A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. (IMDb.com)
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Category: Spicy Spaghetti Westerns
The wild west with all its history, legends and mythologies, on the big screen, or in the pulps.
Iron Clad, 1862
From the Sunday Star, Washington DC, January 9th, 1938
Pinkerton Letterhead, 1879
An ornate letterhead used by the Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency. Their motto “We Never Sleep” can be found under the all-seeing eye. It is believed that the term “private eye” originated from their logo.
Harper’s Weekly, Oct 9th, 1886
Cover art titled, “In from the night herd” by Frederic Remington
Adventure, July, 1940
The Beast of Hollow Mountain, 1956
A dispute between two rangers takes a weird turn as some of Jimmy’s cattle goes missing, only to be found dead in a swamp. Legend has is that as the swamp dries up strange occurrences happen, in this case a T-Rex comes forth to wreck havoc. Unfortunately, we don’t see the monster until there is about 20 minutes left in the movie.
Mexican Rurales, 1922
Mexican Rurales, El Paso, Texas, 1922
CRI&P Railway, 1885
Rail map of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The Ottawa Free Trader., Ottawa, IL. August 08, 1885
.44 Western Magazine, June, 1940
Gilderfluke Perfected Locomotive, 1897
A spoof article written in the December issue of Locomotive Engineering, A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power and Rolling Stock, by Eli Gilderfluke
The scope of this elaborate joke can be seen in the various components described below, Ive highlighted just a few of the many jokes, not to mention, the machine in the engraving would not be able to move thanks to the configuration of the wheels (52-57). Continue reading “Gilderfluke Perfected Locomotive, 1897”