The Pie Shops

The LBJ Coloring Book

2013-04-01T11:58:00.000-04:00

In honor of today being Election Day in the United States, I thought I would share a very strange piece of political ephemera from 1964. This is the LBJ Coloring Book. The coloring book was published in 1964 by Gem Publishing and was written by Norman Miller and Illustrated by Cal Massey.

In 1964, Lyndon Baines Johnson was running for President of the United States. He had been President for less than a year by the time this book came out (after the assassination of John Kennedy), and had enough skeletons out of the closet that Norman Miller and the (presumed) Republicans created this coloring book so you could see and color them all. It's full of dated references and drunk driving and told from the prospective of Her, one of the Johnson's dogs. See all 22 pages and the key after the jump.

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The key to each page:

1. A reference to this infamous picture. 2. A reference to how to treated the dogs in the media after the picture caused a stir. 3. Lady Bird Johnson 4. A reference to Luci Baines Johnson being an "ordinary kid."5. A reference to the long hours Johnson said he worked at the White House. 6. A reference to Johnson going around the White House turning off lights because he claimed he didn't want to "waste the taxpayers' money" 7. The donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party. 8. The elephant is the symbol of the Republican Party. 9. A reference to Johnson drinking and driving around his ranch. 10. A reference to the Presidential glad-handling. 11. A reference to Johnson's many, frequently very dull press conferences. 12. A reference to Lady Bird (and Lyndon) owning a television station in Austin, Texas. 13. A reference to Air Force 1 1/2, a jet Johnson liked to use during his Presidency. 14. A reference to his cowboy hat and his proclivity to drink. 15. A reference to Secretary of the State Dean Rusk who served from 1961 to 1969. 16. George Reedy 17. A reference to the many books written about Johnson 18. A reference to Johnson taking a very long time to sign the Anti-Drunk-Driving Bill 19. Bobby Baker 20. A reference to the people living on Johnson's Ranch. 21. Johnson didn't "get" Shakespeare. 22. Same as the first page.

St. Louis In The Rain

2013-02-22T15:11:00.001-05:00

by Sam J. Vogan

From the December 1950 Popular Photography magazine.

The Pancake House - Fayetteville, North Carolina

2013-02-21T16:38:00.001-05:00

"Located at Ambassador Motel"
1 Mi. South of Downtown Fayetteville, N.C. on U.S. 301 & I-95
Specializing - Pancakes - Seafoods & Steaks
Open 6 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Gift Shop Featuring Indian Craft & Relics, N.C. Pottery & Souvenirs, Handmade Stuart Nye Jewelry - Woodcraft - Scented Soap & Candles.
Gene Ammons, Owner

Note written on back:
Ate dinner on way home
Feb 21 - 72

Motel Monday: Why the Long Face?

2013-02-18T15:28:00.000-05:00

Today's Motel Monday theme is devoted to man's best ~~friend~~.ummm....horse? The majesty of these creatures helped add an aura of Wild Westyness to motels and tourists in dire need of gunfights or fields for running and grazing. These are a dozen postcards featuring either live horses or signs featuring horses. See all 12 after the jump.

Jesse James Motel - Branson, Missouri

The Paddock Motor Court - Manning, South Carolina

Quarter Horse Inn - Broadus, Montana

Palomino Motel - Orlando, Florida

Let 'Er Buck Motel - Pendleton, Oregon

Rainbow Motel - Callahan, Florida

Monument Valley Holiday Inn - Kayenta, Arizona

Apache Land Lodge - Globe, Arizona

Western Hills Motor Hotel - Flagstaff, Arizona

Red Horse Motor Inn & Steak House - Frederick, Maryland

Thoroughbred Motor Court - Winchester, Kentucky

Hitching Post Motel - Roanoke, Virginia

Holiday Inn - Eufaula, Alabama

2013-02-17T20:18:00.001-05:00

EUFAULA, ALABAMA
U.S. Highway No. 82 at Riverside Drive
Swimming Pool - Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Cable - Free Holidex Reservations The Eufaula Holiday Inn is located on a high bluff overlooking beautiful Lake Eufaula. Year round fishing and boating available. Annual Spring Pilgrimage of Eufaula's ante-bellum homes and Labor Day Water Festival.

