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The Ullage Group

English - Cultural History, Fortean, Ephemera
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The Ullage Group · 2d ago

Children’s Card Games (174)

The souvenir deck from Luray Caverns, in Virginia, offers five views (the four suits and the joker).  My favorite is this shot of the Great Stalacpipe Organ.  It’s the world’s largest musical instrument! (Posted by Doug Skinner)
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The Ullage Group · 3d ago

Fretted Instrument Ensembles of the 1940s

The following pictures are taken from the Fretted Instrument News, 1945-1949.  It was the “Official Organ of the American Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists, and Guitarists,” “An Independent Bi-Monthly Devoted to the Advancement and Culture of the Romantic Instruments.”  It was particularly devoted to
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The Ullage Group · 1W ago

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Playmore’s 1986 “Old Maid” deck offered a variety of professions: carpenter, ballerina, magician, cook, bricklayer, veterinarian, clown, witch, baker, rock star, deep sea diver, grocer, astronaut, gardener, mountain climber, pirate — and, of course, artist. And here’s the Old Maid. (Posted by Doug
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The Ullage Group · 2W ago

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We have another edition of “Old Maid,” this one from the Whitman Publishing Company.  The glamorous nurse depicted here seems to have been named for a quack medical device.  And the Old Maid is particularly winsome. (Posted by Doug Skinner)
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The Ullage Group · 2W ago

The “Bowery News,” 1949

We’ll return to that interesting paper, the Bowery News, for some excerpts from the June 15, 1949 issue.  First, a couple of examples of Jess Meltsner’s comic strip, “Lazy Lem.”  (Please click to enlarge.) Some local news and gossip. There were often staff photos. This unsigned cartoon illustrat
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The Ullage Group · 3W ago

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This 1897 edition of “Authors,” from the Fireside Game Co., was devoted to “Young Folks’ Authors.”  It was an interesting selection.  Joining Mary Mapes Dodge in the juvenile pantheon are Louisa May Alcott, Charles Carleton Coffin, Eugene Field, George Bird Grinnell, Joel Chandler Harris, Nathaniel
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The Ullage Group · 3W ago

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David Gold and I will join Marc Jacobson and Larry “Ratso” Sloman for their “Live Radio Hour” on Wednesday, May 2, at 7pm.  It’s at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, NYC, and it’s all about the history of Coney Island; David and I will contribute a song from the Island’s past. [.
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The Ullage Group · 4W ago

“Long Island Beyond the Pale” in Retrospect

“Long Island Beyond the Pale” attracted a nice audience, on a rainy day in Red Hook — which is, of course, technically in Long Island. We performed the ceremonial opening of the ullage with a bottle of Long Island Ice Tea, which our hostess, Lynette Wiley, said “tastes like high school.” Anthony Mat
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The Ullage Group · 1M ago

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The National Airlines “Jet-Deck” provided restless travelers with 28 puzzles and games.  The other sides of the cards illustrated different cities (all National Airlines destinations, of course), for a game of rummy. (Posted by Doug Skinner)
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The Ullage Group · 1M ago

The Dance of Death

I’m happy to note that one of my favorite literary hoaxes is online, which means that you can read it for free, instead of paying a lot of money for the rare original.  The Dance of Death (1877) is a remarkable polemic against the “filthy lust” of the waltz.  The author was “William Herman,” a [...]
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