SS CONSTITUTION 40″ cruise ship wood model see on eBay
The SS Constitution was an ocean liner owned by American Export Lines. She was commissioned in 1951. She sailed on the New York-Genoa-Naples and Gibraltar route to Europe. Constitution was a sister ship to the SS Independence. It was featured in several episodes of the television situation comedy I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, starting with episode 140, “Bon Voyage,” which first aired December 1, 1955. It was then featured in the 1957 film, An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Continue reading The Ricardos Sail on the SS CONSTITUTION→
St. Louis Car Museum are offering this 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible for sale on eBay
Seen above is a vintage 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible listed on eBay by the St Louis Car Museum. Below you can see the Pontiac Star Chief that appeared on “I Love Lucy” for the episodes when the Ricardo’s and the Mertzes travel to California
The Pontiac Star Chief is a great collector car for some lucky vintage enthusiast. Unfortunately I only have room for the scale model version.
In the Season three episode “Ricky Loses His Temper” Lucy tries to provoke Ricky by turning on the radio at 4:00 am when he is trying to sleep and follows up by cracking nuts with a mallet in a wooden bowl to make even more noise.
The wooden bowl pictured below looks just like the one Lucy has and is vintage from the same era. The bowl came with the matching mallet and has a label underneath marked Standard Specialty Company, San Francisco, Products of The California Redwood Forests
I Love Lucy Electric Wall ClockI Love Lucy Trend Banjo Wall Clock
The Wall Clock frequently seen on set next to the kitchen door on “I Love Lucy” is an electric banjo clock made by the Trend Clock Company in Zeeland, Michigan, Model 606.
The Trend Clock Company founded in 1937 was in business until it was sold in 1968 and afterwards renamed the Sligh Clock Company.
The founders of Trend Clock Company were Garrett Van Temelen and his son Gordon who began making mantel and desk clocks part time, in the basement of their home in Zeeland, MI. and sold their products locally. During the war years when clock parts were scarce they switched to making wood novelties, and eventually bought a factory building and picked up the clock business again successfully in the post war years. They produced a popular line of planter clocks and early American styles, and by the 60s were making grandfather clocks until they were bought out by the Sligh Company.
Hemingway’s 4th wife Mary wrote that they ate the hamburgers to fortify them for “tramping through the sagebrush after pheasant, partridge or ducks” in Idaho or Wyoming, which they visited every autumn. She typed the recipe out for the Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery while Hemingway was still alive.The version above, with the “Wild West” annotation, was for a later edition. Ingredients included:Continue reading Hemingway’s Hamburger Recipe→
In the Season three episode “Ricky Loses His Temper” Lucy tries to provoke Ricky by turning on the radio at 4:00 am when he is trying to sleep.
Lucy turns on the Radio to annoy Ricky – WESTINGHOUSE Model H-420T5WESTINGHOUSE Model H-420T5 prop on I love LucyWESTINGHOUSE Clock-Radio Model H-420T5
Her bedside clock-radio is a WESTINGHOUSE Model H-420T5 which cost around $30 US in the early 1950’s. If you can find a vintage one for sale in good working condition you can expect to pay more than that now. Occasionally they turn up on eBay and Etsy and other online sites.
There is one just like it on Etsy but not reported to be in working condition Click HERE to view
Country: United States of America (USA)
Manufacturer / Brand: Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. – see also Canadian W.
Alternative name: Westinghouse El. Int.
Year: 1954 ?
Type: Broadcast Receiver – or past WW2 Tuner
Valves / Tubes 5: 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4
Principle: Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
Tuned circuits: 6 AM circuit(s)
Wave bands: Broadcast only (MW).
Power type and voltage: Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt
Loudspeaker: Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
Model: H-420T5 Ch= V-2157-13 – Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. –
Material: Modern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
Shape: Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).
Price in first year of sale: 30.00 $
Story & Clark Spinet piano circa 1950 seen on eBay.com – photo by ebay ID 909jordan
The spinet piano was made smaller than the traditional upright piano using a different mechanism to produce the sound due to the smaller size, resulting in some loss of sound quality and dynamics. Continue reading Lucy & Ricky’s Upright Piano→
It was featured in several episodes of the television situation comedy I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, starting with episode 140, “Bon Voyage,” which first aired December 1, 1955. It was then featured in the 1957 film, An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
