Barn advertising, Route 40, central Ohio

 

1938.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017732443/

They Live by Night (1948)

 

Directed by Nicholas Ray. Farley Granger. George E. Diskant cinematography. I saw Keechie the other night on a Perry Mason on Me-TV. A few years ago I had one of the great moments of my movie watching life when I watched this and Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us for the first time on back to back nights. That one with Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. I have the Criterion Blu-ray of They Live by Night. Recommended.

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

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/they-live-by-night/

https://trailersfromhell.com/they-live-by-night/

Schultz's Soaps

 

c1890.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694603/

World's Fair. Jupiter locomotive detail

 

1939 or 40.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018750433/

Shiver

 

1978 drink mix. Two nutrients. 

Chef in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street preparing two Italian sausage sandwiches

 

1942.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017841431/

Dial-A-Brew

 1977 Norelco coffee maker.

7-11 Breakfast

 

1979. 

Movie 9

 

WWOR. 70s intro. 

Granny Goose

 

1985 chips.

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

Advertising sign, Washington, D.C.

 

1941.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017729800/

Donald Westlake Collection

 

58 by Donald E. Westlake. I have four copies of Kahawa alone. Including one signed. Almost all the Dortmunder Gang books. Some of these photos are terrible. 

https://ethaniverson.com/newgate-callendar/a-storyteller-who-got-the-details-right/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_E._Westlake

https://violentworldofparker.com/

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-westlake8-2009jan08-story.html

https://www.avclub.com/donald-westlake-1798210202

https://crimereads.com/what-i-learned-from-donald-e-westlakes-letters/

RC Cola

 

1980 header is new.

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

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76881/tragic-history-rc-cola

Ice cream advertising near Berlin, Connecticut

 

1939.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741072/

Big Deluxe

 

Hardee's.

Elmore Leonard Collection

 I have about four crime writers with over 50 books each. Nero Wolfe wildly in the lead with a little over 100. Lawrence Block and Donald E. Westlake next with both mid-50 range. Then Elmore with a little over 50. Favorites are The Moonshine War, Valdez is Coming, Stick, Forty Lashes Less One.

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

https://thestacks.deadspin.com/elmore-leonard-wrote-great-opening-lines-here-are-all-1178066970

Of course I've had Dutch Leonard on the brain since hearing the news that he died yesterday morning. So I called my pal John Schulian and consulted loyal Stacks reader Four Finger Wu, and we assembled a collection of the first lines of Leonard's novels.

Dig in.

https://crimereads.com/elmore-leonard-florida-man/

https://crimereads.com/the-great-elmore-leonard-renaissance-of-the-late-90s/

John A. Alonzo: Cinematographer

Seen his name quite a bit recently. Chinatown, Harold and Maude, Vanishing Point, The Bad News Bears, The Cheap Detective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Alonzo

https://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/alonzo.htm

https://theasc.com/ac_magazine/May2010/DVDPlayback/page3.html

Bon Ton Potato Chips

 

1982.

26 different kinds of chips under the "Chips" tag now. Potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, pretzel chips. Almost half of those were new.

DVD Player!

Cropped Big Lots DVDs.

Advertising a theatrical show - Lew Fields Herald Square Theatre

 

c1908.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654749/