Walking in one’s sleep isn’t half bad now that one’s dressed for it
Month: September 2019
Journey to Mars, 1926
A Journey to Mars poster, art by Prusakov and Borisov
Monorail, 1896
New Railway System
Inventors have for many years been working on what in known as a “single track” railway; that is, a system that would only have one traction rail and one overhead rail, the car to run beneath the two.
As long as the car was running on a straight track, all previous inventions seemed to do very well, but when curves were reached trouble began on account of the action of centrifugal force. As a consequence, they have been failures.
W,H, Boynton of Morris Park N.Y., is the inventor of a railway system that seems to overcome this great objection..
Easy Correspondence Card, 1944
If you’ve worked in an office environment, you’ve probably seen the ready made “complaint” forms, well they are nothing new…
She-gods of Shark Reef, 1958
Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls. (IMDb.com)
The Shielding Shadow, 1916
Newspaper advertisement for the Shielding Shadow, a silent, 12 part serial from 1916. Most of the film has been lost.
Believed to be an inspiration for the pulp hero “The Shadow”
Green Hornet, San Diego Comicon, 1992
Van Williams as the Green Hornet, Now Comics & San Diego Comicon, 1992
Buck Rogers, 1979
40 years ago today, Buck Rogers found his way back into the public eye. Buck Rogers is based on a 1928 novel, who rose to fame in the 1930s through the mediums of comic strips, radio, and a movie serial. 
The Buck Rogers feature film earlier in the year was intended to be the pilot for the television series.
Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread, 1934
Wonder Bread started selling sliced bread in 1930. In 1943, sliced bread was banned as a wartime conservation measure, the order was rescinded less than three months later.
Million Dollar Mystery, 1914
Artwork for the 1914 film Million Dollar Mystery. A twenty-three episode serial that told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars. No copy of the film is known to exist.
