Show your Americana / Non-Sports Memorabilia
 

In light of the B/S/T change, let's see what you have...

I've always been an avid fan of political and/or interesting signatures. Below are a few from my collection.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...d/IMG_0023.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...d/DSC_0009.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...dyelection.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...field/menu.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../signature.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...toclose-up.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...dWhitebook.jpg

Nice haul of JFK's sir!!!

Thanks Scott. Always been a collector of his sig's. I have one additional, too - a Profiles in Courage soft cover. The hardcover is actually a very recent pick-up but had to have it since it is a Presidential signature (signed during his time in office).

Great JFKs;

Japanese propaganda photo #1; The airbase at Wheeler to the north, struck minutes prior and Hickham being stomped simultaneously. The 1st Japanese wave of bombers focus on Ford Island Naval Air Station. Meanwhile, the torpedo squadron begins the day shift with Battleship Row.

Note beautiful Waikiki Bch and Diamond Head, top right.

To paraphrase the caption, "The Enemy's battleship Okrahoma destroyed by our brave Airmen."
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../Oklahomaa.jpg

Happy Birthday Mr President...Happy Birthday to you...
 

"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" was a song sung by Marilyn Monroe on Saturday, May 19, 1962, President John F. Kennedy, at a celebration for his forty-fifth birthday, Sung in a sultry voice, Monroe sang the traditional "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics, with "Mr. President" inserted as Kennedy's name.

Monroe continued the song with a snippet from the classic song "Thanks for the Memory", for which she had written new lyrics specifically aimed at Kennedy.

Thanks, Mr. President
For all the things you've done
The battles that you've won
The way you deal with U.S. Steel
And our problems by the ton
We thank you so much

Afterwards, JFK came on stage and joked about the song, saying, "I can now retire from politics after having had Happy Birthday sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way," alluding to Monroe's delivery, her racy dress, and her general image as a sex symbol.

The song and Monroe's performance have been remembered for numerous reasons. First, it was one of her last major public appearances (Monroe died August 5, 1962). In addition, there are persistent rumors that President Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe had had an affair, giving Monroe's performance another layer of meaning.

Vintage original TYPE I photo.
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12ft on the diagonal-Kodiak Blonde Color
 

A one of a kind!!!

Not much more to say after looking at THAT profile!:D

(referring to Marilyn, not the bear!)

Bear vs. Marilyn
 

The bear has some profile if you are in to big gals.....

Really fantastic JFK items Jon!
 

November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas. Moments before the World Changed Forever...

Vintage original TYPE I snapshot.

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The following are examples of original fashion publications photos, dating from the 1930s to 1970. The first two are from Vogue magazine, the second by Karl Lagerfeld for his catalog (Lagerfeld does his own photography) and the last from Harper's Bazaar. The second model is the great Jean Shrimpton.

http://cycleback.com/fashionphotos/erg.jpg


http://www.cycleback.com/fashionphotos/lichfield-2.jpg


http://www.cycleback.com/fashionphotos/klag08.jpg


http://www.cycleback.com/fashionphotos/wom1.jpg

see next post

I collect JFK also and will try to post those later.
This one is on my computer now so I will post it.
A handwritten postcard from Lee Harvey Oswald to his brother.
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I collect (among other things) historical autographs.
So, without further ado, a few pieces:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...lincolnaes.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...newton_sig.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../houdinipc.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...eldssketch.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...tz/beatles.jpg

AWESOME David!!! No Coach's crap there. great stuff.

Tho Im a baseball guy mainly, I love other sports and cool historical stuff. I especially love the Newton cut and the Houdini photo there.

Keep the stuff coming on this thread guys!

Americana
 

A couple of LARGE cabinets from the 1888 election won by Harrison, done by George Harris & Sons. Shown next to matching standard size cabs for comparison.

<a href="http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/?action=view&current=clevelandthurmancab.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/clevelandthurmancab.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/?action=view&current=harrisonmortoncab.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/harrisonmortoncab.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/?action=view&current=harrisonmortoncomparisoncabs. jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/harrisonmortoncomparisoncabs.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Here's my other JFK (softcover Profiles in Courage book)...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...d/DSC_0027.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...d/DSC_0030.jpg

Also, for good measure, my Monroe...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...eld/Monroe.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...roecloseup.jpg

All of the Kennedy's have been authenticated by JSA. However, they all came from an impeccable source so the authentication was only done for insurance purposes. The Monroe signature actually came from a producer of Gentleman Prefer Blondes. Among other items in his collection were the original dresses worn by Monroe in the movie.

