Description: How do you reply when someone says you can't celebrate your love of Jesus and America at once? You tell them to shut their commie mouth! This thrifted design comes from the early '70s and is truly an AMAZING piece of work that combines 'Jesus Saves' with a star-spangled 'USA' that is the kind of representation of God and Country that would make Reagan proud.
Description: The Flying Merkel is without question among the most notable early American motorcycles ever made. From his original shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1902, Joseph proved to be an innovator, developing industry firsts that still influence motorcycles made today. Always considered a premium quality motorcycle, Merkel Company wasn't focused on mass market bikes, rather enthusiasts and racers looking for the best of the best. Ohio's Miami Cycle Manufacturing purchased the company in an attempt to give them a top tier motorcycle. The 1911 Flying Merkel V-Twin would be that motorcycle, as it built on Merkel's innovative engineering to reach levels of performance previously unheard of both on the road and on the popular wood tracks of the time.
Description: Jafco Co. was a multimillion-dollar chain of American catalog showrooms founded by Sidney Z. Jaffe in 1957. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company sold a wide variety of items from stereo and photographic equipment to toys and furniture in locations throughout the Puget Sound area. Though retail locations stocked many common items, Jafco sent catalogs to all of their customers, allowing for pickup at their local store and by delivery through mail-order. While it may seem strange today, catalog shopping was pretty normal in the past, though as a kid visiting these places, I can attest that the stores were very strange.
Description: A long time establishment in NYC's Bushwick neighborhood, Northern Lights Records is as renowned for their extensive selection of used vinyl. Buying and selling records 7 days a week from their somewhat hard to find Lawton St. location, Northern Lights was a true 'it spot' for collectors of rare albums and deep cuts since the early '90s.
Description: 'Professional Driver On A Closed Course. Do Not Attempt.' is the disclaimer heard in countless car commercials since the early '80s in an attempt to thwart frivolous lawsuits by the motoring public who might claim to be emulating the driving sequences seen in their ads. Odds are, many drivers could use a similar disclaimer after pulling off wicked drive tricks to prevent their friends from attempting to try pulling them off on their own, so consider yourself covered 😏
Description: Quicksilver Messenger Service was an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the pop charts. They were part of the new wave of album-oriented bands, achieving renown and popularity despite a lack of success with their singles. Though not as commercially successful as their contemporaries, Quicksilver was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences and a strong folk background, the band attempted to create an individual, innovative sound.
Description: Established on April 4, 1944, in Washington D.C, 20th AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. Operating initially from bases in India and staging through bases in China, the 20th AF conducted strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. It relocated to the Mariana Islands in late 1944, and continued the strategic bombardment campaign against Japan until the Japanese capitulation in August 1945. The 20 AF 509th Composite Group conducted the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and remains as the only air force organization to have used a nuclear weapon in combat.
Description: Hall's Motor Transit was founded in 1922 by John H. Hall as a one-truck carrier that plied a 60-mile route between Harrisburg and Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Hobbled by losses from the Depression, it emerged from Chapter 11 in 1938, growing into a national powerhouse with 5,000 employees and annual sales of more than $250 million by 1981.It emerged from its first bankruptcy when an investment group led by John N. Hall (no relation) purchased the firm. Through a series of acquisitions, Mr. Hall built the small intrastate carrier into one of the 30 biggest trucking companies in the nation. After running the carrier for 42 years, Mr. Hall sold it to Tiger for $45 million before deregulation in 1980 and by the mid-'80s, they were out of business.
