Scrap

I found this scrapbook at a flea market a while back. It chronicles the survivors of a ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese off Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nineteen sailors including the captain – many from San Francisco – survived at sea in a life boat for a week or so. The scrapbook has some newspaper articles, an letter from a typewriter company (on awesome letterhead), and a telegram (the earliest Twitter?) which simply states “Honolulu Safe”. I am donating it to the San Francisco History Center.

Wood scrapbook cover

Letter from American Writing Machine Co.

Telegram from Globe Wireless

Something that has Nothing to do with Anything

You might enjoy this page I scanned this from a book called O.J. by Bill Gutman (1974). There’s something so ironic about the image plus the original caption, “Relax O.J., you’ve earned it!”. What happened to this powerful, talented man? He had it all – what a disappointment!

And, can you believe it? More football ephemera! I’ve had these little lovelies for years – picked them up in a thriftshop for 5 bucks each a few years ago. I could have purchased more of the, but I was broke at the time so only got the two. I love the simple/hot graphics: