Stone Cold Groove

Old Fashioned spot illustration from the Playboy Magazine Southern Comfort Drink Recipe Booklet - 1959.

Manhattan spot illustration from the Playboy Magazine Southern Comfort Drink Recipe Booklet - 1959.

Tom Collins spot illustration from the Playboy Magazine Southern Comfort Drink Recipe Booklet - 1959.

Good beer for good fellows... Illustration detail from a Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer ad - 1934.

From the car files: ad for the 1937 Oldsmobile 6-cylinder Convertible Coupe.

From the car files: ad for the 1937 General Motors Trucks and Trailers.

It’s a Spartan. Aristocrat of the airlanes. Ad for the Spartan Aircraft Company - 1940.

Profile of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-11 Dora Series exhibiting its camouflage pattern and service markings.

Detail of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-11 Dora Series tail section depicting the camouflage pattern and stenciled tail number.

U.S. Army service member standing next to the tail of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-11. This is an end-of-war variant of the series based on the tail number (Werknummer 220014) and date of the photograph. Research points to the call sign of this aircraft as White 61 and was assigned to the Verbandsführerschule des General der Jagdflieger (the Fighter Pilots Training School). Photo taken May 1945 - personal collection.

Something that means something, but only to me. August - 1972.

United States Postal Service 3¢ Palomar Mountain Observatory stamp - 1948.

Palomar’s giant eye… Collier’s magazine cover illustration detail - May 1949.

And then ma or grandma brought ’em in… Illustration detail from an ad for Niblets Brand Corn - 1938.

That made-for-you look… Illustration detail from an advertisement for Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothing for men - 1947.

Vintage movie poster for the animated Walt Disney “Silly Symphony” short, King Neptune, presented by Mickey Mouse - 1932.