Here is some heaver reading from the Ricardo’s library. Source Records Of The Great War by Charles F. Horne / Walter F. Austin, published in seven volumes – a decorative bound set that shows up on the I Love Lucy bedroom shelf in the screen capture above.
A comprehensive and readable source record of the world’s great war, emphasizing the more important events, and the chief officials and most eminent leaders.
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Lucy’s Rooster figurine is seen in various places from the livingroom, to the kitchen and in Ethel’s livingroom after she gets the Ricardo’s old furniture.
The Rooster uses a similar mold to the rooster of a Kay Finch rooster and hen pair of chickens called BUTCH n BIDDY. The Rooster & Hen figurines were a popular California pottery set hand painted in various patterns. However the pair I have seen that most closely matches the paint pattern of the rooster on the show does not have the “Kay Finch” signature on the base, it signed M. K.
The rooster figurine above is one that resembles the painted pattern seen in the screen shots from the show. This pair is black and white has the initials M.K. on the base. The Hen measures about 5″ by 5″ and the Rooster is about 9″ tall by 4″ wide.
I have seen a similar mold in use under other marks as well. The distinctive rooster tail design makes it easy to identify. The coloring and angle of the rooster tail matches the characteristics of the Japanese Mottled Bantam. (This may or may not be a clue that it was made in Japan)
This pair was found on Etsy View details here.
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Not an exact match but vintage and similar in style jackets can be found in the vintage clothing section on eBay See this one on eBay
If you are looking for a vintage Pendleton 49er jacket check the label to tell you whether it is a man’s size or woman’s, the womenswear label is always white, and the menswear label is blue. Later era Pendleton labels have the Woolmark symbol, which was not added until the mid 1960s
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This is a Famille Rose Porcelain Statue of a scholar holding a book, made in China for export. It is often seen on the I Love Lucy set, usually near the planter at the center of the mantelpiece. It represents a scholar holding book. The pink robe reflects the fashion for using the color pink (or “rose” in french) for export market products and does not suggest this is a female, although collectors may mistakenly assume the character represents a women. Other times it appears on a high shelf above the door to the kitchen, or as pictured above, it is placed on a table. It is one of a pair of Chinese porcelain statues seen on the show. The other is the Chinese Famille Rose statue of a seated man mentioned in my previous post.
This statue is often listed under the name of Quan-Yin, the goddess. The pink statue pictured above shows a statue like the one on I Love Lucy that was sold on eBay recently details here.
It happens that there is a pair of very similar ones on eBay this week CLICK HERE to View.
See pictures from the current listing below: The pale pink one is very similar but the pose is a mirror image of the I love Lucy one. The second one on the listing is also very similar and the pose is correct but the clothing is not patterned.
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Christendom Astray – hardback
Author(s):Robert Roberts
Binding:Hardback
ISBN:9780851890135
Pages:272
Publisher:The Christadelphian
This books is seen in the screen capture on Ricky’s bedroom bookshelf.
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From Abe Books “OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, By Winston and Marian Moore/ DeVorss, Los Angeles, 1939. Terrific vintage political griping from the depression. Dedicate to the Liberals, whom the truth will never hurt. Discusses the Ham and Eggs philosophy, hardtime etc. Bookseller Inventory # 1147″ Journalistic treatment of the “Thirty Dollars Every Thursday” pension scheme which appeared on the California ballot in 1939. According to the dust wrapper blurb, this book contains “amazing revelations about California’s most sensational political movement, ‘Ham & Eggs.'”
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The framed print is of a Grandma Moses original painting entitled “So Long”. It is on of two prints seen near the entrance door of the Ricardo’s living room set.
Thanks to the generous commenter below we have an ID for the second Grandma Moses print which appears to be “The Old Snow Roller” 1948
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known by her nickname of “Grandma Moses,” was a renowned American folk artist who only began painting earnestly at the age of 78. Grandma Moses was a celebrity at the height of her popularity when the I Love Lucy show began in October 15, 1951 so this print would likely have been recognized by many of the I Love Lucy viewers.
To give you an idea how famous she was at the time:
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This romance novel has to be Lucy’s. This book is seen on the book shelf behind Lucy’s twin bed on I Love Lucy.
Storm House by Kathleen Norris. Pub 1943
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Kathleen Thompson Norris, an American author who lived from 1880 – 1966. She was a prolific writer, churning out 87 novels, two omnibuses, four collections of short stories, one play and ten non-fiction works
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This one had to be Ricky’s book, Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers was one of a war adventure series by Robert Sidney Bowen known for his boys’ series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. It is missing its dust cover on the shelf.
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A copy of this book can be seen on the bed headboard bookshelf on the Ricardo’s bedroom set, its easy to spot behind Lucy in the I Love Lucy episode where she has pregnancy cravings and eats pistachio ice cream with hot fudge and sardines – which in reality was substituted mash potatoes and gravy instead of the ice cream and fudge to make it easier for Lucille Ball.
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From Wikipedia:
Try and Stop Me (1944) was a best-selling book written by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf and illustrated by artist Carl Rose. The first of a series of joke books compiled by Cerf, the founder of Random House publishers, Try and Stop Me sold over one million copies in the first two years of publication.
The book is mainly a compilation of anecdotes, urban legends, jokes, ghost stories, what Cerf calls “shaggy dog stories”, and profiles of news makers. Celebrities profiled by Cerf include Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Stein, Robert Emmet Sherwood, Albert Einstein, Herbert Bayard Swope, Dorothy Thompson, Monty Woolley, George Gershwin, and Lucius Beebe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_and_Stop_Me_(book)