One more related to the assassination...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...WarrenComm.jpg


David - love the Lincoln. I've been looking for a nice one for a while.

Another interesting piece of history... and very rare. It's one of only 3 known surviving original D-Day landing maps. The story of this one is incredible. My grandfather drove a landing craft on the day of the invasion. During one of his troop runs, the boat in formation near him was hit by heavy fire and was destroyed before reaching the beach. After dropping his men off, my grandfather brought his craft along the side the stranded craft, rescuing the injured men that had survived. One of those men was my grandfather's good friend and bunk mate, who was the pilot of the destroyed craft. His injuries proved grave and he passed away aboard the ship later that morning. His personal effects were given to my grandfather to ensure his wife received them. When his pockets were emptied, the doctors failed to take the landing map that was in his pocket and it was given to my grandfather with the rest of the effects. As the morning progressed and the wave of troop landing subsided, all of the maps were collected and destroyed so as to limit the risk of certain information getting out. My grandfather, having received the additional map with his friend effects, returned that, and tucked his own away in his footlocker. Later in his life, my grandfather gave me all of his military items and medals, and I treasure them to this day.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...d/DSCN0088.jpg
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Wow! Jon, that map is an incredible piece!

Amazing map Jon!

My Everything's dad landed on the beach at Normandy. I tried, but getting him to utter more than a few words about that day required a bangalore. He wasn't injured, but reckon part of him died that day.

Leaflet dropped over Japanese cities, four days before the Enola Gay's flight.

The MAP IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!..

So is the leaflet. This stuff is GREAT

The King and Queen of Hollywood...
 

Vintage original TYPE I photographs

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Richard, that Oswald postcard is friggin' cool!

Some Battle of Britain pieces.

Propeller blade and hub recovered from the wreckage of a Messerschmitt Bf 109E shot down 29 August 1940:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...f-109prop1.jpg

Propeller spinner from a Ju 88 bomber, shot down over London's East End. Note the bullet holes:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...u88spinner.jpg

This thread is a history lesson and collecting dream rolled into one. Now, I need to stop gushing...its getting sickening.:p

My grandpa on Guam...not sure how he obtained an original copy of the photo that appeared in a Boston Newspaper.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...x/grandpa2.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...x/grandpa3.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ix/grandpa.jpg

I have a book with hundreds of letters he wrote to my grandma...I also have his diary and a bunch of snapshots from his time on Guam.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...x/grandpa7.jpg

What a difference a couple of years make...
 

Vintage original TYPE I photographs.

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Man oh Man David. That Houdini piece is one of the finest pieces of Americana that I have seen if my 40 years collecting. Just superlative!

And LOVE the Fab Four signed piece as well. I do have a very nice Lennon cut and the same goes with McCartney so I'm half way there. But there is just something about an item that the whole band signed on one piece, that really brings it together. I don't like my sports autos that way but just look how stellar your piece looks.

We may have to try and make a trade someday... ;)

An original poster ordering Japanese-Americans to report to internment camps and an umbrella distributed during the McKinley/Roosevelt campaign in 1900.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...Internment.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../Umbrella2.jpg

I found this a few years ago in the attic of a 170 year old house in Houma, LA.

It has a name on it, but never could find anything on the name (forget name, and the toy put away some where).

It looks like he use to carry a rifle:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...tiger/reb1.jpg

I'll post some photos of my small military collection. Please dont take offense for the German helmet it's only for historical purpose, was dug up from a battle field over in Russia. The last two photos are of a P-51 Mustang which a family friend of ours own. I get to spend alot of time around it during the summer, even got the chance for a flight in it and to fly next to it and take photos(4th pic).

P.S.
David, i love that propeller.

After those helmets and plane photos..all I can say is WOW

Wow, Brock. Just wow.

That P51 sparkles!

I have a piece of a WW2 plane (currently on the Bay). This is the Belly tank from the "Dauntless" divebomber. Instrumental in the sinking of Yamamoto's carrier fleet at Midway. I think there are only two still flying today. Wifee says it has to go. :(

Hmmm...I always thought this was a bomb my grandpa is leaning against, but maybe it's a part to a plane?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...x/grandpa9.jpg

He captured a Japanese midget sub!

