted ~ 8hr Workdays & 3-Day Weekends ~ #Vintage Labor Day Art
"Without labor nothing prospers." --Sophocles
Read up on the History of Labor Day.
Once upon a time we didn't even have 8-hour workdays, or weekends, let alone 3-day weekends: "The eight-hour day movement forms part of the early history for the celebration of Labour Day, and May Day in many nations and cultures."
More about the Eight Hour Movement here. And tons more here.
Enjoy your holiday weekend -- then back to work we go!
More about the Eight Hour Movement here. And tons more here.
Enjoy your holiday weekend -- then back to work we go!
The National Eight Hour Law even has it's own theme song - listen here. The tune is where the phrase " Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will! " came from.
It has filled the world with plenty, it shall fill the world with light;
Hurrah, hurrah, for Labor! it is mustering all its powers,
And shall march along to victory with the banner of Eight Hours!
Shout, shout the echoing rally till all the welkin thrill,
Chorus:
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will!
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will!"
Like many causes, the movement had a culture of its own, including numerous songs. Of these the most popular was one that appeared in the Labor Standard in July 1878. Based on an 1866 poem written by I. G. Blanchard in the Workingman's Advocate, it was set to music by the Reverend Jesse H. Jones. The lyrics deem current working conditions a violation of God's will and the laws of the creation, which require that humans have time to devote to reflection, communion with nature, and, more generally, the exercise of freedom. The refrain, "Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will," sees the division of the day into this triad as inherently and transcendently appropriate.
[Source: ChicagoHistory.org]
“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.” -- William Faulkner
"Eight hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, that's the only way I know how to do it." -- Phil Roth
The U.S. Postal Service has issued the Made in America: Building a Nation stamps to honor the men and women of the past who set our country’s future in motion. (link)
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Friday the 13th - Moonshine and #13 on Ball Jar Base Lore
Friday the 13th!
Are fruit jars with a 13 embossed on the base really worth more $$ ?While fruit jars with the number 13 on the base are sought after, glassbottlemarks.com makes a good point: "many of these jars are now saved by non-collectors or casual glass collectors (and “culled” from large groups of common jars) merely because of the number on the base. This culling out of #13 jars from among the “general population” of jars (and stashing them away) can increase the perception of their scarcity."
Moonshiners and fruit jars ~ a confiscated bootleg still.
When taking down a still, revenue officers destroyed everything a moonshiner might use later, including glass jars. - Franklin County, Virginia, 1965. - [Source]
More from fruitjar.org --
Q. Are the Ball jars with the number 13 on bottom worth more money and, if so, why?
A. The ‘Urban Legend’ is that moonshiners used mason jars for their product, and, being superstitious, would break the 'unlucky' ones with 13 on the base. This made the jars rare.
In truth, moonshiners did in fact use mason jars as the preferred container for their product. They were a known capacity, were readily available and buying them did not raise suspicion.
Also, jars with 13 on the base are rarer than single digit numbers. But all the double-digit numbers are rare. The numbers designated the position that the mold occupied on the glassmaking machine, and there were usually 8 or 10 positions on the machine. The higher numbers were used when a mold was replaced. Dealers sell jars with 13 on the base at a higher price, but fruit jar collectors and the published price guides do not consider the number on the base to make any difference in value.
My opinion is that while moonshiners may have been superstitious, I can't imagine that the housewife would break jars just because they had 13 on the base, and housewives used more jars than moonshiners. I think that the urban legend was created by antique dealers who wanted to make more money off an otherwise common jar.
Read more about Moonshine here - http://www.smokiesinformation.org/shop/corn-from-a-jar-softcover-1599
In 2012 we had three Friday the 13ths. 2013 had just two of the superstition-laden days. 2014 saw just one. In 2015 three occurences will cross our paths. [Calendar link]
Friday the 13th 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015Friday, March 13, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Friday the 13th 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016Several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.
One theory states that it is a modern amalgamation of two older superstitions: that thirteen is an unlucky number and that Friday is an unlucky day.
- In numerology, the number 12 is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, etc., whereas the number 13 was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness.
- There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having 13 people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
- Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects.
- One author, noting that references are all but nonexistent before 1907 but frequently seen thereafter, has argued that its popularity derives from the publication that year of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, in which an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.
- In many Spanish speaking countries, the movie "Friday the 13th" was renamed to Tuesday the 13th ("Martes 13"), because it is believed to be the day of bad luck, not Friday the 13th.
Here are some more "Friday the 13th" info-tidbits from Wikipedia:
- The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia [say that 10 times fast -- yikes!]
- The 13th day of the month is slightly more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the week.
- On average, there is a Friday the 13th once every 212 days.
- It's estimated that 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day -- & estimated that $800 million is lost in business on this day.
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Will Punxsutawney Phil Punk Us Again? Groundhog Day ~ Now with More Vintage Collectibles
Every February 2nd we wonder, will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? Will we have yet more winter? Something tells me we will have many more weeks of cold, no matter what the famous Groundhog does or does not see!
