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......can be so much fun! What are some of your fave finds? Found this gem recently. Mullets and maxi-pads, whoooot! ;) 1.
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This probably doesn't qualify as "finding" old products but if you want to see some cool old signage etc check this out: http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=111378 We found this place last month. I loved it.
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I found a Madonna record outside of an abandoned apartment complex once.
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Posted by Harvestman I found a Madonna record outside of an abandoned apartment complex once.
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Got a picture of it? Here's mine. It was hard to choose, but the irony of the cassette title clinched it.
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Strong taste of liquor got you feeling down? No need to panic, according to this 1950s ad, it's still considered manly if you add a sweet mixer ;) 1.
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"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?" "Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?" ***Social Distortion*** |
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I found a whole issue of Business Week from 1943. It featured an article on creatively coping with the labor shortage in Detroit. Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan
Ryerson Steel, Detroit, Philly, Boston
GM
Detroit Diesel Engine Division
Truscon Steel, Youngstown, Ohio
Bohn Aluminum and Brass had their offices in the now-demolished Lafayette Building in Detroit
Parsons Paper Company, Holyoke, MA (victim of arson a few years back)
Evans Products Company, Detroit
Fairbanks-Morse Motors, Michigan Ave, Chicago
Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown PA and Chicago, IL
Freihauf Trailer Company, Detroit
Master Motors, Dayton OH
Kaydon Engineering Corp., Muskegon, Michigan
Rochester wire ropes
Century Crane Motors, St. Louis
Bread for you... Bombs for Tojo! Check out the blurb at the right about how 75% of their workforce building aircraft carrier superchargers are women.
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Holy shit, Arntzville! That was fuckin' SPANKIN'!
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?" "Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?" ***Social Distortion*** |
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Posted by arntzville I found a whole issue of Business Week from 1943. It featured an article on creatively coping with the labor shortage in Detroit. |
Wow! Great Find! Best I've seen is this tool catalog from 1982:
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Posted by Katharsys ......can be so much fun! What are some of your fave finds? Found this gem recently. Mullets and maxi-pads, whoooot! ;) 1.
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Looks like the cover of a porn from the early 80's! Complete with full bush accident protection!
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Wow Arntzville! Sweet find!
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Picture 244 by rescueme1060, on Flickr
Picture 242 by rescueme1060, on Flickr
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Here is one from a roomful of magazines.
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Right Now It's your tomorrow....Crystal Pepsi/Baker Hotel.
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It's ironic that in old mines when you come across a dead-end drift with catalog pages laying around on the ground, that it's the latrine... Arntzville, amazing find! Love the WWII advertising. Abby Normal
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Posted by arntzville I found a whole issue of Business Week from 1943. It featured an article on creatively coping with the labor shortage in Detroit. Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/DM.jpg Ryerson Steel, Detroit, Philly, Boston http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/RSS.jpg GM http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/GM.jpg Detroit Diesel Engine Division http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/GM2.jpg Truscon Steel, Youngstown, Ohio http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/TSC.jpg Bohn Aluminum and Brass had their offices in the now-demolished Lafayette Building in Detroit http://i116.photob...le/1943BW/Bohn.jpg Parsons Paper Company, Holyoke, MA (victim of arson a few years back) http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/PP.jpg Evans Products Company, Detroit http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/EPC.jpg Fairbanks-Morse Motors, Michigan Ave, Chicago http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/FMM.jpg Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown PA and Chicago, IL http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/LC.jpg Freihauf Trailer Company, Detroit http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/FT.jpg Master Motors, Dayton OH http://i116.photob...MasterElectric.jpg Kaydon Engineering Corp., Muskegon, Michigan http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/KEC.jpg Rochester wire ropes http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/RR.jpg Century Crane Motors, St. Louis http://i116.photob...1943BW/Century.jpg http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/BTC.jpg Bread for you... Bombs for Tojo! Check out the blurb at the right about how 75% of their workforce building aircraft carrier superchargers are women. http://i116.photob...ille/1943BW/AC.jpg http://i116.photob...lle/1943BW/NYC.jpg
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holy *&G#$(... you've found some really nice shit. excellent.
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I found an Aol Premium cd and a Windows 95 install cd.
"TubGirl is hot." I want to be addressed as Sir Gringo DeathTruck the First. |
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Posted by Gringo Loco I found an Aol Premium cd and a Windows 95 install cd.
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Could I borrow that?
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Truscon Steel was a subsidiary of Republic Steel which pretty much owned the town I call home from the 1940's until 1972.
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