Sorry, Couldnt resist. Your grampa was a Sailor I take it?.. That looks like a drop tank from the Corsair. Another beautiful aircraft.

Also used by the USMC (Black Sheep squadron).
http://aviatornut.com/images/F4U-Corsair%2001s.jpg

Great stuff as always, folks! We are the new museums. Brock, there was a special air show here in Columbus a couple of years ago at which 100 P-51 Mustangs gathered for a "final" reunion. It was pretty impressive to see and hear that airborne armada flying in formation.

As a big band and old radio fan, I was thrilled to buy this "Chesterfield Advertising Sign" as it was posted on ebay six years ago. I was even more thrilled to discover after research that it was part of the actual bandstand set on Glenn Miller's Chesterfield radio program from 1939-1942.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...RBANDSTAND.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...dtix/003-8.jpg

Despite me being a sports guy mainly, I LOVE stuff like this!!!!!!!!! Great item Oldtix. Anyone got any Civil war stuff to show?

This mechanical bank, known as "Tammany Bank" is a cast iron representation of the infamous corrupt New York City pol Boss Tweed. He takes your money, puts it in his pocket, and nods his head in "thanks."

Steve, my grandpa was a crew member on a B-29 Superfortress. 29th Bomber Group, 6th Squadron.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../grandpa10.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...x/grandpa5.jpg

Beautiful items... its like the Antiques roadshow Net54 style!

Yeah, but this stuff isnt rigged, like a lot of that show is.

I buy and sell as a hobby to fund my LSU collecting.

I made an easy $700+ this week off a near mint 1930's Lionel train set and a couple late 1800's fly fishing reels.

I paid $400 for the train set and $10 for the reels.

The reels sold for $80 and the train for $1100!!!

Here is the only picture I have left from the set(deleted them as I listed them):

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...iger/train.jpg

People ask me all the time how do I know what to buy at these estate sales. All I can tell them is that I don't know what to buy, but I know what to risk my money on. I have made 10's of 1000's of dollars over the last 10 years are so.

(keeps the wife from complaining when I spend $1000 on one LSU item ;))

here is my ebay page if you want to see the rest of the train (completed items, so you need to be logged in):

Theantiquetiger eBay page

Do you pay your taxes sir, either via Schedule C for Business Income or if a hobby, via Schedule D for Capital Gains? Lets be above board..haha. ;)

those trains are awesome. that stuff is cool, estate sales/auctions, etc. Right place/right time adn w money too.

I've registered my eBay ID as a 503(c) not-for-profit because any my sales are used to fund more purchases :)

c. 1961 Original vintage 16 x 20 TYPE I photo of the "Marlboro Man" by Howard Zieff
 

Zieff was a legendary advertising photographer who created the Marlboro Man advertising campaign. He was also a top director of movies & television commercials.

His films include Slither (1973), House Calls (1978), The Main Event (1979), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), The Dream Team (1989), My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994).

Some of his other advertising campaigns included "You Don't Have To Be Jewish" for Levy's rye bread, "Mamma Mia, that's a spicy meatball" for Alka-Seltzer, and ads for the New York Daily News, Polaroid, and Volkswagen.

Small scan but the photo is huge 16 x 20. Incredibly, the 1961 Yankees scorecard companion piece is from Roger Maris' record breaking 61st game!
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Disney Buttons
 

In addition to sports buttons, I also have this group of Disney pinbacks. If anyone has any Globetrotter imprints not shown, I'd be interested. Thanks!
<a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z228/andypcl/?action=view&current=disney.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z228/andypcl/disney.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Now, THAT is funny:p

A distant second to vintage Baseball, I was also fascinated with the giant Zeppelins of the 1920s/30s. Just something about an enormous tube-shaped balloon (the length of a football field) floating overhead seems surreal. During their heyday, these were thought to be the future of air travel (as opposed to the airplane). Of course the Hindenburg disaster changed that thinking forever...

