I'm not sure of the age of this Glenn Confections Fun Gum. It has a 9-digit zip code. Zip+4 was introduced in 1983 in the United States. Glenn confections went out of business in 1994. At any rate, it's a survivor. The original recipient resisted the urge to chew it.
There's a popular meme floating around that says something to the effect of, "If you remember records on the back of cereal boxes, it's time for your prostate exam". Well, I do, and yes it is. And if you're a male 50 or over, you're due as well, and that's my PSA PSA (Prostate-specific antigen Public Service Announcement) for today.
I found these two records at an estate sale this summer. I've found them before, but it's always a welcome surprise. In fact, looking now at past posts, I did write about some others I found back in 2022. Man, my memory is going. Well, let's revisit them again. These records were found on the back of Honeycomb cereal and date from 1975 to 1978.
I collect vintage newspapers and estate sales are a good source of them. People tended to save the newspapers from important historical events, typically the Kennedy assassination and following weeks or the Apollo 11 moon mission and landing. Every once in a while, I'll find some from Pearl Harbor or even earlier.
I found this ad in the October 30th, 1940 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
After yesterday's reflective and somber post, let's return to some light-hearted Halloween fun.
I found this U.S. Metal Toy Mfg. Co. Halloween noisemaker at an estate sale sitting in a case at checkout. This is where estate sale companies tend to keep smalls and valuables to head off shoplifting. While the price for Halloween collectibles has risen considerably at estate sales, it's still possible to find deals and this was one. I think I paid $10. The graphics are very nice on this one. It probably dates from the 1950's.
The older I get, the more reflective I tend to be at estate sales. I begin to wonder what my estate sale will be like, if you get my picture. You try to brush it off as some distant future event, yet the clock continues to tick and the face in the mirror continues to age.
I was at an estate sale over the summer, casually looking through someone's lifetime accumulation, and I came across this mask. I didn't think too much about it other than it was another vacuform mask to add to my collection.
I've posted quite a few Gurley candles (not "Girly", the Gurley Novelty company of Buffalo, New York) over the years here at the blog, the vast majority of them being Halloween-themed.
I haven't come across this one before.
