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December 22, 2008

Shakespeare "Howls"

SH_Cover.jpg I've found some mighty odd cocktail ephemera in my many years of puttering around antique stores and thrift sales, but this box of 50 cocktail napkins, juxtaposing quotations from Shakespeare with mildly-risqué cartoons of dames and drunkards, really takes the martini olive. Seldom have the words of the immortal Bard been used to less salubrious effect.

I've scanned the best ones, and uploaded them to a gallery for your viewing pleasure.

Bottoms up!

[Link: Shakespeare Howls Cocktail Napkins]

December 21, 2008

Polynesian Dancers at the 1964 Worlds Fair

One of my readers sent me this wonderful 8mm movie of dancers at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair Polynesian Pavilion. Many Mahalos, Joyce!

[Link: Polynesian Dancers at the 1964 Worlds Fair]