Here is some Zeppelin stuff that I have hung on to, as it's just too neat to part with. Of course, a couple of pennants and a figural piece are included ;)

One of the Postcards is actually autographed by Hugo Eckener, who pioneered, designed and even piloted the famous Graf Zeppelin. The one beside it has a photo of the Zeppelin's elegant dining room. The dining room, kitchen, sleeping area, and Pilots' quarters all fit into the seemingly tiny under-carriage below. That gives an indication of just how enormous the entire bodies of these goliath airships were.

A final tidbit I thought was cool... 3 of the first day covers below were transported by Airmail, via Graf Zeppelin. The other was aboard the first-ever flight of the Hindenburg (and no burn marks! :rolleyes:)

Jeez Mark... your Zeppelin collection is fabulous!
 

Wow! What a pair of tremendous pennants you have there. And that Zeppelin centerpiece, just how big is it? Looks like it weighs a ton as well. Really sweet stuff Mark.

Best, Jimmy

BTW... Forever Young (Ben) has some incredible TYPE I images of the Hindenburg disaster that are just haunting...

Wow again. My father is big into reading on Zeppelins. Great Hindenburg stuff too.

Here are two duralumin girder fragments from the Hindenburg:
(Please forgive the display-case reflections.)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/hind.jpg

And, in honor of Tim Burton's new "Alice," a note from the original's creator:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...dodgsonals.jpg

Jimmy:

I should have placed a quarter or something in the photo along with the Graf Zeppelin Bank... It's only about 7" long (but is pretty heavy for the small size).

I also have a "post crash" press photo of the Hindenburg Pilot, but it's a bit too graphic to post... really pretty morbid. He was burnt to hell, but somehow managed to survive the disaster.

It was a horrible tragedy, w 35-40 people being killed, I believe? Still, it could have even been a lot more. Its hard to believe so many survived.

Part of my Kennedy collection:
JFK Inauguration signed photo, signed by Earl Warren, Wm. O. Douglas, John Sparkman, John McCormack, Henry Jackson, Dean Rusk and a couple more.
White House TLS.
Bacharach portrait of a young John Kennedy.
Autograph album page signed by John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.

More from my Kennedy collection

Clay Shaw signed letter, Shaw was the one put on trial by Jim Garrison.
Robert Kennedy inscribed and signed photo.
Jack Ruby signed check.
A sheet signed by many of the witnesses to the assassination and also signed by Marina Oswald and Jim Leavelle, the cop who was handcuffed to Oswald, when he was shot.

Awesome Richard! That Album page is one of the few "John" signatures I have seen when Ive seen his examples. Most of ones Ive seen are like the standard signature on the ALS.

All the association items r really cool too.

The photo of young JFK is a haunting and remarkable image.

Remarkable stuff -- particularly appreciate JFK, Beatles and Houdini.

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She had hair like JEANNIE SHRIMPTON back in 1965
She had legs that never ended
I wuz halfway paralyzed.

-The Smithereens


Sorry, Everytime I hear a Jeannie Shrimpton reference this song starts playing in my head.

Otherwise, very cool stuff. Especially the WW2 stuff.

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Jeff, Your sig reminded me of my kid, calling home after driving off the road into the brush, in his first car. "Dad... Okay, I wasn't in an accident -per see."

And yep, totaled.

Canaveral LEMSIM facility, Neil and Buzz. 0-120hrs and counting. Official NASA t1.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...y111969bmp.jpg

What time is it kids?
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http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...oys/howdy4.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...oys/howdy3.jpg

My favorite album...
 

Original TYPE I Photograph. Date Stamp Oct. 12, 1969 and Caption on the Back.

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And a pair of signed cuts. Half way there.

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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Admiral Yamamoto IJN

May 8, 1941
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../may81941b.jpg

Two Superman comics published during WW2.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...Superman26.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...onComics86.jpg

Other than early baseball, my big collecting passion is historically interesting diaries. I started with Civil War diaries and then moved into many other areas including; WWI and WWII soldiers, naval men and aviator diaries (including those from other countries), Oregon Trail diaries and other historically interesting ones including a hippie from 1967 who hitch hiked to San Fransisco and hung out at Haight/Ashbury during the "Summer of Love".

Seeing some of the great military items, in particular the B-29 material, got me looking through my diaries. Below is an entry from a B-29 radio operator writing about the great/terrible low altitude incendiary bombing raid of Tokyo. He even claims (and several others from this raid said the same thing) that they "could smell Jap flesh burning at 7,000 feet". Because of the tremendous fires and the low level at which they were bombing, the turbulence threw them all over the place when they released their bombs. Parts of the planes came off and the men were thrown all over the plane.

