Vintage Ephemera

[Stubby1743]

Postcard showing Sir Malcolm Campbell in 'Bluebird' on 29 May 1947. This was after 'bluebird had been fitted with a De Havilland 'Goblin' gas turbine engine.

 

[kyrbz]

 

[Stubby1743]

Advert from 1932.

 

[kyrbz]

 

[tombell572]

Bathing suits and high heels--gotta love it!!

Tom B.

 

[PSCo1867]

 

[Farmer J.]

Found some fuel rationing coupons in the bottom of the farm office desk drawer.. I haven't researched these yet, so they may be WW2 or 1950's Suez crisis, or 1970's when coupons were issued but rationing never implemented.
My Father said that WW2 coupons were issued to farmers, as essential users, but he didn't need as many as were issued. These are unused coupons.
Here's what wikipedia says about it:
Petrol rationing was introduced in September 1939 with an allowance of approximately 200 miles (320 kilometres) of motoring per month. The coupons issued related to a car's calculated RAC horsepower and that horsepower's nominal fuel consumption. From July 1942 until June 1945, the basic ration was suspended completely, with essential-user coupons being issued only to those with official sanction. In June 1945, the basic ration was restored to allow about 150 miles (240 km) per month; this was increased in August 1945 to allow about 180 miles (290 km) per month.[50]
A link to further information:

Archive Blog - January 2021

The archive team go through some recent accessions and see how these documents convey the petrol rationing of the second-world war onwards.

www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk

 

[Stubby1743]

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Found some fuel rationing coupons in the bottom of the farm office desk drawer.

Extraordinary!

 

[Farmer J.]

Extraordinary!

Come to think of it I suppose these things can happen when 5 generations use the same desk..! None of us have completely 'cleared the desk' for 120 years!

 

[kyrbz]

 

[Stubby1743]

 

[Stubby1743]

Adverts in a 1975 John Hall Tools catalogue.

 

[Stubby1743]

I found this old newspaper this morning crunched up as packing around some tin paint alphabetical stencils.

 

[kyrbz]

From a 2002 article about microcars in the Japanese magazine "Pen"

 

[d42jeep]

Found a decent matching pair of ‘56 CA plates at a recent garage sale. I would never leave those behind. The seller had a pristine ‘48 Chevy Woody wagon. I guess the plates were too modern for his car.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog Dietz ad pp 389

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog Yale ad pp 283

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog Eveready ad pp 280-281

 

[four.cycle]

1920 Commercial Vehicle Clark Axle Co. ad. pp 45

 

[Stubby1743]

From May 9 to June 1, 1925 No. 32 Squadron RAF flew an air display six nights a week entitled “London Defended” Similar to the display they had done the previous year when the aircraft were painted black it consisted of a night time air display over the Wembley Exhibition flying RAF Sopwith Snipes which were painted red for the display and fitted with white lights on the wings tail and fuselage. The display involved firing blank ammunition into the stadium crowds and dropping pyrotechnics from the aeroplanes to simulate shrapnel from guns on the ground, Explosions on the ground also produced the effect of bombs being dropped into the stadium by the Aeroplanes.

 

[Stubby1743]

 

[four.cycle]

1942 Champion High Standard Iver Johnson ad pp 1243

 

[four.cycle]

1942 Anniston Hardware Co. catalog Coleman ad pp 364

1942 Anniston Hardware Co. catalog Coleman ad pp 457

1942 Coleman Dietz ad pp 362

 

[four.cycle]

1942 Plaything - Tinkertoys pp 145

 

[notherone]

I'm a vintage documentation and movie poster junkie!

 

[four.cycle]

Welcome to the site, nottherone. You might want to take a look at the "Favorite Movie Poster" thread

 

[four.cycle]

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog Gould toys ad pp 745

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog Metallic Industries Metalcraft ad pp

1924 Hardware Buyers Catalog White Kiddie Kar ad pp 743

 

[WisJim]

I think that I still have my Dad's "Horsie Toddler" shown in the top catalog page. It had been at my grandparents' house when I was the appropriate size to use it, and I rescued it when everything was dispersed by my aunts. On second thought, I donated it to a fellow I know who restores such things and then auctions them off for charity.

 

[four.cycle]

 

[four.cycle]

I watched these machines perform this operation on Carter AFBs in March 1971. Fascinating stuff.

 

[JAYoung]

The new flatheads are in:

 

[kyrbz]

 

[outside!]

Bultaco price list and brochure that is a reprint of the "Cycle" magazine test of the new 1967 Metralla 250 motorcycle. I couldn't afford one then, and I still can't afford one now, even if I ever found a good one for sale.

If you get a Bultaco, make sure the spark plug is tight before every ride so that it doesn't shoot out and leave you stranded in the desert at night.

 

[Stubby1743]

 

[B Halverson]

My father's jewelry etc. from when he had his Matchless/Indian dealership;

 

[tombell572]

Wow, B--what beautiful mementos. As a BSA collector, I can appreciate them. I've never seen those Matchless items.

Tom B.

 

[Stubby1743]

 

[Stubby1743]

August 1947.

 

[Stubby1743]

1920s. I have the whole booklet.

 

[four.cycle]

Some Christmas Gift-Shopping Ideas....

 

[MShaw]

"My father's jewelry etc. from when he had his Matchless/Indian dealership;"
I remember back in the 1950s when Freddy Marsh had his Indian dealership in Windsor Locks Ct. He used to be a motorcycle racer and had black cinders permanently in his face.