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Vintage 1982 E.T. LUNCH BOX, THERMOS Metal Tin Litho ET - (eBay item 310011239835 end time Jan-04-08 20:25:52 PST)Do you like vintage lunch boxes?
This old tin litho lunch box and thermos feature colorful art drawings of scenes and characters from the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The lid says, "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ©1982 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved. A trademark of and licensed by Universal City Studios, Inc. Aladdin Industries Incorporated, Nashville, Tenn. 37210 USA." Similar markings appear on the thermos which holds about eight ounces--"Keeps Hot...Keeps Cold."
Under the yellow plastic handle is an image of E.T. trying to phone home. One side shows E.T. and the three children focused on floating balls that represent the solar system. The bottom panel has Gertie (young Drew Barrymore) kissing E.T. good-bye. The other side shows her with E.T. posing as one of her stuffed animals. One large panel shows the kids and E.T. on bikes flying over police cars. The other large panel shows E.T. healing Elliot's hurt finger.
Can you believe this movie came out 25 years ago? To refresh your memory on the story, characters and creators, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial
From Wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace and Peter Coyote. It tells the story of Elliott (played by Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends a friendly alien, dubbed E.T., who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help the alien return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.
The lunch box has wear on the edges, patina on the handle clips and latch, minor dings, and some light rust where the lid and box scrape each other. The thermos looks great.
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Vintage JAPANESE ABACUS Soroban Adding Machine in Box! - (eBay item 310011028013 end time Jan-03-08 20:25:22 PST)Do you like vintage calculators?
This abacus has thirteen rods with five blond wood beads on one side and two beads on the other. They're framed in a black wooden box that's still in the original pasteboard box. The box is marked, "TFW-608 Japan" and a label on the abacus back is marked, "Four Winds, Japan" with a robed male figure.
This Japanese abacus or counting frame is also called a soroban. Believe it or not this device can be used to do functions other than counting. "Unlike the simple counting board used in elementary schools, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cube root operations at high speed," says Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus
People still use abacuses even with modern day calculators widely available. An article on how to use a Japanese abacus is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soroban
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Vintage TANGA BELLS Metal Carriage Music, Sarna, India! - (eBay item 310009832604 end time Dec-29-07 18:15:00 PST)Do you like bells?
These vintage Tanga Bells are 12 different sizes and shapes strung on a cord. The look like brass. The label says:TANGA BELLS
A tanga is a one horse carriage with two wheels. It usually carries three passengers and a driver. When carrying ladies from one place to another or to a temple gathering, they pull the curtains down from all sides, so that the passers-by cannot see the ladies.
Tanga taxi is a general way of passenger conveyance through-out India. They are licensed by the local municipality.
Fancy coachmen decorate their horse's necks with various types of bells which give sweet and melodious tones to far off distances. These bells also serve as a warning to pedestrians to make way for the coming Tanga. Rich men take great pride to own their own highly decorative and fancy Tangas.
One of the Collector "Bells of Sarna"
S. S. Sarna Inc., New York 10, N.Y. Copyright 1948, Printed in India.
They sound cheerful to me and look pretty with a different design and shape in each bell.
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Vintage 1942 SEARCHLIGHT RECIPE BOOK Popular 15th Print - (eBay item 310009825690 end time Dec-28-07 20:39:31 PST)Do you like old cookbooks?
This vintage cookbook The Household Searchlight Recipe Book was published by The Household Magazine in Topeka, Kansas. This hardcover book is one of 100,000 copies of the fifteenth printing from 1942. The earliest printing was in 1931.
Contents are in 26 tabs:- Appetizers
- Beverages
- Breads
- Cakes
- Candies
- Canning Preserving
- Cereals
- Cheese
- Cookies
- Eggs
- Fish and Wild Game
- Frozen Desserts
- Fruits
- Gelatin
- Icings and Fillings
- Meats
- Pastries
- Poultry
- Puddings
- Salads and Dressings
- Sandwiches
- Sauces
- Soups
- Vegetables
- Special Suggestions
- Index
Here are sample recipes from the Sandwiches index:- Apricot Horseradish Sandwiches
- Currant Jelly Sandwiches
- Banana Sandwiches
- Apple Butter Sandwiches
- Baked Bean Sandwiches
- Potato Salad Sandwiches
- Ginger Peanut Sandwiches
- Beef Raisin Sandwiches
- Liver Sandwiches
- Weiner Sandwiches
- Cheese Date Sandwiches
- Cottage Cheese Sandwiches
This book was used and loved. The tabs show much thumbing, there are penciled notes written in the pages for Pastries, Salads and Dressings, and a moisture stain goes through some pages in Soups. Here and there are clipped recipes tucked into the book.
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Vintage SPUTNIK CIGAR BREATHER Keeps Cigar Lit Ashtray? - (eBay item 310009657245 end time Dec-27-07 21:35:05 PST)Do you like old smoking gear?
This vintage device is very heavy silvery metal with no maker's mark, only a small target design on the center bottom. Maybe it's an ashtray, but it looks like a sputnik and has four holes leading from the cup down through the four hollow legs.
There are two hollow tubes jutting out three sides of the bottom. The fourth side has two holes--one hollow and one seems plugged with rubber. I don't know if it's supposed to be that way or what.
The one inch long tube is where I'm supposing you place your lit cigar to keep it from going out. Perhaps the handle or bracket at the top is for tapping off your ashes.
The surface has numerous marks all over it like it's been banged around a good bit. It's small, only 3 1/2 inches high and feels like it weighs a ton, but it's 2 lbs. 1.3 oz.
Does this vintage cigar breather or whatever it is make you smile?
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Antique NO. 2A TARGET HAWK-EYE Box Camera Eastman Kodak - (eBay item 310009446632 end time Dec-26-07 21:03:27 PST)
Do you like old cameras?
This camera is marked on the film cartridge, "No. 2A Target Hawk-Eye, Made in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., Patented in U.S.A. 1,169,882, 1,176,329, 1,494,719, Pat. Pending. Printed in U.S.A. No. 45547."
It also says, "Use Kodak Film V116 or 116. Use Kodak Film in the Yellow Box. It gets the picture." Another label suggest you give your film to a master photo dealer for expert photo finishing.
The camera is covered in black paper textured like leather and has two view finders for portrait and landscape photos. The film advance crank is marked, "Use Kodak Film 116."
To disassemble, pull out the film advance crank, lift the screw at the front end of the leather strap, grasp the camera front at each side and pull forward. The shutter lever still works and two sliding tabs control other settings. The spool in the film cartridge is wooden.
I can't see through the landscape viewer at all. There's dirt in the portrait viewer, but light gets through. One film reel guide is bent.
Does this vintage box camera make you smile?
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Vintage THE CHICAGO Old Cast Iron Tool Riveter? Emboss? - (eBay item 310009420712 end time Dec-26-07 17:25:04 PST)Do you like old cast iron tools?
This vintage cast iron tool is a mystery to me. Is it a snap setter or riveter or what? It's marked, "The Chicago, Pat Apld For." The other side says, "7." Not too informative. Is it an embosser with the seals missing?
Why does it have a part that looks like an anvil? That makes me think it might be a shoemaker's tool for installing eyelets. The handle moves completely out of the way, perhaps for hammering the eyelets down good and tight on the anvil end.
There's not much of the original shiny black finish left. The handle moves easily and compresses the two cylindrical parts together.
Does this vintage cast iron mystery tool make you smile?
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