This is complete filler, as much or more than you normally find here. But it was a low key day — that’s nice to say again — so I’m sharing a few pictures from last week and catching things up on the site.
I saw these at Angel’s Antiques, the place where I bought a grill. It was not an antique, but new and cheap. I am at least one of those things, hence buying a grill there. I also bought two more Glomeratas there. I stopped shopping after that. As Jeremy Henderson said, “That place is like crack.”
A site dedicated to Pennsylvania beer history notes “In the forties and fifties Schmidt’s was famous for Tiger Head Ale, a brand acquired from the Robert Smith Ale Brewery after prohibition.”
They had facilities in Pennsylvania and Ohio and this can has survived for decades. It is still full, too. On the side is a price. On the bottom there’s another sticker which reads “Not for consumption.”
There’s no chance of that.
Someone took all of their ticket stubs from old Auburn games and thought they should cover this box with them. Inside, out, bottom and top are full of tickets, mostly from early 1990s games. In a few decades from now this will seem incredibly cool, now the box is just waiting in an antique mall. Time is funny like that.
This is from a coffee company in Iowa. Apparently the bag dates to the 1960s, which almost works with the graphic style. Other than seeing a few bags for sale online I can’t much more about the people. Was it good? Did it taste better at altitude? Was it really parachuted on customers? Were they expecting it to fall from the sky?
Speaking of pictures, I caught up on the photo galleries, which haven’t been this neglected in ages. The July gallery, destined to be a bit underwhelming, is finished. The August gallery has finally been built and is now in progress. Only took half the month.
Tomorrow: I think I’ll show you a video.
