Movie Television Radio & Music Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s lapel pin for the Boston-based "Big Brother Club" radio show on WEEI hosted by Bob Emery. Emery had been "Big Brother" on WGI, but was wooed by WEEI, a new and financially stable station run by Edison...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s celluloid contestant badge for the Boston Globe WBZ-TV Family Fly Fishing Contest. WBZ-TV is still a Boston, Massachusetts television station. The large blue badge is numbered 7425 and is in excellent condition...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover 1946 revision of "Some of These Days," Sophie Tucker's autobiography. A Russian-born ??migr??e to Connecticut, Ms. Tucker was a vaudeville artist, pianist, actress and singer known for her large physical presence...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa late 1950s advertising Flexi-Disc record for Shell gasoline. The square "full-fidelity" record is 33 ?? RPM and was made by Sound-Plus. The theme song on it is called "Cars Love Shell". This is...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1954 equator-crossing certificate from Pan-American grace Airways (Panagra) for Roger Cotton Brown, a well-known filmmaker. The certificate was given to Brown after a flight from Santiago, Chile to Miami, Florida in September...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s advertising fan for Kool brand cigarettes featuring Willie the Kool Penguin. The fan also promotes the Tommy Dorsey Radio show. Tommy and his famous brother Jimmy had a band together but in 1935 Tommy went solo. The...

ARTIFACT: Great, vintage 1960’s – 1970’s Playboy Club shot glass with classic Femlin. Femlin are illustrations created by LeRoy Neiman for the Party Jokes page of Playboy magazine. Fremlin were often portrayed in black and white, dressed...

ARTIFACT: This is wonderful Sepia Tone 8x10 Photo taken of the all African American Pullman Orchestra in the 1920's. The photo depicts them in their decked-out Pullman Car during their Coast to Coast Tour. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's. SIZE: Approximately 8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1900 M. Hohner Echophone harmonica amplifying horn in etched and painted brass. It is in great condition and good for either decoration or use. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's SIZE: Appr: 2" in diameter x 4-1/2" CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a promotional poster for the movie "Pearl Harbor", a Touchstone Pictures film that came out in theatres in 200The poster shows a few scenes from the movie portraying the assault on people taken unawares by Japanese fighter...

ARTIFACT: This is an Australian-made "USS Sawfish" shoulder arc prop for the 1959 movie "On the Beach", starring Gregory Peck as the sub's captain. The movie takes place in 1964 in Australia, one of the only habitable areas left on...

ARTIFACT: This is a patch from the 1945 movie "A Bell for Adano". The movie was based upon the novel by John Hersey, who won the Pulitzer prize in 1945 for his novel. VINTAGE: Circa 1945. SIZE: 3-7/8" height and 3-3/4" width...