Here's what the motel looked like from the Causeway in 2008:

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Move the view just a little up the street and the year and the motel name change.
Here it is from 2009:

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Quick Wide-Track Tigers: 1965 Pontiac Lemans & GTO

2013-02-11T13:25:00.001-05:00

Some tigers are fierce. Some tigers are ferocious. We build both.

Vintage Shoppe - Pendleton, Oregon

2013-02-08T22:14:00.001-05:00

333 S. Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon
Gourmet Foods - Handblown Glass - Wines and Beers - Souvenirs - Painting - Rattan Furniture and baskets from many lands.
FREE ART GALLERY - Featuring paintings by Keith Roe, Oregon's leading painter of Indians and Western Art. Package mailing and mail orders filled with a personal touch.

Greetings From Lansing, Michigan

2013-02-08T19:51:00.001-05:00

Lansing State Capital of the "Water Wonderland State"

La Grande, Oregon

2012-11-26T12:09:00.001-05:00

A busy city of eastern Oregon. Home of the Eastern Oregon College of Education

Now:

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Walla Walla, Washington

2012-11-26T09:04:00.001-05:00

Street scene in Walla Walla, Washington, with Marcus Whitman Hotel in background.

Cardboard America Project - #3: Tropics Motor Hotel - Modesto, California

2012-10-10T17:54:00.001-04:00

936 McHenry Ave.
Modesto, California 95350
61 deluxe units. Sambos restaurant. Cocktail lounge. Fully air conditioned. Individual TV and music in all rooms. Room Phones. Bridal Suites. Conference Room for thirty. Heated, filtered pool. All major credit cards accepted. AAA Approved. Member of the Best Western Motels.

Now:

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The Tropics is no longer as it's now a Rodeway Inn. However, the tiki theme is still going strong. No word on whether the woman is still on the diving board

Cardboard America Project - #2: Cactus Motel - St. Petersburg, Florida

2012-10-09T10:05:00.001-04:00

New, modern units, electric heat, air conditioning and TV in every room. On US 19 approach to famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
1600 - 34 Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida

The card was mailed from Dania, Florida to Archebeu Chambers of Terre Haute, Indiana on December 13, 1961:

Hi Archie & Shubert!
Enjoying the wonderful breeze & warm sunshine here. Believe it or not I am in sleeveless dress. You must make this trip sometime its good for what ails us. Love, Helen

Now:

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The awesome sign is gone, as to be expected. The dirt has been paved and they have a shady Coke machine in the corner. There's a Youtube video that shows the Cactus in it current (2009) state and it's not pretty.

Cardboard America Project - #1: First Baptist Church - Pontiac, Michigan

2012-10-09T09:29:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the Cardboard America Project. My goal here is simple: share old postcards from my collection and try to find what it currently looks like. Enough jabbering. Here's the first entry.

"Holding forth the Word of Life since 1821"
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.
Youth fellowship groups meets - 5:40 p.m.
Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.
Mid-week prayer service - Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Now:

Now:
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Co-Ed - April 1960

2012-10-07T17:12:00.001-04:00

A Sweet Surprise
The magazine for Career Girls and Homemakers of Tomorrow

Wizard of Oz View-Master Reel

2012-09-17T22:08:00.001-04:00

Algemac's Restaurant Postcard Menu - Glendale, California

2012-09-12T08:25:00.000-04:00

An oddly-shaped postcard menu from Algemac's Restaurant in Glendale, California. Not sure of the date but it is probably from the 1950s or early 1960s. Here's what the outside looked like and article about Algemac's in 2008, and here's what happened to it.

The Careless Navigator Restaurant Menu - Treasure Island, Florida

2012-09-11T19:28:00.000-04:00

1977 Red Lobster Miniature Souvenir Menu

2012-09-10T17:44:00.000-04:00

1964 Tournament of Roses Parade - Pasadena, California

2012-09-09T23:36:00.000-04:00

The Parade theme for 1964 was SYMBOLS OF FREEDOM. I did not color correct or do do anything tothese photos other than crop a little of the corners. I tried to properly note the float or the sponsor of the float but it can be hard to tell.

