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  1. marcoshark

    Stetson Fashion Collection 1940s Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    It almost seems to me that that they looked at some pictures and just did cosmetic changes to whatever they had that was closest to make it seem like a Stratoliner. The first thing I noticed right out of the box was that crown was a bit tapered. That threw up a little red flag. the second thing...
  2. marcoshark

    Stetson Fashion Collection 1940s Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    guys, Well, the real 707 could maintain level flight with only one engine... With the gang going to TX, and how fast the Stetson rep got to gtdean, I am going to wait and see how Hatco decides to resolve these issues. I already have a couple of fine original examples of the Strat., I decided to...
  3. marcoshark

    Stetson Fashion Collection 1940s Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    The picture is a bit more tan. IMHO, it's not the same kind of Silver Belly you use to get back in the day, but the picture is a bit warmer
  4. marcoshark

    Stetson Fashion Collection 1940s Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    Okay gang... here's my new "Strat". some quick pics (note, the bottom of the pin is stamped "707")
  5. marcoshark

    The World According to Jack Webb

    Anyone here ever see "Pete Kelly's Blues"? Webb was a Jazz Fanatic and.. well the best thing I can say is see this movie!
  7. marcoshark

    I remember when.....

    ... The Department stores in NYC Had pneumatic tubes
  8. marcoshark

    Stetson Fashion Collection 1940s Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    Wasn't the Boeing C-137 also known as "Stratoliner"? I'm willing to give a little slack on this (just a little, mind you) That's what I thought this new pin was supposed to look like?
  9. marcoshark

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    baked goods delivery to the home. When I was a kid, we had Tip-Top and Dugans.
  10. marcoshark

    Train or Air Travel - Items from the dining car / Dinner Service

    There use to be a Penn-Railroad shop at the Penn Station in Philadelphia that sells reproductions of their old dining car tablewares.
  11. marcoshark

    Whither the Funnies?

    These days, I buy some of the collected volumes of "Popeye", "Dick Tracy" and "Bloom County". Down here in my neck of South West Florida, the local newspaper does a Sunday color comics supplement (printed on heavier newsprint, no less!) but with the exception of "The Piranha Club", most of the...
  13. marcoshark

    "Thirty Things that Need to Stage a Comeback"

    I think that was the paper that the late Sam Fuller started at. Imagine, the youngest reporter on the police blotter at 17! He would use those experiences in his writing and movies!
  14. marcoshark

    New WINDOW SHOP DRESSING Displays

    Wow!! just... WOW!!
  15. marcoshark

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    oh yeah, another thing... Subway Tokens!
  16. marcoshark

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie, Even sadder is that I miss the old arc-light projectors!
  17. marcoshark

    If you had a chance to travel through a TIME MACHINE for a WEEK? where would you go?

    Then there is the matter of the "Shot heard around the world"....
  19. marcoshark

    Your Drinking Partner From The Golden Age?

    Well for starters.. There is Fields and Howard... The great Weegee (Arthur Fellig) And Orson Welles
  20. marcoshark

    Your Drinking Partner From The Golden Age?

    I think it's Frank Ferrante
  21. marcoshark

    Who Did You Just See Live?

    BB King and his Band
  22. marcoshark

    Stocking a cocktail bar

    just Two things I'd like to throw in. Vintage and Glass Sizzle Sticks!!! Once again, ebay is your best buddy for these. Also for extra credit, there are some printing businesses that can also print on cocktail napkins (usually low print runs as well!) for that extra bit of fun!
  23. marcoshark

    Berlin museum breaks Nazi taboo with Hitler exhibition

    My 2 cents... Two years ago, My Mother (who was born in Berlin) and I went to Germany. MY Mom had to go back to make sure that her Grandparents gave site was still being maintained in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin. This was the first time she has been back since 1936, when she left with my...

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