eBay - Old Toys Games and Cool Stuff

From eBay, "Old Toys Games and Cool Stuff" store has many vintage toys for sale among other collectibles. The link is too long, so I shortened it.

eBay - Old Toys Games and Cool Stuff
http://tinyurl.com/yktvmav

Blog - Flexitoon

I like this puppetry blog. There was an old post about Bil Baird. He was born in August 15, 1904 and passed away on March 18, 1987. In 1934 form his own puppetry company called Baird Marionettes. I like his puppets style. Below I provided the link that that post if you are interested to read about him.





http://flexitoon.blogspot.com

Flexitoon - Bil Baird
http://flexitoon.blogspot.com/2009/04/bil-bairds-alice-in-wonderland.html

Find Your Favorite TV Show on YouTube

Did you know that you can watch both full new and old tv shows on YouTube? You can watch them either by category or alphabetical order. If you did not know this, hop over to YouTube and see if you can find your favorite tv show. Of course, not every show is listed. There aren't that many. But if you are a Star Trek fan, you can watch three seasons of the original Star Trek series! There are a lot of shows that I never heard of. I may be wrong, but I think there are also non-US shows too. Although, Dr. Who isn't listed ;-( How is that possible!?

You Tube - Watch TV Shows On YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/shows

I just took a second look and noticed a few British shows like The Adventure of Paddington Bear. It has been a few decades since I've seen an episode of that show.

Guess The Mascot

I rarely email quizzes or trivial emails anymore to people, they can be annoying sometimes. Especially, if they are about you,lol. This is a quick quiz about cartoon mascots and is all about having fun. If you are a mascot or a cartoon fanatic this cartoon will be just right up to your alley. Each answer has the mascot pictured in the answer. See if you know their names. Personally, I only knew a few characters' names. My bad!

Four examples:

Who promotes audio fidelity with a pooch?
Who sells car insurance in 15 seconds?
What ursine ranger became eponymous with the highway police?
Which canine takes a bite out of crime?






http://www.mascotcartoon.com/mascot_iq_quiz.shtml

Looking For My Old Pony Camera's References

What is good about this site is that you can learn about the history of cameras through the advertising from the 19th century. There may be cameras that used to exist but are extremely hard to find. If there were no ads for this camera, no one would even have known about them. In the second paragraph in cameras' link, it describes such situation.

According to the "Antique & 19th Century Cameras" their purpose is to present historical aspects of the cameras' advertising or the references. They state: "The idea is to build a more complete picture of each item by studying the wide spectrum of model variants and accessories that are not listed in recent collecting books."

Obviously, you will see all the ads and references titles just down below in blue. When an ad or an illustration appears, click on it and you'll see a photograph of the camera. I didn't notice that until after I viewed about three ads. Don't forget to check out the other three sets, multi-lens cameras, view cameras (American and European) and self casing cameras.

Antique And 19th Century Cameras References
http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/ads.htm

Antique And 19th Century Cameras Main Page
http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com

Museum - Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History

Many of these historical wood etchings are wonderful with all the little details! Most of them are from the 19th century. I would have liked to see how it works in person. The etching are either in color or black and white. If you click either on the title or the image, you'll may see more related images (usually a series). I recommend that you take a look at the site's main page for further historical railroad exhibitions as well.

Transcontinental Railroad Historic Engravings
http://cprr.org/Museum/Engravings/index.html

On A Little Note - Watch Nora Directly On YouTube

I advise you to watch the YouTube video at YouTube. It won't show the entire screen on my blog. It is cut off (I have no control over it. Even if I did, I wouldn't know how anyway). Best click on the link to go to YouTube.


CATcerto. ENTIRE PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis, Nora The Piano Cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg

The Cat Who Loves Pianos

This is awesome! if you haven't seen it yet I strongly recommend you to see it. It's an official website called "CATcerto" for a piano cat called Nora. This is the famous piano cat, Nora, who practically took over YouTube a while back. On her website you will see her as part of a Lithuanian 12 pieces orchestra. On CATcerto there are other things to browse through,including a whole bunch of interviews! She has great links too. Not only that, she also has her own pages on Twitter and Facebook, as well a blog. How about that, Garfield? Right now, Nora gotta be one of the most famous cat in the world besides Garfield and Morris (in my opinion anyway). Am I missing someone? Tom?

As you can see down below, the entire concert can also be seen on YouTube in an excellent quality and in a widescreen mode. If you click on the user's name on YouTube, you'll see a few more videos of Nora, in a new page. Basically, you can see the videos both on YouTube and CATcerto. Go have fun at CATcerto.

CATcerto - The Official Website
http://www.catcerto.com/index.htm

On YouTube



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg

Another Trip Back To The 1970's

From Heritage Images, is a company that markets images (see under "about us" for more detailed information) to other companies and private collectors as well.

Nine pages of 1970's Pop Culture nostalgia! Most are advertising. Even though there 1,928 results (49) pages, after the 9th page the pictures reflect events and milestones that shaped the 1970's. Unfortunately, I was not able to narrow down to specifically the Popular Culture (advertising and fashion, for example).

As you can see, the a link is very long. So I added the link's shorter version if you are having difficulties with the longer link.

Heritage Images - 1970's
http://www.heritage-images.com/Search/SearchPage.aspx?searchterm=1970s&lictype=all&searchtype=KEY&orientation=YYYY&color=ALL&rmCollections=43,46

Heritage Images - 1970's
http://tinyurl.com/yaa87ee

Blog - Old Photographs Of Japan

This blog is a great place to view old photos of Japan.These photos were taken from the 1860's to 1930's. It's not often that I see a historical photos of Japan. It makes sense considering that Japan used to be a xenophobic country during that time period. But there are so many other countries that I'd have love to peek through their the past. I particularly enjoyed the photographs of the women. Obviously, they are an integral part of Japan's history. Their clothes, for example, are unique to Japan. Although, when I hear the word "kimono" I also think about the "sari". I have not seen many photographs of Japanese women wearing kimonos during time periods, but mainly in very old movies about the samurais.

Now, this site can be viewed through different methods. Time period, themes, places, photographers and medium.



http://oldphotosjapan.com/en/