Find out all you ever wanted to know, and more, about Groundhog Day at http://www.groundhog.org/ ... or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day
I love the 1993 Bill Murray / Andie McDowell movie, Groundhog Day (see video clips on Crackle).
Here are a few pix of vintage Groundhog Day items to look for, for your collections.
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Happy St. Valentine's Day ~ Be My Valentine ~ Collecting Vintage Valentines Day Cards and Postcards
Vintage Valentines, sweet and oh-so-colorful. They're addicting, but without all the calories of that heart-shaped box of chocolates.
They came in every theme imaginable, for all tastes. Some a little naughty, some for little kids, romantic or ''just friends''. Hearts and Flowers, or downright mean.
These comical insult cards are called Penny Dreadfuls, or Vinegar Valentines.
Here's a great article about them - Happy Valentines Day: I Hate You.
I highly recommend using this website to help find more vintage Valentines for your collection:
- http://www.collectorsweekly.com/cards/valentines
- http://www.collectorsweekly.com/postcards/valentines-day
Besides articles and reference links, CW's search engine will show you all the Valentines listed on ebay by bid amount or by number of watchers, and they show the COMPLETED.
That's a great help if you're trying to get values on your cards. But remember since there were millions and millions of cards and postcards made, and still being made, this is a hard category to try to decide on definitive values. The good news though is that you can build a collection to suit your tastes and your budget.
Best to do your homework first. Here's a list of links that will teach you everything you need to know about collecting Valentines cards of the Antique, Vintage, Victorian varieties. http://bit.ly/XtsygE
Here are some more pix of cute Valentines -- Happy St. Valentine's Day, y'all!
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Collecting: #Vintage LEAP YEAR POSTCARDS
I just love antique postcards, especially the amazing artwork on what I call "The Pretties". Art that has stayed vibrant and colorful due to the old printing and lithography methods. I like that there were postcards for just about every taste, theme, subject, and holiday.
Even the oddest of holidays like Leap Year, which is more than a calendar correction. It's the special day where the gal gets to chase her man, with society's blessing, but only on the one extra day that comes in February every 4 years.
Leap Year is the chance for single women to grab themselves a husband, and he "can't" say no.
There are many comical postcards for this tradition. Some show pretty modern women being assertive, and others show less attractive "Old Maids" using whatever means they can to catch themselves a feller.
Informative and Fun Sites
You can find out more about collecting Leap Year Postcards, who the publishers were, the artists, and see lots more pix of these fun postcards.
- Antique Trader Blog -- an article by Roy Nuhn discusses the legend and lore of the Leap Year courtship aspect.
- The LeapZeum -- Deborah Hyland's site shows a selection of the various series of Leap Year cards.
- Card Cow -- Card Cow's Leap Year postcards sale page.
- Moody's Postcards Blog -- The February 2008 posts show many great Leap Year Postcards, and tells a little about the history of Leap Year.
- LeapZine -- All about the history of wedding proposals on Leap Day, illustrated with Leap Year postcards.
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An Ode to PI Day ~ 3-14 March 14th now with more vintage pie goodness, and Private Eyes!
It's National PI Day
L'Eau de pi
Not lurid tabloid rag, nor a mixed bag
of Private Eyes and Mom's Pies.
Not Bogie, Magnum or Drew,
not pulp-fiction film-noir gumshoe.
Not Dali's liquid pies or Givenchy's bottle full,
nor Ms. Honey West, the Private Eyeful.
Not Moonlighting Angels from Mars,
or the rest of the Private Investigator Stars,
Not pie-eyed Mickey's, or comics Pie-faced,
but of nerds so straight-laced,
and the mathematical constant on which we rely
to tell us the size of our pie.
I love vintage images, and have so much fun collecting them, whether they're digital, or real. Without the images inspiring me, there wouldn't be any blog posts.
They're a huge part of my process. They talk to me, and tell me secrets I would never have known if I didn't see them as a grouping. They're in my brain's archive now. A part of me.
Take the collage and poem above. I made the collage first, and then wrote a couple of rhyming lines, and clicked publish. But then I looked again, and thought a little more, and wrote a longer poem.
I'm not saying it's a great poem, and I'm sure it doesn't have a correct poetic format, but I still marvel at the combination of concepts that revealed themselves to me.
I mean, who knew there was pi perfume?
Or that I would pull the phrase 'Moonlighting Angels from Mars'
from an image search for "vintage p.i. shows"?
I love that phrase.
All because of trying to add vintageness to Pi Day.
Here's a quote from artist Austin Kleon (via Brain Pickings):
"We all carry around the weird and wonderful things we’ve come across while doing our work and living our lives. These mental scrapbooks form our tastes, and our tastes influence our work.
