|
|
Space Art
From floating biscuits to
the Atomic Pulse Rocket and even a Moon Couch, a gallery of
the farthest-out art you’ve ever seen. Plus a monster
or two. Now where’d we put that ray gun?
|
|
|
|
|
Demonic
Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine
Inexplicably one of our most popular
galleries, it’s home to the Spaghetti Kid, Scowling Martian
Tots, Hamgirl, Beany Boy, Peas in
Potato Boats. Meat: You’re Right in Liking It.
|
|
|
|
|
Black and
White: Newspaper Ads
From the late 1950s, a
collection of mostly full-page announcements heralding the
arrival of the Edsel, Lincoln, Plymouth and more.
|
|
|
|
|
Pro
Wrestlers of the 1950s
So far we have images
from the official National Wrestling Association calendar
for 1955. Verne Gagne, Antonino Rocca, Hans Schmidt, Lou
Thesz, Yukon Eric (nice guy done wrong by his girl), Ray Gunkel, Jack Dempsey, Baron Leone, all painted by Vaughan
Bass.
|
|
|
|
|
The Cars
of “Perry Mason”
We are just starting out
on this one so there’s no index page yet; these are all from
the first (1957-58) season. Perry’s first car is a Ford Skyliner (retractable hardtop), then
he graduates to a Cadillac.
In the 1959-60 episodes he drives a Continental convertible.
|
|
|
|
|
Food and Drink
The culinary and
architectural arts as illustrated by Pete Hawley, Stan Ekman,
George Cooper Rudolph, Douglass Crockwell and many others.
|
|
|
|
|
Vintage Bathrooms
Fans of Marvin Culbreth
and the Crane Criterion line need look no further than the
gallery we whipped up for Fixafaucet. Plus: Salmon-colored
toilets and strategically placed book nooks.
|
|
|
|
|
Patent Drawings
At PatentRoom,
restaurants shaped like pigs and teapots, and a variety of
scary toys.
|
|
|
|
|
Too Happy!
A gallery of the
unsettlingly elated, especially for people who are just
doing the dishes.
|
|
|
|
|
Cars:
1930-1960
One of our main
attractions — eight galleries of more than 500 illustrations
from sales literature and vintage ads, many available as
large-format fine-art prints.
|
|
|
|
|
Trucks and Trains
More than 100 vintage
images of pickups, big rigs and trains. Among the
highlights are William Campbell’s storybook-style illustrations for
Autocar Trucks from the 1940s.
|
|
|
|
|
Vintage
Ads
Eight galleries of more
than 500 illustrations from sales literature and vintage
ads, many available as large-format fine-art prints.
|
|
|
|
|
Station Wagons
Everybody in the car, and
no squabbling! Illustrations from the heyday of the station
wagon.
|
|
|
|
|
Decor
Retro decoration, and
inspiration. Vintage bathrooms!
|
|
|
|
|
Christmas
Some seasonal favorites
that we haul down from the attic once a year.
|
|
|
|
|
Photos
A scrapbook of 35mm
slides, publicity photos and archival material. Gas
stations. Buick City.
|
|
|
|
|
Crate
Label Art
Our companion site,
BoxOfApples.com, showcases crate art from the first half of
the 20th century. Each label is available as a large-format
fine-art print.
|
|
|
|
|
New Scans
Ongoing blog of our
latest additions. Original texts annotated with
scintillating commentary.
|
|
|
|
|
Buy Art
More than 500
large-format prints struck by David Hall in Fairfax,
Virginia. Printed with archival eight-color inks on
museum-quality, acid-free art paper imported from France.
|
|
|
|
|
Hi-Res
High-resolution tifs for
ad agencies, publishers, creative directors, webmasters.
|
|
|
|
|
Hooked on
Juice
The Hawley gang do a
public-service message: Fruit juice, even with no sugar
added, has just as much sugar and calories as soda pop — or
even more! Who knew? Charts, facts, figures.
|
|
|
|
|
About
All about Plan59,
formerly EphemeraNow.
|
|
|
|
|
