RIP Pugsly

Taking a Chance on Black Cats

Source: Library of Congress, “The Black Cat, December” poster ca. 1890-1900. Artist and publisher not identified.

Source: Etsy/ ItsBeadedStuff

Source: Etsy/ datedpaper

Source: HiBid/ M&M Odds & Ends (Mountain Pine, AR)

Source: HiBid/ Neils Online Auctions (Holly, MI)

Source: HiBid/ 2nd Cents Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

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An $86K Cake Carrier?

HSN Hosting Tupperware Party Jan. 9

Source: http://www.ArtOfIt.org, Tupperware ad from 1960.

An exterior view of the headquarters of the Tupperware Company in Kissimmee, Florida, circa 1955. (Photo by Robert Leahey/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Source: Etsy/ GildedPaisleyCo

Source: HiBid/ Barber Auctions (Sulphur Springs, AR)

Source: HiBid/ Shirk’s Auction Gallery LLC (Annville, PA)

Source: WorthPoint, vintage three-piece Tupperware cake carrier that sold in December 2024 for $86, 438.56.

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A Leopard in Our Living Room

‘Wild Kingdom’ Premiered Jan. 6, 1963

Source: HiBid/ Davis Brothers Auction (Missoula, MT)

Source: HiBid/ Legacy Auctions & Estate Sales Inc. (Urbana, IL)

Source: Etsy/ VintageUrbanAntiques

Source: http://www.MutualofOmaha.com, Jim Fowler (l) and Marlin Perkins (behind clapperboard) on the set of “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.”

A kneeling statue of renowned American zoologist Marlin Perkins in a Carthage, Missouri, park. Perkins, who hosted the popular “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” television show from 1963 to 1985, was a Carthage native. Mutual of Omaha is an American insurance company.

Source: http://www.LindaHall.org (Linda Hall Library in Carthage, Missouri)

Source: http://www.RamUSA.org, the late Stan Brock (r) co-hosted “Wild Kingdom” 1968-1973. He founded Remote Area Medical in 1985. The nonprofit based in Tennessee continues today and has provided free health, dental and vision care to more than one million people.

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‘Rumpled, Relaxed’

Washed Linen: Etsy’s First-Ever Texture of the Year

Source: Etta’s Etceteras, vintage linen postcard, “The New Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.” Built in 1937, the hotel is still in operation. Famous past guests include Liberace, Dinah Shore and Lady Bird Johnson. Married songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant wrote “Rocky Top” in Room 388. It became the fight song for University of Tennessee sports teams. (Displayed atop “Gatlinburg: Cinderella City” by Ed Trout and Debra Griffin, 1984.)

Source: Etsy/ SlowPoemsPress

Source: Etsy/ MerakPDX

Source: HiBid/ HIT Auctions LLC (Irwin, PA)

Source: HiBid/ Weiss Lake Auction (Fort Payne, AL)

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As always, thanks for reading.