There’s not as big of a difference between collecting and creating as you might think. "
A Date with Destiny
Every March 14th, 3/14, is National PI Day, to commemorate the infinitely long number called pi. (It's the Greek letter “π”)
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286...
Here's your math lesson, for those who don't remember pi from their school days:
- The number π is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and is approximately equal to 3.14159.
- It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes written as pi.
- π is an irrational number, which means that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers (such as 22/7 or other fractions that are commonly used to approximate π); consequently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating pattern.
Image source: Pi Day t-shirt, available here.
The Most Epic 'Pi Day of the Century'
WAS 3/14/15 -- or as one popular Facebook group called it, "The Only Pi Day of Our Lives."
That's because pi to four digits after the decimal is 3.1415, and to ten digits it is 3.141592653, which means on 3-14-15 at 9:26:53 will be the most places of Pi we'll ever have on Pi Day in our lives.
It is of course irrational to think that we'll be around in 2115 to see the next instance of pi perfection.
The day is said to have been "invented" lat the San Francisco Exploratorium . Larry Shaw, who worked in the electronics group at the museum, began the tradition in 1988. Read more at piday.org
- CNN article about 2014's PI Day Festivities around the country.
- More info about pi the number
- More info about PI DAY's history
Check out the very cool Vintage Private Eye Museum
Since celebrating PI Day started in 1988, it's not exactly antique yet, so it might seem irrational to write about it here on 'Tique Talk. But what the heck, it is an irrational number, so I say:
"Here's to being irrational!
Happy PI Day, to all!"
And while we're being festively irrational, Happy Birthday to Albert Einstein.
"It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed." -- Albert EinsteinEinstein's home town of Princeton, New Jersey, celebrates Pi Day with a full schedule of activities including a walking tour of Einstein's neighborhood and a pie-eating contest.
Dali Loves Pi -- The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida also celebrates PI Day, as "Dali loved the irrational numbers Pi and Phi, often using ... mathematical principles in his art."
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Hop Along to Spring ~ Happy Easter! Collecting Vintage Easter Postcards
HAPPY EASTER!
"The earliest known depiction of the Easter bunny in the United States was acquired by the Winterthur Museum in 2011. The drawing from 1800 is by schoolmaster Johann Conrad Gilbert, who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany. In fact, the Pennsylvania Germans brought many Easter traditions to America, which had their origins in the Pagan holiday celebrating the beginning of spring, known as Eostre. The hare is one of the most prolific animals in nature, so is considered a symbol of fertility, and children would prepare baskets of colorful eggs for the hare to sit on." [Source]
I love Easter, especially the colorful toys and vintage postcards.
Here's a link to a display of some of my Easter Toys collection that I had up at our local library a couple of years ago.
Easter always falls on the Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox which is every March 20th. This tradition was based on the lunar calendar to signify Passover. Hence the reason the Easter holiday moves around each year.
In 2015, it falls on April 5th. And 2016 it will be on March 27th. Learn more about the way Easter's date is calculated.
If you want to collect vintage Easter postcards, you'll find them in all price ranges, and a variety of subjects: the Easter Bunny, baby chicks, eggs, flowers, religious, comic and dressed animals, anthropomorphic, and so much more.
A few resource links:
- http://www.collectorsweekly.com/postcards/easter
- http://www.waybacktimes.com/smith105eastercards.html
- http://www.greencastlemuseum.org/Special_Exhibits/easter.htm
- http://postcardiva.blogspot.com/2011/04/antique-easter-fantasy-chicks-rabbit.html
- http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/21-vintage-easter-cards-that-will-totally-creep-you-out (humor)
Happy Easter!
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Fishing for April Fools ~ #Vintage April Fools Day Postcard Album
April Fools, April Fish, April Birthdays and Babies -- what a day!
Enjoy these vintage postcards and illustrations.
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!
Watch out for those April Fools Day pranks.
Why do we have the April Fools Day tradition? Read this:
Don't let yourself be "fished in"!
What's April 1st have to do with fishies, you ask? Well... In France, it's called APRIL FISH DAY, because young naive fish are easily caught. They had some lovely, and odd, postcards in the early 1900's. Here are a few for your amusement and entertainment.
- Also, here's a couple of April Fools Day info links: Wikipedia --- and Info Please
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Got the Income Tax Blues? On April 15th, The Tax Man Cometh and Taketh
That Devil wants it all!
He'll give you the Income Tax Blues...
INCOME TAX BLUES by Ralph Willis - 1951
"I got my income tax this mornin' Yes, and it's gotta be paid I got my income tax just this morning Yes, and
Read and hear more tax-themed blues songs on the Uncensored History of the Blues.
[Get the MP3 from Amazon here.]
Uncle Sam's Midnight Deadline is Looming Over Your Shoulder!
Is your tax situation a Comedy, or a Tragedy?
Filling out those forms can make you happy, or very sad...
Just remember, the Devil's in the details...
