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I don't really own many vintage trading cards, but I did recently pick up a set of 'Dogs By Zito' cards from the '40s on eBay, since me and my wife are dachshund owners and aficianados. Looks like this Zito chap, who was apparently a society caricaturist of the time, drew some whimsical, extremely fetching dog-related cartoons as well. Here's the first couple:
Bizarrely enough, the only page devoted to Zito that I can find appears to have pictures of the very same two cards I scanned, albeit in black and white bound form. Well, I have a set of 44 (out of 45) of the Zito cards, and just randomly happened to pick those, so I'll do so more that haven't appeared online sometime soon - they're all pretty funny, though some are mystifying to today's reader.
OK, just got round to scanning a bunch more stuff, finally, so you'll see quite a few more updates here in the near future. First up is a very silly, relatively recent (2003!) arcade/redemption flyer for a bowling game starring PBA Hall Of Fame-r Parker Bohn III.
The art is pretty horrid, but it's worth checking out just for Parker's excruciating 'yay!' expression on the front of the flyer, and his scarily vein-y arm. If you're throwing massive bowling balls all day, you must get seriously strong muscles, mind you. But it's kinda fun to see a world where a geeky looking moustachio-ed guy is 'the king'. Dig it!
