Cardboard America
@cardboardamerica
Live from the Midway in the Twin Cities. Posting since 2008. Collector of way too much but never enough. cardboardamerica@gmail.com
3. Found photos and slides. I would guess I have over 20,000 of these as well. I have never fully scanned my collection. I should do that someday.
2. I probably spent the most time scanning the 32,000+ CB radio QSL cards I own from the 60s-80s. I've been interviewed numerous times about them and had showcases from Seattle, WA to Providence, RI It's amazing how little QSL cards had been documented. I could go forever about the lore....
I have been working since 2023 on scanning and cataloging my matchcover collection. Currently I have 25,000 completed and still have a long way to go. However, since 2008 I have been scanning my collection including: 1. Over 29,000 postcards... (Museum of Science & Industry - Chicago, Illinois)
One of my favorite things in my collection 1995 Trail of Blood limited edition OJ Simpson murder trial Pogs
The Mechanafe used conveyor belts to bring the food around the restaurant. However the customers didn’t have to get up from their seats, as the food would come right by them. postcards from my collection - details from www.idahoarchitectureproject.org/properties/m...)
The Mechanafe 211 N. 8th St. - Boise, Idaho 100% Waiterless Restaurant It's Electrical - It's Fascinating It's Sanitary It's Beautiful It's Mechanical It's Novelty It's Progress It's The Show Place of Idaho Opened in 1929 shortly before the stock market collapse and lasted throughout the 1930s.
The matchcover was a little before this Minneapolis Star ad from December 18, 1958 (with 6 listed locations)
620 Club 620 Hennepin Ave. "Where Turkey is King" This place begat the infamous Moby Dick's.... www.minnpost.com/books/2019/1...
I have mentioned a few times in the past what I have been working on for a few years - scanning and cataloging my rather large collection of matchcovers. Let's share some of the hundreds I have from the Twin Cities... Al Nye's Polonaise Room (1949-2016)
They would often use kittens and puppies as a manipulation tool...
Some of these cards are passive-aggressive and some are just aggressive-aggressive
One of the random subsections of my collection is Sunday School guilt trip postcards from 1910ish to the 1970s. These were postcards sent out to kids (and their parents) who missed Sunday School at their local church.
Back in 2016 I purchased nearly 2000 photos taken by a window painting company called Wonder Window. The photos were from the Los Angeles area and were taken mainly between 1988-1992. I posted some a month ago. Feels like time to share some more.
I started collecting in 2010 and was amazed about how little documentation and research had ever been published about these gems. I have learned via my own deep dives, scanning and asking around and have been able to piece together a story about their importance to the CB and QSL traders.
The practice originating from old Ham radio practices but became popular during the CB radio craze of the 1970s. Originally they started as the souvenir, but as CB radio became popular QSL art and artists grew and QSL cards became more like trading cards than CB souvenirs.
These cards were generally the size of a postcard and would feature: - your name and your handle (CB name) - your license number - your address - and artwork either designed by you, a printing company or a QSL artist
One of these days I'm going to get back to scanning my collection of CB radio QSL cards. If you and I connected on CB radio we would get each other's address and send a QSL card as a souvenir of our interaction.