An afternoon in New York’s Central Park with Sidney Poitier. (1964)
A divorcing couple dividing beanie babies in court, 1999
Where can you go to get free cheese cubes and be around nicely dressed people?
“A few things you need to know…. “ An adult remembers how they, as a precocious child, learned a lifelong lesson about being a wiseass.
Please enjoy the official music video for the Greenland Defense Front.
I mean, it’s not just political satire — It’s hilarious and it slaps.
The night they ended Prohibition, December 5th, 1933
Be even better if the dog matched the couch too.
“The fact of the matter is that Renée Good was radicalized by these deranged, left-wing texts."
The Baltimore Sun, Maryland, January 1, 1921
I use an app called Trakt.tv to keep track of TV shows and movies to watch. It’s great, but the search function leaves something to be desired. This 1924 movie is what came up when I searched for “The Fast and the Furious.”
Delta Airlines L1011 cabin in the 1980’s
Home of the first Topless Weddings
Lunchtime at Pete’s Bar in Lower Manhattan,1950
The Auburn Theater. Auburn, NY. 2023.
Marceline and Alice Day - c. 1920s
I have to look it up every time.
Nescafe “Soluble Coffee Product”, 1948
“The Day After Tomorrow", by Robert A Heinlein ©1951 Signet # 882 cover art by Gene Szafran
1970s White Horse Scotch Whisky Ad
I can see the good angel on one of the orange cat’s shoulders, arguing with the bad angel on the other.
Watch daily after the news. Repeat as needed.
Largest per capita incarceration rate of any country in the world. USA! USA! USA!
Weird Tales, May 1941, Hannes Bok
“… that money will be controlled by me…. “ More corruption from the Mafia boss in the White House.
The Time of the Eye by Harlan Ellison, cover by Chris Foss (1974)
The Walt Whitman Mall, Long Island, NY, near where I grew up, 1962. I spent a lot of time there as a teen and in my very early 20s. It was a good place to walk around, hit the bookstore, get some food.
Vintage postcards of mid-20th century American motel and hotel bedrooms
‘28 Birkenholz - Kugelhaus (Dresden)
She seems nice
Lilliputian Gun, only 7¢ from Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bro (1898)
19-½. I think I stretched out on a waterbed for a few minutes to try it out, but did not sleep or engage in carnal activities. Or maybe I did do both of those things (with a partner, wiseass), but the experience was so ordinary, despite a lot of hype that waterbeds were getting at that time, that I’ve forgotten it.
elevator button sample case
Spicy Stories, December, 1924.
Polar bear on board a Soviet icebreaker, 1970.
A photographer with a Japanese miniature camera, 1949. Andreas Feininger
The Irish Walsh family, glass negative, 1919
On Reddit: “my dog was sleeping backstage and wandered out during the encore to sing with the band”
Five days ago, I mentioned here that I would stop posting memes, vintage photos, and other Internet found media here. But then I got a nice note from a friend who follows this blog, thanking me for the words and images. And I said to myself, oh, what the heck, why not just resume posting all that stuff here. So that’s what I am doing.
1930 Bathroom.
For that hard-to-shop-for serial killer.
I’ve decided to take a break from posting memes, historical photos and other found images on mitchwagner.com and in Mitch’s newsletter. You can find them on mitchipedia.tumblr.com and @mitch@hachyderm.io and mitchwagner.bsky.social and facebook.com/mitch.wagner.
Moments from the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
19-1/2. I think I stretched out on a waterbed for a few minutes to try it out, but did not sleep or engage in carnal activities. Or maybe I did do both of those things (with a partner, wiseass), but the experience was so ordinary, despite a lot of hype that waterbeds were getting at that time, that I’ve forgotten it.
The Aérotrain a streamlined train manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in 1950.
