Show your Americana / Non-Sports Memorabilia

[Exhibitman]

1952 Groucho publicity photo. If it looks familiar it is because the same photo session resulted in the 1952 Bowman card.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

1952 Groucho publicity photo. If it looks familiar it is because the same photo session resulted in the 1952 Bowman card.

Great Groucho Exhibitman! My stepfather once appeared on "You Bet Your Life". I used to love those old Marx Bros. films. They are truly classics!

[thxforthebp]

I guess this is kind of a cross over of both sports and Americana. I just picked this original type I of Bill Corum, sports writer and president of Churchill Downs, at the Stork Club with Ernest Hemingway. Doesnt have any news credits on the back only a Stork Club logo stamp and then it looks like it fell into the archives of Culver Photos. Underneath some of the blank stickers to cover up the originals is the time of 12:00 with the date 1939 and notes that they spent 20 and 25 a person on their tab that night.

[ocjack]

As long as we're showing Americana - thought I would add these. I know some of us will remember Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez - fearless astronaut. I had a talent show coming up in school and I thought it would be a snap to ask Mr. Dana if he had any unused material I might be able to use. I also included his 45rpm for a signature. Besides giving me a license to use his material (I imagine even today), he included a signed picture with his letter. (Love the old typwriter - yes kids, this is how we communicated last century.)

Doubt that this would ever happen today.

[Exhibitman]

More of the great Groucho:







And Bond. James Bond:

[Oldtix]

I'm reviving this thread to post a few of the non-sports items I've added to my collection in 2012. Hope you enjoy them.

First, an amazing 1934 Whitman Children's Books store display rack, stocked with a few of the books that would have graced it back in the day. I know of no other surviving examples of the rack, which is 36" wide, 36" tall and 14" deep.



Next, an old double-sided department store fixture for 75 cent hardback books. It is 66" tall, 34" wide and 20" deep. Makes a great showcase for those colorful dust jackets of the 1930s.



Finally, here's my 1937 Wurlitzer Model 616A Jukebox, modified and streamlined in the early 1940s. It's currently undergoing a full restoration; hopefully it will be back by Christmas!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Oldtix

I'm reviving this thread to post a few of the non-sports items I've added to my collection in 2012. Hope you enjoy them.

First, an amazing 1934 Whitman Children's Books store display rack, stocked with a few of the books that would have graced it back in the day. I know of no other surviving examples of the rack, which is 36" wide, 36" tall and 14" deep.

Next, an old double-sided department store fixture for 75 cent hardback books. It is 66" tall, 34" wide and 20" deep. Makes a great showcase for those colorful dust jackets of the 1930s.

Finally, here's my 1937 Wurlitzer Model 616A Jukebox, modified and streamlined in the early 1940s. It's currently undergoing a full restoration; hopefully it will be back by Christmas!

Give me a second to push my jaw back into place...

Jeez Rick. Let's just say that I'm thankful you don't collect Beatles memorabilia. First-rate stuff, as always. Your superb taste shines through regardless of what you collect.

And that Wurlitzer... that will be a centerpiece, even in your vast collection! Can't wait to see it once restored.

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Well I recently picked up the Rack-Pack and the Cello, to compliment my 1964 TOPPS Color Wax Box & Pack. And as a bonus, my original 1964 candid snapshot of the Boys in the water, really brings the whole ensemble together.

I must say that it's hard to break the "companion piece" habit!

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