And it's the little things that count.
Alas, the more you work, the more you pay.
But how do you make people pay?
Enter 'The Donald' -- Duck that is. Here's Disney's 1943 IRS propaganda cartoon [Source]:
Donald Duck marches around his house, listening to the radio and filling out his tax form. Occupation: actor. Dependents: three (Huey, Dewey and Louie).
The Beatles - George Harrison's The Tax Man
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
OLE SIR TAXY-WAXY
Ole Sir Taxy Waxy
He turned my income out
Ole Sir Taxy Waxy
He knocked my upkeep down
My overhead he under-footed
My profits all he gayly looted
He got my shoes and I got booted
Ole Sir Taxy Waxy
He's sho' got me uprooted.
"Don't that get your pity pumping?"
From the fantastic Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herriman.
Income Tax History Links:
- Library of Congress
- Wikipedia
- Google Search for tons more history, and the Pros and Cons.
P.S.
Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Snoopy: "Dear IRS, I am writing you to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list."
If only!
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Vintage Navahoe Carbonated Mineral Water Bottle is from Cedar Springs Hotel, New Paris, Ohio
NAVAHOE
Here's a great vintage aqua mineral water bottle, embossed with an Indian Chief's face, and just the word Navahoe (note the spelling). No town, no other info on the bottle. A google search turns up this label, so it's ''mystery solved''.
The labels says Navahoe Carbonated Water / Cedar Springs Hotel Co. / New Paris, Ohio. / A Medicine Without A Taste / A Water With A Result
New Paris is near Dayton, Ohio. The hotel was opened in 1875.
Here are some postcards picturing the CEDAR SPRINGS HOTEL, and the town of New Paris, as well as some history:
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Kentucky Derby Day the Vintage Way ~ Collecting Kentucky Derby Glasses, Hats, Toys, and Horse Racing History Books
The first Saturday in May is Kentucky Derby Day!
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Racing Museum Hall of Fame
It's Derby Time!
The famous horse race is always on the first Saturday in May, so this year it's on May 7, 2016.
The famous horse race is always on the first Saturday in May, so this year it's on May 7, 2016.
Here's just a tiny taste of Kentucky Derby history and lore.
Get all the details @ the Kentucky Derby Official Website.
Get all the details @ the Kentucky Derby Official Website.
There's more to it than just beautiful horses. There are beautiful hats, interesting traditions (including an official drink), and lots of memorabilia and collectibles.
The Kentucky Derby Museum
For Derby history:Check out the Kentucky Derby Museum website.
See the Kentucky Derby Museum's photo albums.
See the current exhibits here.
For 2015, the museum had vintage photos of celebrity attendees. The “Stars of the Stands” exhibit focuses on how fame and celebrity transformed the Kentucky Derby into an iconic event.
Kentucky Derby Museum showed fun side of Derby in 2014's Horse Play Exhibit
In 2014, the Kentucky Derby Museum had a wonderful vintage horse race toy exhibit.
Note: the toy exhibit was only for 2014 - "The museum has purchased a circa-1970’s, coin-operated, Kentucky Derby-themed carousel ride to become a permanent mainstay of the museum for this exhibit."
Media images can be found here courtesy of Kentucky Derby Museum: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77780824@N08/sets/72157642950705793/
Mint Julep ![]()
The Mint Julep has been the traditional beverage of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby for nearly a century. Early Times Kentucky Whisky has been privileged and honored to be a part of that tradition. The Early Times Mint Julep Ready-to-Serve Cocktail has been "The Official Mint Julep of the Kentucky Derby" for more than 18 years.
How to Make a mint julep.
Click to enlarge the pic.
From 'A Taste of Kentucky': "While the concept of serving mint juleps was not new, the development of the Mint Julep Glass came later.
Many people think that Kentucky Derby Mint Julep glasses started in 1938, but although the confusion is understandable, they did not. What happened in 1938 is that instead of serving their mint juleps in paper cups, Churchill Downs served them in tall water glasses and people kept stealing them!
So the following year in 1939 Churchill Downs created a promotional piece — the birth of the Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Glass — that people could purchase and keep as a souvenir of their visit to the Kentucky Derby.
Over the years mint julep glasses have gone through many designs and styles."
It's a fun tradition for ladies to wear big-brimmed flower and ribbon trimmed hats at the Kentucky Derby.
Some designers specialize in over-the-top toppers. Read "Crowning Glory: The Art of Kentucky Derby Hats".
Believe it or not, this hat's relatively conservative.
Ladie's hats have been fanciful for decades (at least). Here's an illustration from 1902 from the Edwardian Clothing fashion history blog:
HORSE RACING BOOKS & DERBY HISTORY
- Read Horse Racing History Books from Arcadia Publishing
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May Queen For A Day ~ May Day Maypole Dance Celebrations ~ Collecting Vintage Photo Postcards
Vintage Products for the Merry Month of May
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Isn't it appropriate that income tax month begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of MayDay!?
