Vintage Ephemera

[DAustin]

Somebody was WAY into early aircraft. I like how when they ran out of card stock they used repair order forms an then whatever that red advertisement looking thing is.

I'm an old airplane nut and can name just about every one of the planes you showed. Most of the aircraft were mid-30 to around 1940.

 

[four.cycle]

1917 Marshall Wells Hardware Co. catalog pp 3694

 

[MR.X]

I'm an old airplane nut and can name just about every one of the planes you showed. Most of the aircraft were mid-30 to around 1940.

20's too apparently. I could name just about none of the planes I showed. Every paper in that box had a plane on it,.. hundreds....Belgium, Russia, Italy, France, Denmark, Japan there were some pretty funky ones.

 

[Outlawmws]

It is amazing what we have done with flight in the last 100 years.

 

[Beerhippie]

It is amazing what we have done with flight in the last 100 years.

HUMANS CAN'T FLY!! IT'S ALL A HOAX!!

 

[Outlawmws]

HUMANS CAN'T FLY!! IT'S ALL A HOAX!!

Absolutely correct! Humans don't fly te machines do!

 

[Provincial]

While aviation has advanced a lot, by the mid-1930's it had reached a point of being practical.

A DC-3 (C-47B) that I used to fly is still active. The type started production in 1935, and that one was delivered in 1944. It has been converted to turboprop engines, and actively supports Arctic and Antarctic research seasonally. It is now 81 years old!

 

[Outlawmws]

While aviation has advanced a lot, by the mid-1930's it had reached a point of being practical.

A DC-3 (C-47B) that I used to fly is still active. The type started production in 1935, and that one was delivered in 1944. It has been converted to turboprop engines, and actively supports Arctic and Antarctic research seasonally. It is now 81 years old!

Goony birds were definitely a big step, way ahead of their time!

 

[DAustin]

While aviation has advanced a lot, by the mid-1930's it had reached a point of being practical.

A DC-3 (C-47B) that I used to fly is still active. The type started production in 1935, and that one was delivered in 1944. It has been converted to turboprop engines, and actively supports Arctic and Antarctic research seasonally. It is now 81 years old!

Douglas sure got it right with that airplane.

 

[pcrov]

It is amazing what we have done with flight in the last 100 years.

Sometimes it's the order that amazes me. In 1969 we put a man on the moon. In 1970 we put wheels on luggage.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I like how when they ran out of card stock they used repair order forms an then whatever that red advertisement looking thing is.

First of all, cool actual (not digital) ephemera.

Dude really nerded out. So he was clipping the photos (all black and white) and pasting them onto the card stock. What's interesting about that is the original sources were almost certainly different. If they were all in one or just a few pubs (books, magazines, etc) dedicated to aircraft, it would've made more sense to keep them intact.

Does each card have its own lined (apparently hand drawn, with a rule) "spec sheet" on the back? It reminds me (only kinda sorta, i.e., not silhouettes from two angles) of aircraft recognition flashcards. Also reminds me of this book of WWII aircraft and the full page "spec cards" stuffed in this other WWII aircraft book, both of which I posted on the 'Books' thread.

Amateur encyclopedic endeavors like this never cease to amaze me, and I would not be surprised if those boxes contained, in its time, the most expansive "database" of aircraft on the planet. As such, a "book" (of sorts), sitting in someone's den, or attic, that was probably not available commercially, industrially, or even governmentally.

I'm an old airplane nut and can name just about every one of the planes you showed.

Having wowed me on this 'Books' thread pop quiz, I wouldn't bet against you!

 

[Stubby1743]

Wbo landed that there?

 

[MR.X]

First of all, cool actual (not digital) ephemera.

Dude really nerded out. So he was clipping the photos (all black and white) and pasting them onto the card stock. What's interesting about that is the original sources were almost certainly different. If they were all in one or just a few pubs (books, magazines, etc) dedicated to aircraft, it would've made more sense to keep them intact.

Does each card have its own lined (apparently hand drawn, with a rule) "spec sheet" on the back? It reminds me (only kinda sorta, i.e., not silhouettes from two angles) of aircraft recognition flashcards. Also reminds me of this book of WWII aircraft and the full page "spec cards" stuffed in this other WWII aircraft book, both of which I posted on the 'Books' thread.

Amateur encyclopedic endeavors like this never cease to amaze me, and I would not be surprised if those boxes contained, in its time, the most expansive "database" of aircraft on the planet. As such, a "book" (of sorts), sitting in someone's den, or attic, that was probably not available commercially, industrially,

Thanks. Yeah, most be of the cards had at least some data on the back. Packard diesels in the Trimotor Ford. BMW in the Kawasaki. Bristol Jupiter in a Nakajima. Nakajima stuff always catches my eye because of the WW2 Nakajima Homare engine tools and toolbox I have. I should have spent more time looking thru the stuff but I had already spent a ton of time there and was getting Bosnia / Kosovo Hantavirus vibes so….

 

[DAustin]

Wbo landed that there?

A leftover from the Berlin airlift.

 

[DAustin]

First of all, cool actual (not digital) ephemera.

Dude really nerded out. So he was clipping the photos (all black and white) and pasting them onto the card stock. What's interesting about that is the original sources were almost certainly different. If they were all in one or just a few pubs (books, magazines, etc) dedicated to aircraft, it would've made more sense to keep them intact.

Does each card have its own lined (apparently hand drawn, with a rule) "spec sheet" on the back? It reminds me (only kinda sorta, i.e., not silhouettes from two angles) of aircraft recognition flashcards. Also reminds me of this book of WWII aircraft and the full page "spec cards" stuffed in this other WWII aircraft book, both of which I posted on the 'Books' thread.

