1933 Shorts
Description: Brothers Bernie and Lawrence Nicholson founded Nicholson Bros. Motorcycles in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1933. If you think opening a motorcycle shop during the great depression in a town with few people and fewer motorcycles would end in certain failure, you would be wrong. The brothers imported bikes and support parts for numerous makes to sell from their shop, but also tried their hand at creating a mail order catalog. Given their central location, they were not only able to ship quickly throughout Canada, but also the U.S., and their business took off. While servicing and repairing bikes in their shop, Bernie's knack for explaining, the way motors worked led to him writing the bible of classic motorcycle repair.
Description: Hennis Freight Lines was founded in 1933 by brothers S.A. and H.L. Hennis of Mt. Airy, North, Carolina. When the Hennis brothers sold their trucking company to Shirley Mitchell in 1946, Mitchell moved the company to Winston-Salem and began his quest to become the largest individual owned trucking company in the world... and he very well could have succeeded. Hennis grew rapidly through acquisition of other lines, but unfortunately, Mitchell’s theory on maintenance was a little short-sighted. He thought it was better to buy new equipment, rather than repair the old. This led to a lack of common parts, with little or no parts inventory, which left Hennis trucks stranded all over the system when they broke down.
Description: A nostalgic vintage-style emblem inspired by classic heritage badges and old-school insignia design. Bold collegiate lettering arches above and below a circular celestial symbol, creating the look of a timeless crest. The starry cosmic center paired with a rope-style border evokes traditional patch artwork and retro emblem aesthetics. With its aged badge layout, classic typography, and subtle celestial theme, this design captures the spirit of vintage insignia and heritage-inspired graphic art.
Description: King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code monster adventure film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. It has been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the fourth greatest horror film of all time and the thirty-third greatest film of all time. The film portrays the story of a huge, gorilla-like creature dubbed Kong who perishes in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman (Wray). King Kong contains stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner.
Description: French Art Deco fashion illustration originally created by the artist Maurice Pepin. It was famously featured as a cover illustration for the Parisian humor and satire magazine Le Sourire in August 1933
"Seaside Elegance in Black and White" by Maurice Pepin (Le Sourire, 1933) Shorts
by Donkey's Salad
$27
Description: After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the bootlegger known as 'Ernie' changed his name to Donn Beach and opened Don the Beachcomber, a small café and bar where he mixed exotic rum drinks for his customers. Inspired by his travels, Donn filled the new place with Polynesian flair, including a bamboo bar with matching barstools, fishing nets draped on the walls, large glass fishing weights in every shade of blue and green imaginable, and the now-ubiquitous cocktail umbrellas adorning his drinks. Thus, Donn Beach became the founding father of the Polynesian “tiki” bar.
Description: Philadelphia shirt Eagles pride — "No One Likes Us We Don't Care". football design for Philadelphia fans and Eagles faithful — philadelphia, philly, football, bleed green, birds, gang green. Perfect Philadelphia game day tee Eagles gift for game days, tailgates, season openers and playoff runs. Soft, high-quality Eagles supporters fabric — Philadelphia spirit built to last wash after wash. Since 1933.
Description: Philadelphia shirt Eagles pride — "No One Likes Us We Don't Care". football design for Philadelphia fans and Eagles faithful — philadelphia, philly, football, bleed green, birds, gang green. Perfect Philadelphia game day tee Eagles gift for game days, tailgates, season openers and playoff runs. Soft, high-quality Eagles supporters fabric — Philadelphia spirit built to last wash after wash. Since 1933.
Description: The Offy is a racing engine design that dominated American open wheel racing for more than 50 years and is still popular among vintage sprint and midget car racers today. The keys to the engine's success and popularity was the rare combination of incredible power and reliability, two things racers usually had to choose between.
Description: Pittsburgh shirt Steelers pride — "Black and Gold Til I'm Cold". football design for Pittsburgh fans and Steelers faithful — pittsburgh, pennsylvania, football, steeler nation, terrible towel, steel curtain. Perfect Pittsburgh game day tee Steelers gift for game days, tailgates, season openers and playoff runs. Soft, high-quality Steelers supporters fabric — Pittsburgh spirit built to last wash after wash. Since 1933.
Description: Pittsburgh shirt Steelers pride — "Myron Cope Invented the Towel". football design for Pittsburgh fans and Steelers faithful — pittsburgh, pennsylvania, football, steeler nation, terrible towel, steel curtain. Perfect Pittsburgh game day tee Steelers gift for game days, tailgates, season openers and playoff runs. Soft, high-quality Steelers supporters fabric — Pittsburgh spirit built to last wash after wash. Since 1933.
Description: Philadelphia shirt Eagles pride — "E-A-G-L-E-S". football design for Philadelphia fans and Eagles faithful — philadelphia, philly, football, bleed green, birds, gang green. Perfect Philadelphia game day tee Eagles gift for game days, tailgates, season openers and playoff runs. Soft, high-quality Eagles supporters fabric — Philadelphia spirit built to last wash after wash. Since 1933.
Description: Travel back to the golden age of pulp sci-fi with Retro Space Adventurers – Heroes of the 25th Century (1933), featuring vintage ray-gun heroes, horn-helmet pilots, retro-futuristic cityscapes, and a warm, distressed comic-book color palette. This artwork captures the imagination of early space-age storytelling with bold lines, exaggerated pulp-era gear, and classic adventure energy—perfect for fans of retro futurism, antique sci-fi posters, space-opera aesthetics, and collectible atomic-age artwork.
Description: A technical blueprint diagram of a coffee maker. The main body of the coffee maker is shown with various labels and measurements including '2900', '2600', '36"', '336°', '2400', and '2000'. Text annotations like 'Prelonue Bpage', 'Pepletie', 'Padce Brice', 'Parwen', and 'Tamidt' are visible. The top reads 'BIALETTI MOKA Luigi de Ponti, Patented Sept. 27, 1933'. Additional views of the base and a cross-section are included.
