A top tune in 1945 played by Harry James and sung by Kitty Kallen, “Waitin’ for the train to come in” is this weeks Tune Tuesday. Enjoy!
Posts tagged 1940s
| Feb 23 |
Tune Tuesdays: Waitin’ for the train to come inPosted by: ryan @ 9:13 am in records & music, vintage finds |
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1940s, records, tune tuesdays, typography
| Feb 09 |
Tune Tuesdays: SkywriterPosted by: ryan @ 1:16 pm in records & music, vintage finds |
Tune Tuesday will now become a bi-weekly feature on our blog starting with this song, Skywriter, played by the Band of the Irish Guards. Continue reading »
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1940s, 1950s, 78rpm, ireland, record, tune tuesdays, typography
| Jan 29 |
Hauling 2000 78rpm records back homePosted by: ryan @ 12:46 am in records & music, vintage finds |
Have you ever come across a moment in life where you’ve asked yourself, “What am I getting myself into?” One of those moments for me was last fall when I hauled back home over 1000lbs of 78rpm records.
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1920s, 1940s, 78rpm, antiques, craigslist, ephemera, records, shopping, tune tuesdays, vancouver
| Jan 23 |
1940’s CCM Rambler: My new summer bikePosted by: ryan @ 8:22 pm in moving things, vintage finds |
A few weeks ago I mentioned a bike in my post about vintage theater seats. Well, here is that bike. After tracing the serial number, I discovered that it is a 1941 CCM Rambler and is similar to the one currently on display in the Canadian Science & Technology Museum in Ottawa. It needs some work, but I’m looking forward to getting it rolling this summer.
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1940s, antiques, bicycle, CCM, restoration, shopping, typography, vancouver
| Jan 19 |
Tune Tuesday: C’est Si BonPosted by: ryan @ 12:08 am in records & music, vintage finds |
From the other side of the Decca record we featured a few weeks ago, C’est Si Bon, is another one of my favorite songs sung by Louis Armstrong.
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1940s, 78rpm, decca, jazz, record, tune tuesdays
| Jan 16 |
Blast from the past – Museum of VancouverPosted by: naomi @ 1:07 pm in reviews, vintage finds |
What is the Museum of Vancouver? The Museum of Vancouver creates Vancouver-focused exhibitions and programs which encourage dynamic conversations about what was, is and can be Vancouver – basically it’s an awesome walk down memory lane with realistic displays of what life was like during different decades over the past 100 years.
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1900, 1900s, 1920s, 1930's, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, chinatown, gastown, museums, vancouver
| Dec 29 |
Tune Tuesday: La Vie En RosePosted by: ryan @ 1:19 am in records & music, vintage finds |
This has to be one of my all time favorite songs sung by Louis Armstrong, “La Vie En rose,” French for, “Life through rose-coloured glasses.”
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1940s, 78rpm, decca, louis armstrong, records, tune tuesdays
| Dec 22 |
Tune Tuesdays: Dancing In The DarkPosted by: ryan @ 10:59 am in records & music, vintage finds |
This week’s Big Band tune comes from 1931 by American composer/film producer Arthur Schwartz. The particular recording I have is played by Artie Shaw and his orchestra which earned him one of his eight gold records during the 1930s and 1940s. Continue reading »
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1930's, 1940s, 78 RPM, big band, rca, records, tune tuesdays
| Nov 25 |
Antique hunting in Langley BCPosted by: ryan @ 11:11 am in featured shops, vintage finds |
A month ago when the sun was still out in Vancouver, we decided to stop by Langley, the birthplace of British Columbia. The township is located near the historic Fort Langley, a fur trading post used during the 1800s by the Hudsons Bay Company.
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1900s, 1920s, 1940s, antiques, ephemera, langley, shopping, thrifting, trains, vancouver