Amateur encyclopedic endeavors like this never cease to amaze me, and I would not be surprised if those boxes contained, in its time, the most expansive "database" of aircraft on the planet. As such, a "book" (of sorts), sitting in someone's den, or attic, that was probably not available commercially, industrially, or even governmentally.

Having wowed me on this 'Books' thread pop quiz, I wouldn't bet against you!

Did you ever post what they were all listed as?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Did you ever post what they were all listed as?

It looks like the answer is no. Look for that later tonight.

 

[Provincial]

A leftover from the Berlin airlift.

The C-47 has a place of honor in Berlin, because of the Berlin Airlift. The first fatal crash of the airlift impacted an apartment building. The locals still leave flowers at the site to honor the crew who gave their lives to bring supplies to Berlin.

 

[WisJim]

I stopped in a local antique store and found a bag of old Craftsman tool catalogs for $1 (for all 4 of them), so of course they came home with me. The oldest one is unmarked but probably early 1960s when comparing it to the 1963 edition.

 

[four.cycle]

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog American Valve Tool Co. ad pp 18

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Auto Trunk Tolman ad pp 78-79

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Brampton Hayes United Engine ad pp 56-57

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Champion Spark Plug Co. ad pp 22

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Cleveland Osborn Rath Sterling ad pp 64-65

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Curtis compressor ad pp 17

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Dexter & Halsey Neville Sandbo ad pp 42-43

 

[four.cycle]

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Diamond M Muller ad pp 88-89

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Friestedt ad pp 69

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Gleason Peters ad pp 15

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Gray Hawley Kales Haskel Seng ad pp 30-31

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Hawthorne Miller ad pp 22

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Mesco Universal ad pp 74-75

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Newfield Silver ad pp 82-83

 

[four.cycle]

1949 J.C. Whitney advertisement

1949 Popular Mechanics Berg's Truck Parts ad pp 258

 

[four.cycle]

I seem to recall one of our members posting a link to a video about this machine:


1954 Autocar Alvis advertisement

 

[WisJim]

Some early small catalogs:

 

[four.cycle]

1922 Country Gentleman Three-in-One Oil ad pp 35

 

[ararat]

1922 Country Gentleman Three-in-One Oil ad pp 35

Wait, she's using 3 in 1 on the chicken?

 

[Outlawmws]

Wait, she's using 3 in 1 on the chicken?

That's a rag...

But that was funny!

 

[four.cycle]

Wait, she's using 3 in 1 on the chicken?

are both of the chickens feet the same size?

 

[d42jeep]

Screenshots from eBay items

-Don

 

[Ayrhead]

Popular mechanics Oct. 1957…an ad for Williams tools, I hadn’t seen an adjustable yet with the ‘locking’ mechanism. the Lufkin advertisement page… and finally a different kind of Mossberg that we’re used to seeing…

 

[Ayrhead]

Popular Mechanics Oct. 1956…. a crescent wrench advertisement, an Edelman radiator leak tester, a cool article about testing out the VW beetle & an amazing oil filter that I’ve never seen b4…

 

[WisJim]

I really enjoy the older Popular Mechanics and similar magazines. By the time they had switched to a larger format, they had lost something, although I have saved a few issues from the 1970s. @Ayrhead Thanks for sharing!

 

[Ayrhead]

I really enjoy the older Popular Mechanics and similar magazines. By the time they had switched to a larger format, they had lost something, although I have saved a few issues from the 1970s. @Ayrhead Thanks for sharing!

I’m glad you enjoyed the post(s)

 

[Ayrhead]

Popular Mechanics July, 1957. A couple of Hammer Advertisements, the Hillman Airplane, smooth jaw channel lock pliers advertisement, ah yes, the Yellow Pages Advertisement.

 

[Ayrhead]

Popular Mechanics April 1957… a 3 in 1 Bolens mower, tiller, snowblower advertisement, an advertisement for a surplus 4 ft. Reversible ratchet with 3 hex sockets… that would be Kewl, motorized roller skates… a tire commercial promoting atomic energy, freeing up a frozen adjustable using kerosene, a pimped out bicycle ride… and finally using your own car exhaust as a vacuum cleaner…

 

[Ayrhead]

Popular Mechanics Sept. 1956… a car stopper for the garage, 2 different adjustable wrenches that are lockable, a screwdriver ad, I like this one… a ratchet where you can turn the socket with a finger on the handle, a bicycle with a jet engine, instead of a lead acid filled car battery they’re advertising a cadmium battery… never seen one of those… and finally a joke spring wind up for the back of your VW beetle.

 

[WisJim]

I remember those wind up keys for the VW Beetle. They were always in the old J.C. Whitney catalogs along with lots of other odd and sometimes useful stuff.

 

[kyrbz]

I remember those wind up keys for the VW Beetle. They were always in the old J.C. Whitney catalogs along with lots of other odd and sometimes useful stuff.

I’m kinda a microcar guy. It seems like every microcar gathering I attend, there will be an Isetta or a Fiat that shows up with the wind up key. Obviously still a popular accessory with some in that crowd

 

[Beerhippie]

I’m kinda a microcar guy. It seems like every microcar gathering I attend, there will be an Isetta or a Fiat that shows up with the wind up key. Obviously still a popular accessory with some in that crowd

Do they still have the motorized ones that slowly turn as you drive? I had one of those on an Austin American many years ago... I think I picked it up at the local imports shop.

 

[four.cycle]

1905

 

[kyrbz]

1905

Doesn't quite look like the Peerless my dad once had