I s'pose. Finding and collecting was what almost everyone did. Birds eggs, tadpoles, bush porn, all kinds of stuff. No TV back then see, so my BF and I spent most of one summer snail racing. The next we put on musical shows in his back garden and charged the little kids a halfpenny each to watch. Summer lasted forever back then.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
I can probably help you out with the cigarette cards — I've catalogues etc. Believe it or not when I was a kid matchbox labels were the second most popular kids collectible, after stamps.
1. Airlines of the World (Player's Please) - this is pre-WW2 as it has a Lufthansa JU-52 in Nazi livery
2. Uniforms of the British Empire (Player's Please) - lots of splendid looking Indian soldiers
3. Air Raid Precautions in association with the ARP (Will's)
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostI s'pose. Finding and collecting was what almost everyone did. Birds eggs, tadpoles, bush porn, all kinds of stuff. No TV back then see, so my BF and I spent most of one summer snail racing. The next we put on musical shows in his back garden and charged the little kids a halfpenny each to watch. Summer lasted forever back then.
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Originally posted by Sits View Post
I'm at work currently, but if I remember correctly his three albums are:
1. Airlines of the World (Player's Please) - this is pre-WW2 as it has a Lufthansa JU-52 in Nazi livery
2. Uniforms of the British Empire (Player's Please) - lots of splendid looking Indian soldiers
3. Air Raid Precautions in association with the ARP (Will's)
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The New York Public Library has a huge collection of digitised cigarette cards
Player's International Air Liners
Wills's Air Raid Precautions (one of multiple sets)
Last edited by ursus arctos; 15-08-2019, 11:20.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostDon't put yourself out, I wouldn't sell them anyway. As they say on Antiques Roadshow.
Like comic books, cigarette cards tend to fall into different eras. Late nineteenth century to just post WW1("Golden"), between the wars ("Silver.") Post WW2, ciggie cards were replaced by tea cards etc. and the monetary values are generally negligible. Subject is also a factor. Sports cards, especially football, are always massively collectible. As are particularly era-specific sets, such as the air raid precautions one you mention.
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Some more “marine layer” for you today. This is taken on the road between Del Mar and Solana Beach. Unlike the pics from earlier in the week, by 10:30 today the cloudy fog had been in retreat for a while and the bank was out in the ocean.
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A final piece in my Coastal Fog photos. Today it was all the way inland. The walk was positively damp for the first few miles, with the sun only coming out as I got back to the front door. This is the view of the Mission Trails hills from the Big Rock Trail.
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Were they diners or cafeterias?
We had both, but only the former survived. The primary difference was that diners had table service and. Poked food to order. The advent of frozen food was also said to have hurt the cafeterias, as single people and couples with Pullman Kitchens often ate dinner there.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostWere they diners or cafeterias?
We had both, but only the former survived. The primary difference was that diners had table service and. Poked food to order. The advent of frozen food was also said to have hurt the cafeterias, as single people and couples with Pullman Kitchens often ate dinner there.
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Found this brief history on-line:
White Lunch Cafeteria. There were several locations around town, including 124 West Hastings, Granville Street,(inn the photo) Pender, beside the Lux Theatre (57 E Hastings) and at 130 E Hastings before it became the Blue Eagle in the mid-1940s. The name referred to the race of the staff and clientele. Staff at all locations staged a 6-month long strike in 1937 and won improved working conditions and wages. White Lunch shut down in the 1970s.
Were White Castle restaurants in the US a similar type of code? Several department stores here also had "White Sales" once or twice a year. I've often wondered if they were a similar type of indexical sign.
Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 25-08-2019, 19:41.
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