In the I Love Lucy episode Lucy Meets Orson Welles she goes shopping with Ethel for her trip to Florida. In the department store sports department she sees skin-diving gear and decides to try it on.
When Orson Welles appears at the store Ethel calls for Lucy who rushes out from the changing room to meet him wearing a full face rubber dive mask.
In the episode, “Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (S3, 5/10/54), the Ricardos and the Mertzes join Ernie on Milikan’s Chicken-Mash Hour. Lucy plays a wooden and brass washboard.
Manufactured by the National Washboard Co., it is trademarked The Brass King. Lucy is playing the brass parts and we can see
that this side is labelled “Top Notch, Soap Saving Sanitary Front Drain, Do Not Rub Hard, The Board Will Do The Work! It appears that the prop department painted out the trademarked logo on the left, upper side.
In the episode “Home Movies” S3, 3/1/54 Lucy, Ethel and Fred film their own western home movie. Lucy uses a Bell & Howell 200 movie camera. It appears that when Lucy later edits her film, it is a Bell & Howell / B&H 75-175-A Editor film Type AN-1.
Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bell-Howell-B-H-AN-1-Film-Editor-/262273085101
In the episode Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums there is a stove top aluminum coffe percolator on view in the I Love Lucy kitchen.
A closer look at the coffee pot shows the distinctive shaped handle and the slightly curved lid with glass knob. The vintage coffee pots with glass knob are still popular for camping,
A good match for the shape of the handle is seen on Comet Coffee pots like the one below. The Comet 6 cup Coffee Pot Aluminum Percolator with Glass Knob looks very similar to the one on the show.
In the I Love Lucy episode “Ricky Has Labor Pains” (1953) Lucy is reading the January 1953 issue McCall’s Magazine – notice the reference on the cover for the article “Why I Love Lucy” by Desi Arnaz.
See it on eBay.
In the I Love Lucy Episode, Season 6, Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright which aired on October 22, 1956, a wind-up mechanical toy drummer bear plays a role in helping Little Ricky overcome stage fright.
A similar bear seen on eBay is made in Japan in original box, and has a similar outfit and drum.
See it on eBay HERE The bear was also made in brown fur like this one on ebay – the bear on the show may have been the brown version.
In the episode, “Black Wig” from S3 (4/19/54) Lucy tries on a black wig at her hairdressing appointment. In the mirror, we see an advertisement for a nylon hair net, Noble Lady.
In the episode “Home Movies” S3, 3/1/54 Lucy, Ethel and Fred make their own musical western in hopes of showing it to TV executive, Bennett Green.
The movie camera Lucy uses is a Bell & Howell 200 movie camera.
Several small framed decorative prints can be seen on the living room walls of the I Love Lucy set. A set of cavalry sword men appear on the wall next to the fireplace and also on the back wall on either side of the larger Utrillo picture.
These prints framed by Borghese are not identical to those pictured in the screen grab above but they are from the same series of cavalry prints derived from an antique publication of broad sword exercises by Thomas Stephens.
In the episode “Fan Magazine Interview” S3, 2/8/54 reporter Eleanor Harris takes photos with her camera and side flash attachment.
The camera appears to be a Kodak Pony 135 with a special side flash attachment.
Vintage Kodak Pony 135 Camera offered on Etsy (US)
Kodak Pony Accessories on Etsy (US)
Accessories pictured above for the Kodak Pony 135 include a telephoto wide angle lens made by Gruenex with the leather case and a Kodak brand flash attachment with the bar attachment and a user manual.