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Everyone please keep posting. This is my favorite thread on here, other than the new Memorabilia pickups every month.

ramram,

that is really neat to collect diaries. if you get a chance share some more.

-Anthony

Inspiring Patriots.

Here's some diary entries from an observer/gunner on a WWI bomber. In the first entry he is flying in a British made Handley Page bomber. In the second entry he is flying in an Italian made Caproni bomber.

Aug. 10, 1918 – “During the morning I took some pictures of the drome and around camp and in afternoon took a walk out to the wireless station. I was on orders to go over the lines tonight in 4581 [a Handley Page - he was flying as an understudy with the British at this point] with Lieut. Nichols pilot and Lieut. Bowen observer and raid the patrol boat shelters at Blankenberg. The front was very quiet tonight but the A.A. barrage at Ostend, Bruges and Zeebrugge was very intense and nearly twice as many search lights were operating in anticipation of our big 1660 pound bomb raid. The visibility was not very good and we had to glide in from the sea at 10,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. The lights did not get us and the shells burst over us and we saw no enemy scouts. I dropped two large rocks for I was in the rear cockpit and I had no bombs. Must give em something.”

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In a later entry he writes:

Aug. 22 & 23, 1918 – “This morning we were very sorry to learn that Lieut. Fletcher had been killed when shot down off Ostend while acting as observer in the H.P. machine which Lieut. Hetherington piloting and Kennedy U.S. was gunner. During the day I was busy chasing around the drome getting my end of the Caproni ready for tonight and I had a hard job getting two English deflector bags. We stood by till eleven o’clock for the weather to clear and then pushed off on what was to be the last trip for B5 machine and Ensign Fahy and I for a time. Cheer-eo we made a good get away. We continued on our way to Zeebrugge and during the first half hour of this morning engine was so bad when we reached the lines that we made for Mardyck beach to land. Ensign Fahy told me to remain in the [gunner’s] cage, fortunately. We failed to straighten out in time and crashed on the beach. The noise of the crumbling machine is all I remember until I found myself staggering around on the beach and I caught a glimpse of the ruined machine out of my right eye, the left was completely closed up and the darkness and silence around the machine gave me fear that Taber and Fahy were badly injured until I heard Taber call to me and learned that Fahy was not seriously injured and Taber was o.k. We were carried to Queen Alexandera Hospital and as soon as I saw Sister Evans well cheer-eo.”

Caproni bomber:
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Another interesting but sad piece from a WWII B-17 pilot:

Sept. 30th “….We all felt mighty low tonight because something entirely unnecessary happened, and as a consequence two crews and a navigator on another are no longer with us.. Now I’m sure the grace of God is with me because Treece went down without a chance and had I flown in his place [the diarist was supposed to be on this flight]…. Here’s the story…Over the target Love (leading the high element) didn’t fan out far enough so that LaFlance (flying his left wing) was clear of Treece who was leading the low (#4)…As a result, LaFlance dropped all 10 of their 500# bombs right down poor Treece’s back. They never had a chance because they blew up right away. The explosion was so great that LaFlance went down in pieces.. a piece of Treece’s ship tore thru the nose of Love’s ship, hitting poor Hughes right in the groin (he died before they landed)..Shelinski’s ship was a wreck (he brought it home tho) and all in all, practically every ship in the whole squadron suffered battle damage (old 310 had a hit in the induction of #4 & the main wing spar)…Gosh, but things are getting rough over here. All our buddies are getting it! Treece had only one more mission to go too! Whatta break…”

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Andy Warhol a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

Original Photo...

USS Maine (BB-2), Havana Harbor Nov 1898. 260 Sailors and Marines killed. 9x7;
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...aine200dpi.jpg

Ghost image; http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ne200dpibk.jpg

photo credit USN archives
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/h61674.jpg

Thanks Ladder for re opening this thread.

First Hard Copy of the News of Lennon's Murder
 

from the UPI ticker

Couple of my faves

George Harrison that I got through the mail in about 1992 and my Marx Brothers signed photo collage with the earliest Harpo ive ever seen :)

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Love the original Red Rose Speedway photo and the John Leibowitz shot!