Globes!

Ever wonder what happens to old globes when they get outdated?

They end up at Rothschild's Antiques in St. Louis. 

Dead Squirrel

Now this is some good taxidermy, in that he looks alive, rather than looking as though he'd been dead for a while then re-animated (see entries on Bobcats and Camels). See how pointy his whiskers are! They almost seem to be twitching. And he's wearing a Peace medallion.

The little fellow is spending his eternal rest in the Glenview Hotel and Shops in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the same charming little town that houses the slightly eerie General Store. You should stop in and see him.

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Out of the Past

Here are some lovely Detective mags I picked up while on the road. This one's pretty old school, from '72. Lots of keen ads.

And here we have a much later example, when instead of "Damsel in Distress" the generic cover theme had mutated to "Hottie with a Firearm."

I find this woman disturbingly exciting, especially with her gun pointed at the words "human flesh."

But this gal, she's the one! There's something about her out-of-date, slathered-on makeup and eighties hairstyle that really get to me. Also, maybe without realizing it I was part of that "Hottie with a Firearm" target demographic. All these mags had pretty good ads, but the genre was hurting enough by the late 80s that much of the back of the book was filled with classifieds. Stay tuned.

How Times Change

It used to be you had to look far and wide and go into some pretty seedy places to get this kind of material under the counter. Now they're stocking it at suburban retail establishments for all to see.

What a great age we live in!

"Happy Birthday, Mr. President, Versions One and Two"

Two images from the Pink Elephant Antique Mall about an hour north of where I live, both of them taken because they remind me of Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday, Mister President." (Can't post the original copyrighted images, but look them up on Google, the ones taken from behind while she's at the podium.)

 

The above image I shot a week or so ago....

 

And the Furry version comes from a couple of years back. It's an elephant costume, which is of course less evident when seen from behind. 

Portions for Taxidermied Foxes

 From an Antique Mall in Michigan, a fox kept on a high shelf that made him difficult to photograph:

 Even at this angle, though, you can tell he's a bit moth-eaten:

Here's a prettier one from the flea market at Porte de Clignancourt in Paris, circa 1986:

 

And look, he's got flowers in his mouth. Just like a real fox.