Beverly Hillbillies Float

Beverly Hillbillies Float Full View

Unknown Float - First Prize Winner

Dollar Float

Assorted Floats

Either North or South Gate Float

Peanuts/Security Float

Washington Statehood Float

San Gabriel Float

Gone Fishin' Huckleberry Finn Float

Arcadia/Tripolis Float

San Diego City-County Float

Unishpere Float

Unknown Float

National Rifle Association Float

Lutheran Brotherhood Float

Faith-Hope-Charity Float

Smokey Bear Float

Statue of Liberty/Alhambra Float

Marriott Motor Hotel - Washington, D.C.

2012-09-04T07:57:00.000-04:00

5 postcards of the Marriott Motor Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Korean War Slides

2012-09-03T03:12:00.000-04:00

Photos taken in the early 1950s in Korea.

Paul Bunyan Center - Brainerd, Minnesota

2012-09-02T11:22:00.000-04:00

MINNESOTA'S ANIMATED PAUL BUNYAN
Located at Brainerd, Minn., Paul is 36 feet tall and weighs 5,000 lbs. He talks, tells stories and sings lumberjack style. His size 44 cap shades his 16" moveable eyes. His broad shoulders and 18 ft. arms are protected by a size 73 shirt, which consists of 60 yards of wool-plaid material. Paul wears a size 80 boot boot with soles 5 feet long.

BABE THE BLUE OX
Constructed in Kansas City, Mo. by Joe T. Bowen. Shipped in one piece by railroad flatcar over five railroads. Wight 3600 pounds, height 15 feet, length 23 feet, width between horn tips 10 feet.

The Paul Bunyan Center stood on Excelsior Lane in Brainerd, Minnesota from 1953-2003. The park closed due to the high cost of upkeep. Luckily, the items were saved and shipped to a new area on the outskirts of Brainerd called This Old Farm/Paul Bunyan Land. Even the footprints of the Paul Statue were saved in the Kohl's parking lot that now stands at the original site. Special thanks to Electrospark for the wonderful photos from a family's trip to Paul Bunyan Center in 1956.

Talking Paul Bunyan Statue

Dedicated to the Kids of Vacation Land

Sport, the Reversible Dog

Paul's Squirrel Henry

The Shrine of Paul

Boat Ride

Free Ride on Fire Truck

Paul Bunyan's Fire Department

Classic Postcards of San Francisco, California

2012-08-31T16:54:00.000-04:00

This is just a smattering of the postcards from the great city of San Francisco. I posted some of my favorites from my collection. Clicking on the images will lead you back to my flickr site with information from the back of the postcard.

My collection pales in comparison to that of the fabulous Heather David. Her collection of Mid-Century Bay Area ephemera and information is a sight to behold. She has even written a book that I highly recommend you purchase called Mid-Century By The Bay.

Greetings

Alcatraz Island

Cable Cars

Cable Car Turnaround

Chinatown

Lombard Street

California Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park

Burlington's Vista-Dome Denver Zephyr

2012-08-30T10:40:00.000-04:00

This is a 16-page brochure for the Burlington Vista-Dome Denver Zephyr train from 1963. The train went from Chicago, Illinois to Colorado Springs, Colorado and back. This particular version of the Denver Zephyr was actually the second incarnation of the route. The first version ran until 1956. This particular version ran until 1971. Everything you want to know about the Denver Zephyr is right here (and in the brochure).&

The Story Cottage Cheese Tells In Your Mirror

2012-08-29T19:33:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wondered if you cottage cheese could talk, what would it say to you in your mirror? Well, I have a pamphlet for you. This was put out sometime in 1930s(?) by The National Dairy and Food Bureau of Chicago and it tells you all about how amazing and versatile cottage cheese can be. You will learn how your figure can benefit from the nutritiousness and chattiness of this dairy superfood...