When you come into Yakima, WA off of Highway 97 on Yakima Avenue, to the left is Weaver Exterminating (singing: “Don’t tolerate, exterminate — just call Weaver!”) which used to have some advertising painted on the side of their brick building, age uncertain but was still visible into the 1980s. In big letters it announced the brand name of one of their products was Kemi-Kil, it’s a rodent poison, which I thought was a really awesome name. I don’ t have a photo and that signage has been worn off or covered for several years.
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Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo, 1993.
The fun of Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and Super Mario: Lost Levels all in one game cartridge… and in better resolution than the Nintendo Entertainment System that three of those titles were originally written for.
Remington “Letter-Riter DeLuxe” — mid-1950s.
(Source: tonsofphotographyxox, via misscharlenecasey)
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James Caan and I believe an Underwood typewriter, in The Godfather, 1972.
Halley’s Comet was last seen passing by the Earth around February 9, 1986; its next visit will be around July 28, 2061 so many of you will be seeing that appearance. This holographic sticker was sold at a national monument gift shop, I think, and was in anticipation of the 1986 appearance. This actually turned out to be the closest most people ever got to witnessing the comet; the majority of people who were present for the passing didn’t see it at all. Wikipedia’s account says:
Halley’s 1986 apparition was the least favorable on record. The comet and the Earth were on opposite sides of the Sun in February 1986, creating the worst viewing circumstances for Earth observers for the last 2,000 years. Halley’s closest approach was 0.42 AU. Additionally, with increased light pollution from urbanization, many people never saw the comet at all. Somehow was possible to observe it in the southern hemisphere in areas outside of cities with the help of binoculars. Further, the comet appeared brightest when it was almost invisible from the northern hemisphere in March and April.