The LBJ Coloring Book

In honor of today being Election Day in the United States, I thought I would share a very strange piece of political ephemera from 1964. This is the LBJ Coloring Book. The coloring book was published  in 1964 by Gem Publishing and was written by Norman Miller and Illustrated by Cal Massey.

In 1964, Lyndon Baines Johnson was running for President of the United States. He had been President  for less than a year by the time this book came out (after the assassination of John Kennedy), and had enough skeletons out of the closet that Norman Miller and the (presumed) Republicans created this coloring book so you could see and color them all. It's full of dated references and drunk driving and told from the prospective of Her, one of the Johnson's dogs. See all 22 pages and the key after the jump.

St. Louis In The Rain

by Sam J. Vogan

From the December 1950 Popular Photography magazine.

The Pancake House - Fayetteville, North Carolina

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"Located at Ambassador Motel"
1 Mi. South of Downtown Fayetteville, N.C. on U.S. 301 & I-95
Specializing - Pancakes - Seafoods & Steaks
Open 6 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Gift Shop Featuring Indian Craft & Relics, N.C. Pottery & Souvenirs, Handmade Stuart Nye Jewelry - Woodcraft - Scented Soap & Candles.
Gene Ammons, Owner

Note written on back:
Ate dinner on way home
Feb 21 - 72

Motel Monday: Why the Long Face?

Today's Motel Monday theme is devoted to man's best friend.ummm....horse? The majesty of these creatures helped add an aura of Wild Westyness to motels and tourists in dire need of gunfights or fields for running and grazing. These are a dozen  postcards featuring either live horses or signs featuring horses. See all 12 after the jump.

Jesse James Motel - Branson, Missouri

Holiday Inn - Eufaula, Alabama

EUFAULA, ALABAMA
U.S. Highway No. 82 at Riverside Drive
Swimming Pool - Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Cable - Free Holidex Reservations The Eufaula Holiday Inn is located on a high bluff overlooking beautiful Lake Eufaula. Year round fishing and boating available. Annual Spring Pilgrimage of Eufaula's ante-bellum homes and Labor Day Water Festival.

Here's what the motel looked like from the Causeway in 2008:


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Move the view just a little up the street and the year and the motel name change.
Here it is from 2009:
 
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Quick Wide-Track Tigers: 1965 Pontiac Lemans & GTO

Some tigers are fierce. Some tigers are ferocious. We build both.

Vintage Shoppe - Pendleton, Oregon

333 S. Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon
Gourmet Foods - Handblown Glass - Wines and Beers - Souvenirs - Painting - Rattan Furniture and baskets from many lands.
FREE ART GALLERY - Featuring paintings by Keith Roe, Oregon's leading painter of Indians and Western Art. Package mailing and mail orders filled with a personal touch.

Greetings From Lansing, Michigan

Lansing State Capital of the "Water Wonderland State"

La Grande, Oregon

A busy city of eastern Oregon. Home of the Eastern Oregon College of Education

Now:
 
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Walla Walla, Washington

Street scene in Walla Walla, Washington, with Marcus Whitman Hotel in background.

Cardboard America Project - #3: Tropics Motor Hotel - Modesto, California

936 McHenry Ave.
Modesto, California 95350
61 deluxe units. Sambos restaurant. Cocktail lounge. Fully air conditioned. Individual TV and music in all rooms. Room Phones. Bridal Suites. Conference Room for thirty. Heated, filtered pool. All major credit cards accepted. AAA Approved. Member of the Best Western Motels.

Now:
 
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The Tropics is no longer as it's now a Rodeway Inn. However, the tiki theme is still going strong. No word on whether the woman is still on the diving board

Cardboard America Project - #2: Cactus Motel - St. Petersburg, Florida

New, modern units, electric heat, air conditioning and TV in every room. On US 19 approach to famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
1600 - 34 Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida

The card was mailed from Dania, Florida to Archebeu Chambers of Terre Haute, Indiana on December 13, 1961:

Hi Archie & Shubert!
Enjoying the wonderful breeze & warm sunshine here. Believe it or not I am in sleeveless dress. You must make this trip sometime its good for what ails us. Love, Helen

Now:
 
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The awesome sign is gone, as to be expected. The dirt has been paved and they have a shady Coke machine in the corner. There's a Youtube video that shows the Cactus in it current (2009) state and it's not pretty.

 

Cardboard America Project - #1: First Baptist Church - Pontiac, Michigan

Welcome to the Cardboard America Project. My goal here is simple: share old postcards from my collection and try to find what it currently looks like. Enough jabbering. Here's the first entry.

"Holding forth the Word of Life since 1821"
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.
Youth fellowship groups meets - 5:40 p.m.
Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.
Mid-week prayer service - Wed. 7:30 p.m.


Now:

Now:
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Co-Ed - April 1960

A Sweet Surprise
The magazine for Career Girls and Homemakers of Tomorrow

Wizard of Oz View-Master Reel

Copyright 1957 GAF Corporation

Algemac's Restaurant Postcard Menu - Glendale, California

An oddly-shaped postcard menu from Algemac's Restaurant in Glendale, California. Not sure of the date but it is probably from the 1950s or early 1960s. Here's what the outside looked like and article about Algemac's in 2008, and here's what happened to it.

 

 

The Careless Navigator Restaurant Menu - Treasure Island, Florida

1977 Red Lobster Miniature Souvenir Menu

1964 Tournament of Roses Parade - Pasadena, California

The Parade theme for 1964 was SYMBOLS OF FREEDOM. I did not color correct or do do anything tothese photos other than crop a little of the corners. I tried to properly note the float or the sponsor of the float but it can be hard to tell.

Beverly Hillbillies Float

Beverly Hillbillies Float Full View

Unknown Float - First Prize Winner

Dollar Float

Assorted Floats

Either North or South Gate Float

Peanuts/Security Float

Washington Statehood Float

San Gabriel Float

Gone Fishin' Huckleberry Finn Float

Arcadia/Tripolis Float

San Diego City-County Float

Unishpere Float

Unknown Float

National Rifle Association Float

Lutheran Brotherhood Float

Faith-Hope-Charity Float

Smokey Bear Float

Statue of Liberty/Alhambra Float

Marriott Motor Hotel - Washington, D.C.

5 postcards of the Marriott Motor Hotel in Washington, D.C.