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
“As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.” ― William Shakespeare
The Pretty Month of May by Schumann
Happy May Day!
May 1st is another celebration-day for us to enjoy some pretty antique postcards and photographs.
Here's a lovely May Queen all decked out to celebrate this Rite of Spring. Isn't this hand tinted photo postcard gorgeous!
There are many rituals, generally including women and children. There are several traditions behind the day, and many people have written about it.
Here are just a few assorted links along with some vintage postcards and photos. Pretty images of May Queens and Maypole Dancers abound, from Victorian era cigar box labels...
Read about the MAYPOLE DANCE here.
Read about the crowning of the lovely MAY QUEEN.
1920's McCall's Magazine May Queen paper dolls by artist Barbara Hale.
Stereo-view Photographs and RPPCs (real photo postcards).
Check out this site -- this woman has the most amazing collection of May Day postcards-- all showing MAYPOLES!!
Here's the site of another gal who is having too much fun with the whole May Day scene!
Hope you enjoyed these pretty May Day images.
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo ~ Collecting Vintage Bauer Pottery and the NEW Bauer Pottery Company
May 5th = Cinco de Mayo
There's plenty of info out there about this day and its importance to Mexico. [CdM History links.]But for us gringos, it's the perfect excuse to drink tequila and cervesas with our tacos and guacam-ole!
If I were still living in Southern California, I'd pull out one of my vintage Mexico-themed tablecloths, and set the table with my colorful vintage Bauer Pottery dishes, and have a PARTY!
I'll bet you thought I'd say FIESTA, and then show you pix of vintage Homer Laughlin "Fiesta" dishes... like this:
But I don't collect Fiesta. I used to collect Bauer Pottery, and still have a lot of my fun rainbow-colored collection displayed in my kitchen.
I am especially fond of my group of rare hand painted Bauer plates. Here's a fuzzy shot of a few:
Bauer was one of the great "CALIFORNIA POTTERY" companies and is highly collectible. For Bauer history check out these sites:
- Matt Carlton and his Bauer Pottery
- The Collectics Reference & Collector Education pages.
- Bauer Pottery @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauer_Pottery
Photos of collections of vintage Bauer pottery:
Here's the gorgeous kitchen set from the TV show The New Normal, chock full of vibrant California pottery tiles and dishes. I'm sure many pieces are from the gorgeous line of NEW Bauer Pottery.
You can get your damaged vintage Bauer pieces restored. They are set up with the right glazes and colors.
Oil Jar during repair (left) and after (right)
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Vintage Mothers Day Cards and History
Who better to tell you about the history of Mother's Day than Hallmark?
And learn more from these sites:Many civilizations have created ways to honor motherhood. In the United States, Anna M. Jarvis, born in 1864 in Webster, Va., is credited as the force behind Mother’s Day. When Jarvis was 41 years old, her mother died. On the second anniversary of her mother’s death (the second Sunday in May 1908), Jarvis made public her plans to establish a day to honor mothers.Other sources report “mother’s day” church services on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, W. Va., and a celebration of mothers at the Wannamaker Auditorium in Philadelphia, Pa., on the same day. The observance became official in 1914 when Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation naming the second Sunday of May as a day for “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.”
- http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day
- http://www.mothersdaycelebration.com/mothers-day-history.html
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but...
"Before the brunches, before the gifts and greeting cards, Mother's Day was a time for mourning women to remember fallen soldiers and work for peace." -- Mother's Day's Dark History
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Scratch Whiskey Jugs from the California Wine Co. Lima Ohio
I picked the center one up yesterday at the Columbus bottle show, courtesy of my friend Joe Hardin, who finds me good Lima items all the time. Thanks, Joe! Joe puts on the upcoming Wilmington Bottle Show, to be held on April 2nd, 2017. Info here: http://www.fohbc.org/shows/
I had the other two jugs already, along with the stenciled jug in the pic below.
Left to right, there are two one-gallon jugs, and then two quarts. The angle of the line up in the photo makes it look like there are four sizes, but it's an illusion.
I have a few other California Wine bottles which I will photograph and add later.
My research shows that Morris Cohn of Findlay Ohio established a wholesale wine and liquor store at 135 S. Main St. Lima Ohio in 1895.
Morris Cohn died in a Detroit hospital following an operation in 1905. He was buried in Shaare Zedek, the Jewish cemetery (near Lima's Woodlawn Cemetery) which he had helped to establish:
“The local Jewish people, who recently formed an organization for the purpose of securing the managing of a Jewish burying ground adjoining Woodlawn Cemetery, were granted a charter of incorporation by the secretary of state at Columbus today,” the Times-Democrat reported Aug. 20, 1902. Signing the incorporation papers were Gus C. Weil, N.I. Michael, Leon Lowenstein, Morris Cohn and A. Weixelbaum.
