Month: January 2019
Tower & Lyon’s Police Equipment, 1888
Shootout in LA
Feb. 17, 1938: Tear gas issues from a home in the 1700 block of East 22nd Street as police trade shots with barricaded suspect George Farley. (J.H. McCrory / Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA)
Great Temple of Ammon : Karnak
The largest religious building ever constructed. The temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isu—or “most select of places”—by the ancient Egyptians. It is a city of temples built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. (discoveringegypt.com)
A History Of Artchitecture On The Comprative Method by Sir Fletcher Banister
The Mask of Cthulhu, 1958
The Mask of Cthulhu is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1958 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,051 copies.
The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and most had appeared in the magazine Weird Tales between 1939 and 1953 (Wikipedia)
Green Hornet Strikes Again, 1940
Promotional stills for the movie serial the Green Hornet Strikes Again. Starring Warren Hull as Britt Reid / Green Hornet, Keye Luke as Kato, Wade Boteler as Michael Axford, Anne Nagel as Lenore Case and Eddie Acuff as Lowery.
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Happy 210th Birthday Mr. Poe
Edgar Allen Poe, January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
Green Hornet by Moonstone
Between 2010 and 2012 Moonstone publishing produced three books; The Green Hornet Chronicles, The Green Hornet Casefiles and The Green Hornet Still At Large. These three volumes are chock full of short stories written by various authors. Though I haven’t read through them all yet, the stories have been well done and have kept with the spirit of the original characters. The Chronicles features a forward by non other than The Green Hornet himself, Van Williams. That volume also has an Afterward by Dean Jeffries, the designer of the Black Beauty
Limousine Side Car, 1930
A Limousine Side Car. The Latest in motorcycle luxuries, exhibited in London, has an inclosed body with sliding roof and windows, leather upholstery, and dashboard conveniences. At the rear is a luggage compartment which locks. (New Ideas and Inventions, Popular Science Monthly, April, 1930)
Know Your Enemies, 1942
Newsmap. Monday, May 25, 1942 : week of May 15 to May 22, poster, May 25, 1942; [Washington, D.C.]., University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.