Near Vader, Washington
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Buttons - Activist - 1974
WIN
On the curl: Bastian Bros Co, Rochester, NY
The brainchild of the Ford Administration, this was an acronym for "Whip Inflation Now." But rather than the grassroots wave the President was hoping for, the WIN campaign became the butt of jokes from a cynical public weary of Watergate and politicians.
Labels:
Bastian Bros Co.,
Buttons,
Gerald Ford,
Republicans,
Whip Inflation Now
Monday, September 3, 2012
Phone photo 1905
Cowlitz Landing
"At this place Hudson's Bay Company traders from Puget Sound loaded furs in canoes for transport to the Columbia River in the years 1836-1846. Then American settlers came up the river by bateau, barge and raft. A landing was built on the donation claim of F.A. Clarke and a hotel on the adjoining land of E.D. Warbuss. American settlers held a convention here in 1851 and petitioned for a new U.S. Territory north of the Columbia River. Steamboats came in 1858. They served the Cowlitz Valley until 1917."
"Erected by the Washington State Highway Commission."
My own ancestors may have landed here in the mid-1870s. This historic marker is within a stone's throw of the biggest "EAT" sign on Interstate 5 in Washington.
Labels:
Cowlitz Landing,
E.D. Warbuss,
F.A.Clarke,
Hudsons Bay Co.,
Interstate 5,
Phone photo,
Vader Wash.,
Washington State Highway Commission
$25 Sale - Original Art - Cranium Frenzy # 6, p. 1
Cranium Frenzy # 6, page 1. A standalone page.
$25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
Or order through PayPal
Buttons - Activist - 1981
Phone photo 1903
$25 Sale - Original Art- Cranium Frenzy # 6 - Cover
Cover original art, Cranium Frenzy # 6.
Buttons - Activist - 1991
Phone photo 1901
$200 - Fetid Lake of Doom Original Art and Script
The Fetid Lake of Doom original art and script, finished in 2007, $200 ppd.
8 pages of artwork on medium stock paper, 30.5 x 22.5 cm. with perforated spiral binding marks along the right edge (I'm left-handed). Felt tip over nonphoto blue pencil.
The script was actually changed quite a bit in the course of drawing the thing, which is pretty normal for me. What is not normal is that the script still exists! Ballpoint pen on 6 yellow tablet sheets, 28 x 22 cm., lots of crossed out lines.
$200 ppd.
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
Or order through PayPal
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 2008
Obama/Biden, www.barackobama.com
On the curl: 29625 c2008, Tigereye Design 800-844-3729
Another button my Mom found and donated to the visual parade.
Labels:
Barack Obama,
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
Jeanette Willis,
Joe Biden,
Tigereye Design
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Phone photo 1899
Phone photo 1898
Columbia River with the Willapa Hills, Pacific County, Washington in the background
Taken in Astoria, Oregon
Labels:
Astoria Oregon,
Columbia River,
Phone photo,
Willapa Hills
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1984
Mondale Ferraro
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
My Mom dug this out last week and contributed to the visual cause
Labels:
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
Geraldine Ferraro,
Grays Harbor Stamp Works,
Jeanette Willis,
Walter Mondale
Phone photo 1897
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Morty Comix # 2432
Morty Comix # 2432 was left in the door of the long defunct Porter Grocery and Restaurant, Porter, Washington
Phone photo 1896
$25 Sale - Alternative Library Literature, 1994-1995
Edited by library legends Sanford Berman and Jim Danky, Alternative Library Literature 1994-1995 was published by McFarland. 333 pages, in good condition. The last couple chapters are about zines in libraries.
$25 ppd
Check or money order toSteve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
Or order through PayPal
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968
Nixon
This small bit of metal was designed to clip on to a shirt pocket. I found it on the ground in 1968.
Phone photo 1894
Morty Comix # 2431
Morty Comix # 2431 landed inside the historic jail in Napavine, Washington. The building apparently also doubles as a dog pound. This is the second historic jail in one day to receive an issue of Morty Comix.
$50 - An Untitled Portfolio, 1st ed.
An Untitled Portfolio
1st edition, Fall 1977, Olympia, Washington. 100 copies, dark blue cover, light blue guts, enlarged digest size. I have one copy available in good condition.
$50 ppd.
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
Or order through PayPal
Phone photo 1892
Buttons - Union - 1993
Don't Risk Our Future
I-601, I-602
Washington Federation of Teachers
On the curl: Air Power Graphics, 1-206-568-3490
Labels:
Air Power Graphics,
Buttons,
Elections,
labor unions,
teaching,
Washington Federation of Teachers
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