Marty Mann Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 From the STRAIGHT SHOOTERS MANUAL. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/618/21032667689_8f4f7c4fb7_z.jpg' alt='21032667689_8f4f7c4fb7_z.jpg'>IMG TOM MIX & TONY mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Here's the Official TOM MIX Ralston Straight Shooters Album complete with radio cast photo's and bio's. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5800/20543369744_0e07b52e03_z.jpg' alt='20543369744_0e07b52e03_z.jpg'>IMG TOM MIX STRAIGHT SHOOTERS ALBUM mm Nice Marty! It must have been so much fun waiting for that stuff to come in the mail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Look what I found today - back room of a comic store. Box hasn't been opened in a long time. Jeeze, those are cool! If I had to pick a favorite it would be the "Red Nails" issue. Just for the cover alone. Great find, hope they were cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 I like the small size almost as much. This one took me a very long time to finally land. Pleased as punch to have it in my D Tracy collection though Nice Bill! The first Big Little Book if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 I've got a TON of Tom Mix stuff. My favorite cowboy. His output of premiums was huge. Sounds like he had a great life cut short by a car accident in a Duesenberg. If I had to go in a car that would be a top choice or Dean's Porsche Spyder. I have very little of my Tom Mix premiums photographed. If there is an interest, maybe I will do a group shot for you. Here are a couple of very cool things, I do have photographed... 1936 Wooden gun. Cylinder spins. With very rare original box. Amazing the work that went into this simple depression era toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 This is the earliest gun from 1933. It opens and the cylinder spins. Stays closed with a bent nail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Another oh so rare piece from 1935. The wooden riding toy. Large and in charge! Picked it up at the Brimfield antique show years ago and shipped it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Here's the Official TOM MIX Ralston Straight Shooters Album complete with radio cast photo's and bio's. something that I had sent away for and would ring the apartment buzzer when he put it in the mailbox...day's when I was in school it would be a happy surprise to come home and find a treasure in an envelope. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Yeah, I sent away for everything I could off cereal boxes and newspapers ads. Many times I was disapointed like X-Ray specs and the Revolutionary war soldiers. But some times the item didn't disapoint. It wasn't the piece, just getting a package with your name on it that you'd waited for what seemed like forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Yeah, I sent away for everything I could off cereal boxes and newspapers ads. Many times I was disapointed like X-Ray specs and the Revolutionary war soldiers. But some times the item didn't disapoint. It wasn't the piece, just getting a package with your name on it that you'd waited for what seemed like forever. In the late sixties and early seventies my brother and I started writing letters to railroad companies asking if they could send us some old timetables. We were inspired by walking into the old freight depot down the street from us and the old train men giving us vintage railroad paperwork going back to the 1800's! My brother still has all of that stuff. I then started writing DC comics to see if they might send anything. I recently found a letter I had sent my parents from boy scout camp asking if a response from DC comics had arrived in the mail yet! There is no obsession like that of a 12 year old! Clearly I was anticipating something important; no doubts dreams of Golden Age booty! What I did receive was a postcard featuring many of the DC character faces and a small note written by a staff assistant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Yeah, I sent away for everything I could off cereal boxes and newspapers ads. Many times I was disapointed like X-Ray specs and the Revolutionary war soldiers. But some times the item didn't disapoint. It wasn't the piece, just getting a package with your name on it that you'd waited for what seemed like forever. In the late sixties and early seventies my brother and I started writing letters to railroad companies asking if they could send us some old timetables. We were inspired by walking into the old freight depot down the street from us and the old train men giving us vintage railroad paperwork going back to the 1800's! My brother still has all of that stuff. I then started writing DC comics to see if they might send anything. I recently found a letter I had sent my parents from boy scout camp asking if a response from DC comics had arrived in the mail yet! There is no obsession like that of a 12 year old! Clearly I was anticipating something important; no doubts dreams of Golden Age booty! What I did receive was a postcard featuring many of the DC character faces and a small note written by a staff assistant! That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 This is the cover letter I received along with a 20 page radio -script from MY TRUE STORY EPISODE #703, "THE RAGGED CLOAK", broadcast on The American Broadcasting Company on Wednesday, December 25, 1946. I remember following along in the -script during the actual broadcast. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/746/21037298479_bbf6d5ee07_z.jpg' alt='21037298479_bbf6d5ee07_z.jpg'>IMG MY TRUE STORY -script mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I like the small size almost as much. This one took me a very long time to finally land. Pleased as punch to have it in my D Tracy collection though Nice Bill! The first Big Little Book if I remember correctly. you are correct sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I like the small size almost as much. This one took me a very long time to finally land. Pleased as punch to have it in my D Tracy collection though Nice one Bill. I had a chance to buy a beat up copy. I let it go but didn't realize it was the first big little book and a nice Tracy collectible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Got another cool subset for you today. I seem to have a lot of this theme. Here are some cool ones for your viewing pleasure. So, pull up a seat and get comfortable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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