Vintage Retro Collections

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Trump: More Popular Than Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ famously dealt with a corrupt establishment by ejecting the moneychangers from the temple. Donald Trump likewise came to Washington to 'drain the swamp.' Both gained some acceptance from the establishment in the ensuing years, yet both remained outsiders. In popularity, Donald Trump reached and held an approval rating of about 42% of the population in his home country. Jesus Christ, in his home country never reached a popularity level even a tenth that of Donald's Trump's. Jesus Christ's popularity during his lifetime never exceeded 4%. "Well, I don't like to compare myself to anyone... and Jesus did a fantastic job, just fantastic. But he was never that popular. He was even crucified for it. I guess you know that. A lot of people are saying he was crucified. I don't like to compare myself... I'm just saying... is he great because he was crucified? Is that it? I like people that WEREN'T crucified."

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Original vintage 'TRAPEZOID--The Action Place' poster from Northford, Connecticut. From the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections

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Vintage batteries: Flower Power 'D' size batteries in package. Distributed by Packaging Materials Service Inc., Stamford, Conn 06902, a division of the toymaker Transogram. From 'More Batteries' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles at http://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/batteries-2.htm"

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https://www.pinterest.com/retrocoll/politics-left-right-and-center/

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From the book "Great Little Radios from Global and Zephyr".

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The first Sony radio sold in the United States, this is the Sony TR-63 transistor radio from 1957. Early examples showed the company's original name, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, Ltd., on the back. This beautiful and influential design came in four color schemes: yellow & red, all red, black, and a two-tone green. From 'Collecting Variants' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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'Duets' drink coasters fit right on your glass! Described as 'Intimate Coasters for your Highballs.' The 'male' version substitutes a jock strap for the lace. Naughty in a goofy 1950s sort of way. Several more examples are on the 'Drinks, Anyone?' page at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Feel like a queen in your kitchen with Frigidaire Appliances--the MOST FEMININE appliances in the world! This 1959 brochure showed a full range of appliances with the promise: 'each one designed to make YOU feel like a queen while keeping HIS budget in mind!' From the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Vintage collectible Howard Miller clock. Perforated steel and wood, electric, and 11-3/8 inches across. From 'A Collection of Clocks' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Vintage mid-century modern plastic crescent-and-star-pattern plate from Spaulding Ware Chicago. It's 9-3/4 inches across. From 'On the Table' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Record collecting, album covers: This dime store record attempts to cash in on the '60s youth culture its makers probably loathed. Kiddie Au Go-Go / Nursery Rhymes with the Teen Dance Beat of Today! / The Mod Moppets, Happy Time Records (Pickwick International) HT-1037. From 'More Records' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Record album covers: Crass commercialization of '60s youth culture in the packaged hippies dubbed 'The Love Generation.' Ever wonder where the values and hopes of the 1960s went? This should give you a clue. Groovy Summertime, Imperial LP-9351, Art Direction: Woody Woodward, Design: Andrew C. Rodriguez, Photography: Ivan Nagy, Fashions by Zeidler & Zeidler & The Flare. From the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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The Family Computer by Nintendo (1983, this example 1988) occupied that overlapping gray area between computers and video games. Plans for an added keyboard, cassette data storage, and computer software cartridges were eventually scrapped in favor of gaming. We now know The Family Computer as the Nintendo Entertainment System. From 'Small Computers' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Mmmm, yummy! Processed, uncooked meat you can't even see before you buy. Growing up, my parents would have had nothing to do with the Quick Frozen 3 Beef Steaks by Rath Black Hawk shown here. Most convenience foods were looked at askance anyway, and this 'trust me' package would have impressed them not one bit. From 'More Kitchen Collectibles' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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This vintage silk-screen store placard from about 1960 shows that our 'consumer culture' is no recent phenomenon. Your Credit is Good!' Pay Next Year.' Spend, spend, spend! 'Pay next year' sounds a long way off, but from the appearance of Santa Claus on the poster, I think your payments may be due sooner than you think, like next month. From 'Nothing New Under the Sun' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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Remember Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 Vintage 1940s pin by Lampl is inscribed 'for aid to the Honolulu Community Chest.' From 'Collecting: A Rationale' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.

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The original box for the 1958 Sony TR-610 transistor radio. Sony was still small then and their radios were distributed in the U.S. by Delmonico International, who made this box, carelessly rendering Sony's new logo on the front. Sony soon dismissed Delmonico and set up their own distribution arm in America. From Collecting 'Knockoffs and Ripoffs' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: here.