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Glendale, CA: Allied Artists Television, 1960. Vintage three-ring leatherette binder, produced to promote television releases by Allied Artists Television, circa 1960s. Films advertised in the binder include: "Wild Stallion" (1952) "Wagons West" (1952) "Teenage Doll" ["The Young Rebels"] (1957) "Serengeti Shall Not Die" ["They Shall Not Die"] (1959) "The Double Agents" (1959) "The Price of Silence" (1959) … Read more about this item

San Francisco: N.p., 1993. Vintage flyer, featuring punk illustrations bordering pricing and offerings, and including a phone number and "Aelurus Artemis Publications" printed vertically on the top right margin. Also features a gothic horror-style illustration, entitled "A Midnight Dance" and dated "6/27/93," on the verso, with the copied signature of Ryan Allred. Though not evident on the flyer,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Zip Zap Hair Salon, Circa 19990. Original hand colored and annotated flyer advertising Zip Zap hair salon, San Francisco, circa 1990. San Francisco's Zip Zap Hair Salon opened on 245 Fillmore Street in 1986 and is still in operation today. 8.5 x 11 inches, Xerographic duplication colored and annotated with oil pastel. Very Good plus,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Hamburger Mary's, 1990. Vintage flyer announcing renovations and a grand re-opening of Hamburger Mary's, at the venue's maiden San Francisco location on 1582 Folsom Street, held on January 6, 1990. Founded in San Francisco in 1972, Hamburger Mary's (named after the slang "Mary" for gay men), was a chain of drag-themed, locally owned independent hamburger restaurants.… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Blue Mouse Theatre, 1926. Vintage newsletter for Seattle's Blue Mouse Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 4, for the week beginning Saturday, March 17, 1923. Newsletter features a two-color promotion for "The Beautiful and Damned" attached to the top left corner of the cover. The Blue Mouse Theater, still in operation today as the Tacoma Blue Mouse Jr.,… Read more about this item

N.p.: British American Tobacco Comany, 1925. Vintage British American Tobacco Company (BAT) "Cinema Stars" cigarette card, number 1, featuring Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan, circa 1925. The first of 50 "Cinema Stars" cigarette cards released by BAT, circa 1925, which featured Hollywood stars such as Norma Shearer, Jackie Coogan, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, and others, including… Read more about this item

Paris: Self-published, 1962. Vintage French toy and home goods sales catalogue, published for the Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie ("supplier of trinkets"), representing years 1961-1962. The CGB sold toys and goods starting in the early 1900s, and remained in operation until the mid-1970s. This catalogue represents the company at what appears to have been a considerably successful point,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: MBFG, 1974. Vintage five-color, metallic silver, Art Deco style "The Mitchell Bros. are Now Casting" window card poster, designed by Heffernan, 1974. The text on the inviting adult filmmakers' casting call poster continues, "For 1974 Film Production. Interviews every Tues. & Thurs. 10-6 / O'Farrell Theatre, 895 O'Farrell St. 441-1930." Jim and Artie Mitchell (the Mitchell… Read more about this item

New York: Prentice Hall, 1989. Vintage press kit for the 1989 book. Pocketed illustrated folder contains one side-stapled full-color promotional booklet, two photographs, and four pages of xerographically duplicated promotional material. An exploration of the production and design of David O. Selznick's classic 1939 film "Gone with the Wind." Introduction by Selznick's son Daniel M. Selznick. … Read more about this item

Saint Louis, MO: Buck's Stove and Range Company, 1930. Vintage oversize hand-tinted panoramic Buck's Stove and Range Company promotional photograph, circa 1930s, with a blind stamp in the bottom right margin for photographer Walter A. Groth, of 1849 Mullanphy Street, Saint Louis. An striiking and exhibition-worthy panoramic photograph, likely used for retail display when it was made,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Recorder Publishing Co, 1937. First Edition. Archive of five vintage advertising signs designed by noted Art Deco designer Wana Derge, circa 1933-1937. Signs intended for countertop or streetcar use, one with an unused cardboard display easel affixed to the verso. Included with the collection is a First Edition copy of Derge's posthumously published color and design… Read more about this item

Saint Louis: M. Peterson Hair Company, 1919. Vintage catalog of human hair and cosmetic products advertised by St. Louis-based beauty supplier M. Peterson Hair Company. Catalog includes one laid-in leaf noting price changes for Fall 1919, and two pages are stamped "Owing to the advance in the cost of Raw Material, prices are subject to change without notice." … Read more about this item

Dallas: Fairmont Hotel, 1960. Collection of ten vintage promotional cards advertising musical performances at the Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Venetian Room opened in 1969, a sister showroom to its vanguard counterpart at the Fairmont in San Francisco. The space hosted a veritable who's who of pop and jazz performers throughout the mid-… Read more about this item

Milwaukee, WI: Alloy Products, 1934. Vintage sales sampler created by Alloy Products Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, housing 45 linen-backed photographs of various pressure vessels and pressure, as well as technical illustrations and images of fabrication elements. Six photographs bear photographer stamps on the versos, and most of the photographs include a "shipped to" date among the technical information on… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Archive of 26 vintage photographs of mid-Atlantic roadside alert signs with advertisements, circa 1930s-1940s. Includes 21 double weight photographs and two matte-finish. Three photographs bear annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. The collection contains thirteen photographs of alert signs advertising Champion spark plugs, seven advertising hotels (the Biltmore in Dayton, Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati,… Read more about this item

Paris: Thermos, 1946. Vintage French advertisement for Thermos coffee makers. Featured in the advertisement is an illustrated likeness of Josephine Baker holding a coffee percolator (the "Perco-Thermos") and standing next to a butler holding a pressure cooker (the "Auto-Thermos"). Produced at the height of Baker's popularity in France after World War II, the advertisement cheekily… Read more about this item

London: The Rank Organization, 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of three photographs, and all four with the stamps of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A successful advertising executive decides to quit his job and break up… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Dadaland, 1970. Vintage Bill Gaglione [Dadaland] rubber stamp, circa early 1970s. An image of the impression, along with the address "Dadaland / 1117 Geary Street / Suite #21 / San Francisco, Ca. 94109" is on a piece of cardstock laid in on top of the stamp under an affixed layer of mylar. An amusing Gaglione piece appropriating… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film, showing actress Jayne Mansfield leaning over to get a bottle of ginger ale from the refrigerator. With a manuscript pencil annotation identifying Mansfield and the film title on the verso. Based on the 1955 Broadway play, which also starred Jayne Mansfield. A satirical take on mid-century Hollywood,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1986. Two vintage product illustrations for toy racetracks made by German manufacturer Darda, both by illustrator Ken Zaruba, circa 1986. The two track illustrations presented here are variants on Darda's track sets, "Raketenbaum" (Rocket Car) (with an annotation on the overlay of "Rollercoaster Roadway"), and "Bahn mit Tankstille" (Track with Gas Station), both manufactured in 1986, each… Read more about this item