When Cohn, who also managed the California Wine Co., in Lima, died after an operation at a Detroit hospital, his remains were “consigned to a final resting place in the Jewish section of Woodlawn Cemetery,” the Times-Democrat wrote Oct. 18, 1905.
It appears a Mr. Wohlgemuth bought the California Wine Co. business from Cohn's estate in 1905. In 1917 he sold one half interest to a James A. Rambo who had already been working there for a while.
That's it for now. I'll keep researching.
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Note: These items are part of my ''Collecting Lima Virtual Museum''. They are not for sale.
If/when I find more information on these items, I will add it to the post.
Read the Introduction to my ''Collecting Lima'' Virtual Museum Project, all about my Lima Ohio Bottles, Advertising, Antiques collection.
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What I Did On My Vacation... Chicago Art Excursion
Day one, we went to the Murakami exhibit at the modern museum, then the Rolling Stones Exhibitionism at Navy Pier. Day two was spent at the Mexican Museum, and day three we hit the Oriental Museum at Chicago University, and then the Black History exhibits at the Cultural center.
All were fabulous, beautiful, entertaining and enlightening. Coincidentally, but not surprising, were the repeated themes.
There was an over-arching theme of cultural identity and assimilation in Murakami, the Mexican art, and the black history paintings we saw last.
We started with Murakami, and while his Japanese iconography didn't obviously turn up again, eye popping bright color certainly did. Even the Egyptian statues and buildings would have originally been vibrantly painted.
One of Murakami's repeating motifs is eyes, which turned up everywhere, from the Egyptian eye on a Rolling Stones poster to the original stone carving of an eye hieroglyph symbolising magic and healing.
And of course their Bridges to Babylon stage set had an Egyptian theme, as did the Malcolm X College doors.
And the Stones worked with Andy Warhol, who Murakami references as an influence.
Everything was unique yet flowed together in my mind, each exhibit building on the ones before, and it would have worked had we reversed the order!
After I got home I did a bit of reading on these exhibits, artists, and their history and themes, just enough to realize how important what I was fortunate enough to see was, and that I know so little about so many things! So this is not a lecture, just a little taste of what the exhibits were, and some links if you want to learn more.
First stop, the larger than Life colorful Murakami exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. It was gorgeous vibrant pop art, some light and breezy and some darker themes, although presented in bright technicolor! The pix of the Murakami works should give you an idea of the size scale of the pieces -- huge!
Then just a couple pix from the gem of Pilsen, the National Museum of Mexican Art, and then Egyptian artifacts from the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (where we also saw the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House), followed by pix of my new favorite artist, Eugene Eda Wade's work: the doors he painted for the original building of the Malcolm X College on display at the Cultural Center, and finishing with one of Wade's more recent works showing how the pop art black Egyptian culture theme still resonates with him.
Click on the pix to enlarge.
My undying gratitude to P&J for schlepping me around when they had seen it all before!
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MURAKAMI
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ROLLING STONES
MEXICAN ART MUSEUM
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
MALCOLM X COLLEGE DOORS
Assorted rabbit hole links:
- The Uses of History in the Bridges to Babylon stage - really!
- Chicago Cultural Center - Malcolm X Doors
- Article about Eugene Wade and his recent art works.
- The Oriental Institute website.
- Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House - I didn't try to find a connection to the other exhibits but I bet there's one!
- Commentary and reviews on the Rolling Stones Exhibitionism exhibit, what was there was great, but they left out a lot too. Like all the sex and drugs...
- The Mexican Art Museum website.
- Murakami's place in the pop art machine...
- Symbolism of Egyptian motifs in art
Easter egg time!
- King Sargon's Lamassu -- I couldn't find the translation of the carved text on the statue, but let's just say it is very theatrical in it's declarations of King Sargon's attributes! I read it out loud at the museum, to the greatest entertainment of all who heard me! No one before me had ever read it so well! Only I knew how to do it best!
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My Lima, Ohio Milk Bottle Collection ~ Vintage Milk Bottles ~ Ohio Dairies
My Lima, Ohio Milk Bottle Collection
Photos of my Lima milks, (and a few nearby towns). This is just a photo album post. I will separate them out and write info/history posts in the future, but needed to document what I have, and figured I'd share the pix with the internet-world.
I'm not going to address rarity or values in this post. I have been collecting Lima Ohio bottles for almost 20 years, and have paid from 50cents to $250, and have sourced bottles from farm auctions, garage sales, bottle shows, antique malls, ebay, and helpful friends. So please don't ask me about values, or where you can buy Lima Ohio milk bottles.
These bottles are NOT for sale.
I am not looking to buy duplicate bottles.
If you have a Lima milk bottle that is not pictured, then yes, please, I am interested in seeing a photo at least, and possibly buying your bottle.
If you are a Lima-area bottle collector, I would love to compare notes, and discuss our collections. Please consider joining me in the Findlay Bottle Club -- finbotclub.blogspot.com -- visitors are welcome to our meetings -- info on the website.
