Showing posts with label novelties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novelties. Show all posts

27 November 2010

Zern's Flea Market Arcade: 25 Cent Rides, Flipper Buttons, Bonus Points, Cleopatra, Jumping Jack, Skee Ball & An Electric Chair

























Since coming under new management, the once rather sad and dormant arcade at Zern's Flea Market has had a bit of a rebirth.  While I'm pleased to see the installation of some beautiful vintage pinball machines and the novelty of old style 25 cent rides, I'm a bit confused by the electric chair replica.

28 October 2009

His & Hers

A 1950s adult novelty item I picked up years ago: Clothespin for him. Cork for her.

30 August 2009

Our Most Popular Novelties

A 1950s Johnson & Smith Novelty & Toy catalog... picked up at one of my favorite used bookstores in New Jersey. Pages and pages of the best, most far-out, unrealistic junk from comic book advertisements of that era in one book.