Green Onions

 

I planted a dozen green onion bottoms in pots today. Had to replant because it is something I actually use. Cut the bottoms off of grocery green onions and stick them in a pot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Onions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallion

That Sucker Nearly Hit Me

 

Norm takes a champagne cork to the forehead on his birthday in "Diane Meets Mom." I had a sparkling wine cork that would not come out and my thumb was bleeding when I got it open. No other casualties.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539729/

1981 Classic Trix Cereal Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(cereal)

Busch

 

Flat top.

St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1900.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016797874/
  

1996 NBC Thanksgiving Spectacular Home Alone, Mighty Ducks D2, Jurassic Park Commercial

 

Stroh's Beer - "Airline Security" (Commercial, 1978)

 

General store. Pony, Montana

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1939 June.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017777551/
  

1979 Reese's Pieces commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese%27s_Pieces

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

 

Detroit Publishing Co., publisher [ca. 1910]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016811136/

The Sting (1973)

 

Directed by George Roy Hill. Robert Redford, Paul Newman. The long con. Coming up next on DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sting-1973

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2010/10/sting-1973.html

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16580/the-sting#articles-reviews?articleId=288909

Old buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer 1941 Jan.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017806438/

The Grifters (1990)

 

Directed by Stephen Frears. Written by Donald Westlake. From the book by Jim Thompson. Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening. DVD coming up next.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-grifters-1991

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-grifters/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thegriftersrhinson_a0a9cd.htm

Corn Chex cereal 1979 TV commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chex

Old buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana

 

• Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
• 1940 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017806364/
  

Year of the Dragon (1985)

 

Directed by Michael Cimino. Mickey Rourke, John Lone. Next on DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Dragon_(film)

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/michael-ciminos-year-of-the-dragon/

[Shell road and live oaks, Audubon Park, New Orleans, La.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [ca. 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016811150/
  

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

 

Directed by John Huston. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey. Next on DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizzi%27s_Honor

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/prizzis-honor-1985

https://trailersfromhell.com/prizzis-honor/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87246/prizzis-honor#articles-reviews?articleId=151883

Canal and oaks, Audubon Park, New Orleans, La.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c[1910?]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016815362/
  

Iron City

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_City_Brewing_Company

Hotel Royal, New Orleans, La.

 

• St. Louis Hotel
• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1906.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016795006/
  

New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Street

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1943 Mar.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017850489/
  

Pabst Beer Commercial 1978

 

Store window. Tower, Minnesota

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1937 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017780551/
  

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

 

• Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
• 1942 Aug.?
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017835433/
  

Jolly Rancher Candy Commercial 1993

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Rancher

Coffee house in Selma, Alabama

 

• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer
• 1935 Dec.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017759333/
  

Farm. Fayette County, Kentucky

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1940 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017811416/
  

Post Fruit & Fibre Cereal Commercial (1981)

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=157

https://www.retroist.com/p/memories-of-post-fruit-fibre-cereal-why

The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain

 

Movie tie-in paperback.

Double Indemnity (1944)

 

Directed by Billy Wilder. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. I have this two-disc special edition DVD and the book by James M. Cain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-double-indemnity-1944

https://trailersfromhell.com/double-indemnity-4k/

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/double-indemnity-mesmerizing-film-noir-conceived-troubled-relationship-two-greats/

Cain x 3 - James M. Cain

 

Book Club edition with The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

 

Directed by Tay Garnett. Lana Turner, John Garfield. Next on Tubi. I also have this book by James M. Cain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(1946_film)

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/378/the-postman-always-rings-twice#articles-reviews?articleId=191498

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3970post.html

Wisconsin Gold Label

 

[Littleton, N.H., Thayer's Hotel]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016795517/
  

Mountain woman going to market in Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky

 

• Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
• 1940 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017805338/
  

Busch Beer Spot From April of 1978

 

Store buildings. Gheen, Minnesota

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1937 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017780336/
  

1988 - The Perfect Combination : Lemonheads & Basketball

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonhead_(candy)

Lexington, Kentucky

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1940 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017811399/
  

Farmhouse. Nicholas County, Kentucky

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1940 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017811226/
  

King Vitaman Cereal Animated Commercial (1970)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Vitaman

Huber Beer

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Huber_Brewing_Company

Rockingham Hotel, Portsmouth, N.H.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1908.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016795930/
  

Miller Lite 'Wilt Chamberlain' Commercial (1976)

 

De Lux election building and voting booth, Lanham, Md., 11/4/24

 

• 1924 November 4.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016852723/
  

General store. Lamoille, Iowa

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1939 Oct.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017779283/
  

Twizzlers ad, 1988

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twizzlers

Cornbread

 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/cornbread-with-hot-peppers.html

Granny’s Cornbread

For this recipe you’ll need an 8-inch cast iron skillet and some bacon grease. I keep a little jar of it in the fridge just for making cornbread. Oil will do in a pinch but it won’t have as much flavor.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. The trick is to stick the cast iron pan in the oven for a few minutes to let it get hot and then add about a tablespoon of bacon grease and get that hot so when you pour the batter in you get a sizzle. That is what makes a nice crust.

Dry ingredients:

1 cup yellow corn meal

1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder (heaping)

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Wet ingredients:

2 cups buttermilk (approx.)

1 egg

Mix the dry ingredients together and mix the egg and buttermilk together and then combine. You don’t want to stir it too much, just make sure everything is mixed together well; the batter should be fairly thin, almost like a pancake batter.

Pour into blazing hot cast iron skillet and bake at 450 for 23-25 minutes until cooked through and browned on top.

Fortified Oat Flakes Cereal Commercial (Mid-1970s)

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1167

Jimmy's Restaurant sign, Columbus, Ohio

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1984.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709632/
  

[Postal mailer for Mike's Ship-A-Hoy, Fish Grotto, seafood restaurant. Columbus, Broadway and 66th St., New York City]

 

• Postal mailer which is foldable shows photographs of restaurant; nautical theme illustrations (lobster and trap, light house, boat, and life preserver; list of the restaurant's Captain's specials; complete menu; and address block.
• [between 1940 and 1950]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2023632523/