Click the pics to enlarge.
Standard milk bottle size and embossing codes used:
- TR = Tall Round (as in TREQ = Tall Round Embossed Quart)
- SQ = Squatty
- E = Embossed
- P = Pyro (Pyro = painted label)
- S = Square (as in TSPQ = Tall Square Pyro Quart)
- CT = Cream Top
- Q = Quart / P = Pint / HP = Half Pint / HG = Half Gallon
List is alphabetical, with new additions worked in, or added at the bottom of the list. Latest addition: September 2017.
#1 & #2
ALLEN COUNTY RAW MILK PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ASS'N REGISTERED LIMA OHIO
TREP / TREQ
NOTE: see 2 BRIDGES bottles in the Other Towns section below, as one says LIMA, and one says BEAVER DAM.
#'s 3,4,5,6,7
BUCKEYE PASTEURIZED MILK BUTTER LIMA O. (FRONT)
GRAHAM'S ICE CREAM (BACK)
ALL w/ ORANGE PYRO
L-R: TRCTPQ / RPHP / TRPQ / SPP / SPHP
#8
DECKER'S PASTEURIZED MILK CREAM LIMA, OHIO
(BACK: DEPOSIT STORE BOTTLE)
TSPHG RED / PLASTIC HANDLE
#9
DECKER DAIRY LIMA OHIO / DIVISION OF ACRES INC.
(BACK: TRY OUR DELICIOUS ...)
TSPQ / RED
#8 & 9
#10
DECKER'S PASTEURIZED MILK CREAM LIMA, OHIO
QT WAXED CARDBOARD ''KONE'' / GREEN INK
BACK: CAR AND BILLBOARD
STOP AT DECKER'S DAIRY BAR / ST RT #25 - SOUTH
#11 (ON RIGHT)
TSPHG / GREEN
DECKER'S PASTEURIZED MILK CREAM LIMA, OHIO
BACK: CAR AND BILLBOARD
STOP AT DECKER'S DAIRY BAR / ST RT #25 - SOUTH
BOTTLE ON LEFT, ABOVE, SHOWS THE FRONT THAT IS ON ALL FOUR BOTTLES, BELOW:
#12, 13, 14, 15
TRPQ's / GREEN
ALL 4 FRONTS:
DECKER'S PASTEURIZED MILK CREAM LIMA, OHIO
4 DIFFERENT BACK DESIGNS, L-R:
COTTAGE CHEESE; PLEASE RETURN/KID; HONEST QUALITY/BABY; and DAIRY BAR BILLBOARD/CAR
#16
DECKER DAIRY LIMA OHIO / DIVISION OF ACRES INC.
(BACK: TRY OUR DELICIOUS ...)
PHG / RED
#17 DECKER'S LIMA, OHIO / RPHP
#18 DECKER CRIDERSVILLE, O. / TREQ
#19 DECKER'S DAIRY / RIBBED TEHP / ACE OF DRINKS
#20 & 21
EL DORA FARMS LIMA OHIO
RED TPHP and TSPQ
#22 & 23
TRY HEFNER'S EL DORA
Delicious Ice Cream __ Cable Road Lima Ohio
ORANGE SPP and SPHP
#24,25,26
EQUITY SELECTED MILK LIMA OHIO
BLACK / TRPHP, TRPP, TRPQ
ALL w/ SAME BACKS:
FOR CHARM AND BEAUTY/GIRL'S FACE
#27,28,29
EQUITY SELECTED MILK LIMA OHIO
BLACK / TRPHP, TRPP, TRPQ
ALL w/ DIFFERENT BACKS:
COWS/PASTUERIZED DAILY; DELICIOUS ORANGE DRINK; SAFETY
#30,31,32
3 DIFFERENT EQUITY's THAT DO NOT SAY LIMA
(THE BLUE IS JUST SURFACE-PAINTED)
#33 - SLEN-DEE ICE CREAM CARTON - EQUITY DAIRIES INC, LIMA OHIO
#34 - EQUITY UNION CRY CO LIMA, O. - TREHP
#35 = FISHER'S MILK TREHP
#36,37,38 = PURE FRESH MILK PASTEURIZED BY THE FISHER DAIRY MODERN PLANTS LOCATED IN LIMA AND WAPAKONETA OHIO
TREHP, TREP, TREQ
#39,40
GRACELY DAIRY FARMS LIMA OHIO
TREHP / TRPQ ORANGE
(Note: See a new H bottle at the bottom of the list.)
