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Vintage Photo Album: Expert Demonstrations

The theme for this week’s Vintage Photo Album is “Expert Demonstrations and Sometimes Inexpert Demonstrations“.

Mom always told me to lead with my strengths. She would say, “Little monster sour ball, hark: It is proper, when interacting with the outside world, to lead with your strengths.” So it is with that thought in the space that my heart would normally be found, that I present to you the most amazing duo of photos I have located on the Internets as of this day. Behold:

Here we have a girdle and a rubber inner tube.

Here is something we can do with them today.

Hmmm. This seems most inexpert to me. I would conjecture that the man may have the wrong idea. The lady has clearly lost interest. Worse, his struggles have unseated his hat. Gentlemen! There are books to help with your eduction in these matters. Read them! Auctions hereand here. Expire when they expire.

Lovely!

Another lovely snake charmer showing how it is done. I really adore snake charmers. Auction here – Expires 9/19

The Only Way to Subdue a Giant Flying Monkey

Obviously demonstrated with a much less dangerous tame giant flying monkey, we see here how to subdue one of these normally unpredictable and often dangerous creatures. Yes, a lady is usually necessary for success. auction here – Expires 9/19.

Another Expert Demonstration

Another expert demonstration for your education. Auction here. – Expires 9/19

Expert Opinion

After the professor, the doctor, the military, and the mysterious foreigner in the fez thoroughly inspected the subject, they agreed: It’s Myrna Loy! MMMMMMMMMMMMyrna Loy. They should have used a Geiger counter. – Auction here – Expires when it expires.

Expert Demonstration

An excellent demonstration of proper comportment in this particular eventuality. Note the precise posture utilized by our obviously well-educated subject. Applause! Auction already ended, but those curious for more information on this gem should click here.

Lucille Ball Shows Us How It's Done

A sight for sore eyes. Auction here – ends 10/2.

Pinup of the Week: Horror Stories October 1939

Horror Stories October November 1939

“Sheesh!” You say as you slap your forehead. “Just how many of these crazy ‘girl in a jar‘ pulp covers can there be in the world?” The answer might just startle you. OK. OK. I’m just pulling your leg. There aren’t enough to startle anybody. More like just enough to make a person certain that it’s a meme of the age we’re talking about. This one happens to be by one of my favorite cover artists, who I suspect was John Drew, but who I call “Goldie” after the same girl who shows up over and over in the covers.

Great titles all around here:

GIRLS ENSLAVED
IN GLASS
EXCITING MYSTERY-HORROR
NOVEL BY

RUSSELL
GRAY

TWO NOVELETTES OF EERIE MENACE
MEAT FOR SATAN’S
ICEBOX
by FRANCIS JAMES

* AND *

I STEAL
YOUR BLOOD
by DANE GREGORY

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Vintage Photo Album: Can I have a Little Upside-Down with my Vampire?

One of the things that I really love about vintage photography is the medium itself. Today, we have digital cameras and we know that something is a mistake right after we hit the shutter button. Or in the worst case, right after we upload it to our Facebook page or Tweet it. Not that anything like that would ever happen to me. No, in the past, photography was something of a dicey process. A person could take the perfect photo and have the chemistry go bad. A person could get the chemistry right, but have underexposed the photo. A perfectly capable photographer with great chemistry and plenty of light could have a subject that just simply would not cooperate. Today’s vintage photo album is dedicated to the photographers who worked so hard to get so many great photos to us at a time when it was really difficult.

Onagonical Monster

Regular readers will probably recognize this one. It’s a page from a photo album featured here a few weeks ago. The album did not sell for the asking price of 1500 clams, and this time the bidding has started at $9.99. What a delight! You will be bidding against me for this hot item. Auction Here – Expires 8/31

Mlle. Dazie the Dancer

Old photos + dancers x Oscar Wilde’s Salome = AND HOW. I love all the Mlles! – Auction Here – Expires 8/28

Angel with Crown

This auction is actually over, but I loved the photo so much I had to include it here. These old spiritualist photos are so dear. – Auction Was Here – Already Expired

What's Taking So Long With These Ghostly Presences?

Another fine example of a spiritualist photo. Our subject looks so dissatisfied with the photographer. Doesn’t she know it takes time and concentration to manifest ghosts from the past? – Auction Here – Expires 8/28

Princess Hishesa Academy

Another very lovely photo. The princess was a patient subject in these days that an exposure took a long time. The auction is for a pair of photos. – Auction Here – Ends 8/28

Thousand Yard Crooked Smile

Thousand Yard Crooked Smile. What a daguerreotype. Its no wonder that the process was so popular for so long. You could see the air. – Auction Was Here – Already Expired

1929 Chinese Opera Actors

It really doesn’t get much better than this. Sorry about the obnoxious watermark. – Auction Here – Expires 8/30

The Lovely Florence Zoda

Another great photo with an unfortunate watermark. Florence made news by coming to the rescue when an unfortunate snake expert lost several deadly adders in a hotel. The poor man got bit and lost his arm in the incident. Hopefully Ms. Zoda didn’t show up in the pictured costume. With adder poison creeping through your veins, the last thing you want is a lady like this to set your heart pounding. This is another one where you’ll be bidding against me. I am in love! More vintage snake charmers here.Auction Here – Expires 8/26

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Pinup of the Week: Spicy Mystery June 1934

Spicy Mystery June 1934

FANGS
of the BAT
by
Robert Leslie Bellum

The way to deal with this is to stand up on the top of the casket and jump up and down. That’ll learn ‘im.

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Pinup of the Week: Sinister Stories March 1940

Sinister Stories March 03

TWO BREATH-TAKING NOVELETTES
OF EERIE TERROR!

THE DEAD WHO LOVED
THE LIVING
by FRANCIS JAMES
*******
GIRLS FOR THE
GOLDEN BEAST
by DONALD DALE

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The flying monkeys let our technician out for a minute and he snuck away into the light of day. Thanks for your patience during this difficult transition.
I ated Tinkerbell.

Fhtagn Spoken Here.

... the attic, a vast raftered length lighted only by small blinking windows in the gable ends, and filled with a massed wreckage of chests, chairs, and spinning-wheels which infinite years of deposit had shrouded and festooned into monstrous and hellish shapes.
The Shunned House
H.P. Lovecraft




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