Doesn’t everybody love it when a business looks like this? Little Man Ice Cream is in the Highlands Historic district just west of dow...
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Coughing Dog
When Barking Coughs Accompany Colds…Naldecon-CX This very dapper canine from the 1970’s is the Naldecon-CX cough syrup dog. Made...
Dr Ben Casey…with postage due
Today’s adventure sale includes a gal who wrote to Hollywood stars in the 1960’s. With camera in hand, I snapped a small portion...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – LUCKY Medical Van
When it comes to naming your company I’m always fascinated when people come up with the most seemingly inappropriate names possible. I...
Loretta Lynn Pill Box
I bought this pill box while visiting the Lorretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee. I have been twice, but haven’t stayed overnight. It is rum...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1960’s Rubber Doctor Puppet
As I lie in bed with food poisoning after ingesting some of the worst food I’ve ever eaten in LA Saturday night (at an expensive downt...
TV’s Dr. Kildare / Richard Chamberlain Sings
Not only is the very handsome Richard Chamberlain a fine actor on both stage and screen ( probably best known as a teen hearttrob in the pop...
Calling Dr. Kildare…
I always found Richard to be very talented and interesting. These are from the early 60’s I think. They were acquired from a friend wh...
Donate Blood for Life
Three drops of blood– a grandmother (young at heart and in huge heels), a mother and a baby… made of blood. Asking you to donate...
Birth Control Pills Clock
Featured on the 12/16/03 segment of EVENING MAGAZINE, this Ortho brand clock is proudly displayed in our bathroom. The pills go round and ro...
FIRST AID FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY Whiskey Flask
sanitary – unbreakable plastic and “for all sports.”...
Dr. Kildare’s Thumpy ‘The Heartbeat’ Stethoscope
Thought I would give props to Dr. K. today seeing as I spent Friday night over at his place watching The Towering Inferno, which he, Richard...
Tower of Sour Liquid Candy Urine Samples
It’s candy! Packaged in sterile urine sample containers, this sour liquid candy won’t cause stage fright at the doctor’s o...
Hospital Booze personalized Decanter 1978
Don’t be a loser, be a hospital Boozer! The hottest new gift idea. fun and funIfctional way to serve any brew… what a conversati...
Aging Slowly Book (The Prevention Total Health System) wellness book
This is another book I rescued from one of the “Dump Stores” here on Cape Cod. Book was printed in 1983, the year I graduated hi...
Quack Medicine Ultra Violet Ray Machine
This vintage quack medicine device– the Elco Violet Ray Machine was made around 1910 and claims to treat (and I quote from material I ...
smoking will stump your growth
The affects of smoking. Stunted growth seeming the least of them. The chest is from one of those anatomy toys. with the lung painted black.....
The Finest in Adult Reading (1960’s)
These eight salacious paperback covers are from the late sixties. I threw out the actual books because they smelled like cigarette smoke, bu...
Vintage MEDI Ear candy dish from Medical Electronic Design
Vintage MEDI Ear candy dish from Medical Electronic Design & Instrumentation Co Oakland, CA – shows the “inner” workin...
Vaccination Prescription from 1946
My Grandmother saved the strangest things. These are my Mom’s records, she was 6....
The Eternalheir Singers “Reaching Out To Jesus” LP
Sorry folks, this is not as big a pic as I would have hoped. Another posed child that looks fake....