#41-48
GROUPING OF HEFNER DAIRY BOTTLES
(SEE #22,23 ABOVE FOR HEFNER'S EL DORA BOTTLES)
#41,42,43
HEFNER'S DAIRY LIMA OHIO
PYRO QT and 2 HP's
#43A
Hefner SQ PYRO PINT
#44 - HEFNER'S DAIRY - SQPG
#45 = EJ HEFNER AND SONS DAIRY LIMA OHIO / TSPQ
#46 HEFNER DAIRY LIMA OHIO / AMBER SQSPQ
#47 SHOULDER EMBOSSED HEFNER'S LIMA OHIO / SQSEQ
#48 = HEFNER DAIRY LIMA OHIO / PASTEURIZED & RAW
#49 = HEFNER DAIRY LIMA OHIO / PASTEURIZED
BOTH ORANGE TRPQ
#50 = HEFNER'S DAIRY CARTON
#51,52 - INDEPENDENT DAIRIES LIMA O. - TREP / TREQ
#53,54 - INDEPENDENT DAIRIES / LIMA OHIO
TRPHP / TRPQ / BLUE
#55 / TREQ
INDEPENDENT / LIMA, O. / SELECTED DAIRIES
GROUPING OF KOLTER BUCKEYE BOTTLES
#56,57,58
THE KOLTER BUCKEYE DAIRY CO. LIMA O.
TREHP / TREP / TREQ
#59 = SPQ KOLTER BUCKEYE CO.
#60 = SEQ / SHOULDER / KOLTER BUCKEYE CO. / LIMA OHIO
#61 BUCKEYE QT. CARTON
#62 LINNWOOD DAIRY LIMA O. / TREP
#63 SERVICE DAIRY LIMA OHIO / ACE OF DRINKS (BACK) / RIBBED PINT
#64 MEADOW GOLD TPCT / LIMA OHIO ON CAP ONLY
#65 SHADY SIDE DAIRY LIMA O. / TREQ / BASE EMBOSSED: T. M'FG. CO PAT 1882
#66 THE LIMA CR'Y.& C.S.CO. LIMA O. (LIMA CREAMERY AND COLD STORAGE CO.) / SQREQ
#67 SHAWNEE DAIRY / S / PASTEURIZED PRODUCTS / TREP
#68 NORDIC DAIRY INC. LIMA OHIO / SQSPHP
GROUPING OF SHELLEY BOTTLES
#69,70 - SHELLEY DAIRY LIMA OHIO
TRPHP, TRPQ / ORANGE
#71 SHELLEY DAIRY LIMA, O. -- SPQ/ORANGE
#72 SHELLEY DAIRY -- PHP/BLUE
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#71A - SHELLEY SQ PYRO PINT
#73 SHELLEY DAIRY REGISTERED LIMA, O. - EHP
#74 SHELLEY-TOWNSEND LIMA, O. - EHP
#75,76 SPRINGER'S / LIMA, O. / DAIRY
TREHP / TREQ
#77,78 SPRINGER'S DAIRY (THESE DO NOT SAY LIMA ON THE BOTTLES) (ONE HAS A SPRINGER'S LIMA & WAPAKONETA O. CAP)
TREQ / TRPQ
#79 SUNNY DALE [2 WORDS] FARMS / LIMA OHIO / ''KOOPS'' ON BACK / ORVILLE W. KOOP ON CAP - TRPQ/ORANGE
#80 O.W. KOOP / SUNNYDALE [1 WORD] FARMS / LIMA, OHIO - SPQ/ORANGE
CLOSE UP OF #79, AND CAP
#81 WHITE MOUNTAIN / LIMA OHIO / DAIRY CO - TRECTP
#82 WHITE MOUNTAIN / LIMA OHIO / DAIRY CO - TREP
#83 WHITE MOUNTAIN (ON SLANT, NO TOWN) - TREQ
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NON-LIMA MILK BOTTLES (FROM SOME NEARBY TOWNS)
#84 PROPERTY OF JESSE SHILLING / ALGER, OHIO - TREQ
#85,86 HYGRADE DAIRY / BLUFFTON, O. -- TREP & TREHP
#87 HOFSTETTER DAIRY / BLUFFTON, OHIO - TREQ
#88 NATURAL MILK / NATURE'S BEST FOOD / HOFSTETTER DAIRY / BLUFFTON, OHIO - TRPQ/GREEN
#89 BRIDGES & SONS DAIRY / BEAVERDAM, OHIO - TREQ
#90 BRIDGES & SONS DAIRY / LIMA, OHIO - RPHP/RED
BRIDGES BOTTLES w/ POSTCARD FOR
E.M. BRIDGES TASTEE FREEZ / BEAVERDAM OHIO
#91,#92 - PLAIN VIEW DAIRY / COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO
TREP / TRPQ/ORANGE
#93 RANSBOTTOM & SON / ROCKFORD OHIO - TREQ/BRICKNECK
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Note: These items are part of my ''Collecting Lima Virtual Museum''. They are not for sale.
If/when I find more information on these items, I will add it to the post.
Read the Introduction to my ''Collecting Lima'' Virtual Museum Project, all about my Lima Ohio Bottles, Advertising, Antiques collection.
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