Good evening, fellow Lounge aficionados! Ephemeraholic Mark II has returned to pour another virtual cocktail of top-shelf retro-imagery for your inner drunk.

I've got quite a selection for you tonight, the fruits of many hours spent poring over musty old folders at the antique store today. I didn't find as much as I did last week, but I must say that the quality of my haul was simply staggering.

First, have a look at the Cocktail Study Club Yearbook of 1938. The Cocktail Club was a group of 7 proto-lounge lizards who got together to enjoy the end of Prohibition and practice the fine art of Mixology. Their manifesto reads, in part:

"It is with this pioneer urge that the members of the Cocktail Study Club undertake the serious matter of drinking. When the Christmas festivities have passed and the golf course is enveloped in snow, the members of the Cocktail Club gather for their scientific endeavors."

Hooray for Science!

By far, the most exciting schwag I came away with was this collection of Zulu-Lulu swizzle sticks, intact and in pristine condition. Are they Sexist? Yes. Un-PC? Indoubitably. The pinnacle of Space-Age Bachelor Pad culture? You bet your ass they are.

Bottoms Up!

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As I mentioned previously, I'm planning to adorn the top of my new bar with a decoupage of Tiki and lounge imagery. To that end, Mrs. Bali Hai and I spent several hours at our local antique mall this morning digging through massive folders of ephemera, looking for ads, postcards, cocktail napkins, drink menus, coasters...anything with a tropical, stylish flair.

It was hard work, but we came away with a whole bunch of really cool stuff. I thought it would be a good idea to scan some of the groovier items before they wind up under a thick layer of clear epoxy, so I'm proud to present a new feature here on the Goof, Ephemeraholic, a collection of classic drinking-related images for the nostalgic barfly.

Enjoy [hic!]

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A History of Visual Media overwhelms the visitor with an absolutely fascinating omnibus collection that highlights imagery from pre-cinema, photography, and early film. There are so many stand-out collections at this site that singling out favorites is like trying to choose between sex, foie gras, and chocolate-chip cookie dough ice cream, but these Phantasmagoria slides, Women in Cabaret photographs, and this set of wonderful stereo photographs of devilishly morbid tableaux called Diableries really stand out.

Many, many thanks to Tacky Times

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