Image of the Day: Prescription Diet Watermark

On my light-table at work, the watermark "Crown Line" shows up very nicely.
This is a companion to my post on 5/23 "Image of the Day: Prescription Diet"

Image of the Day: S. Cooke Imgraham's Books

Welcome to My Desktop, Mac Pro

We'll be phasing out the Mac Pro Towers at work for the newly designed versions over the next several weeks. Of special note, the Apple decals are in matte black! I'll post an updated images of my desktop when we get the dual monitors set-up. 

Image of the Day; Heavier Stationery Paper and Not Cocaine

Earworm of the Day: Chvrches "Tightrope"

I first heard about this song on NPR. Chvrches cover Janelle Monáe's "Tightrope" Live at Billboard Women In Music 2013

Image of the Day; The Request

Outside of the note . . .

and the inside of the note.

Image of the Day: Prescription Diet

Earworm of the Day: The Who's "Love reign o'er me"

Listen to it here.

Image of the Day: Oldest and Newest Business Cards

My oldest business card, most likely circa 1880s that I discovered with other S. Cooke Ingraham ephemera,  and the newest addition picked up by my son in NYC.

"This Looks Like a Job for the Penn State Mark Police!"

Penn State Creamery Gift Card

Burger King

IST Building

IST Building

Giant Food

Giant Food

Images of the Day: Raising of the Chipmunk

Weighing in at weighs 6500 pounds, the Chipmunk logo is  ~35 feet by 25 feet.

Image of the Day: Hook & Ladder

Another version of this can be found here; love the way the ampersand overlaps itself.

Image of the Day: Friends with a Lock

Images of the Day: Snow Pack

On the Penn State University Park campus, remnants of our brutal winter. Photos taken this morning at 6:20 a.m. 

At their peak, the piles were over one-story tall,  and were created from plowing and dumping snow off of the upper levels of the parking deck. They are on the northern side of the deck.

Image of the Day: Never Take a Finish Line for Granted

"Never take a finish line for granted." — Bart Yasso

Mooch

“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.” 

― Richard Adams, Watership Down

Mooch, me, Molly, and Henry

Image of the Day: Plastic Army Guy

Discovered today in the parking lot at work.

Among friends in my office.

Jensen's “Crystal” Pepsin

Letter from J. C Perry & Co., Sole Travelling and Advertising Agents of Carl L. Jensen’s  Preparations, recently found by me stuck between pages in an old book. 

Ads for the Crystal Pepsin can be found here in the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, Volume 6, Issue 8, October 1890 and here in the The National Druggist, Volume 12, Issue 8, April 15, 1888. Many other great ads can be found by scrolling through these two links.

“My Dear Samuel…” May 16, 1994

This found letter discovered between pages an old book, was written Wednesday, May 16th, 1894 near Greenland and was postmarked almost 3 months later in Philadelphia on August 7, 1894. Page 3 of the letter notes the sailing ship the writer was on getting stuck in drift ice, and on June 9th seeing “the green ray as the sun set we have no night now.”

Close-up of the embossed seal on the letter. It looks like a capital dome, but I cannot make out the lettering above it.

Fink Brewing Company

Terri took some great photos for me of this Fink Brewing Company crate used to hold menus in the lobby of Otto's. I love the flowing type which has aged so well over the years.