Hello Woodsy,
Weeks ago we drove to Mystic Connecticut for the Seaport Museum as it was the last day of a loaner exhibit from The Tate Gallery in London of Turner Watercolours.
The reason they were at Mystic is some of the paintings were of whaling and Mystic has the last of the 19th century whaling ships, The Charles W. Morgan.
The reason they were at Mystic is some of the paintings were of whaling and Mystic has the last of the 19th century whaling ships, The Charles W. Morgan.
We saw the exhibit and had time to walk around the open air museum and the Morgan. It was very reminiscent of the Gregory Peck starring movie, Moby Dick.
In going through one of the boxes in our garage I found this Letraset item. The cover says DOZENS OF ACTION TRANSFERS INSIDE which is technically true, there are two dozen (24) transfers.
My scanner isn't large enough to capture the 18" background in one scan, but here it is.
Two photos of the Charles W. Morgan and Letraset.
Regards,
Terranova47
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Mystic is in my neck of the woods, and I recall going there with my father in the 1970s. I think it has grown quite a bit since then! Lovely artifacts shown here, very nostalgic, thank you!
ReplyDeleteHello Zig, If you go to TERRANOVA47. tumbler.com my current photos are from the Mystic visit.
DeleteI've been to Mystic and I've been to that museum Terran! Now that is a small world! I visited on my way to Cape Cod with friends in 2005. I remember we drinking something called a Shirley Temple in a bar where we had lunch. I always wondered if Mystic was the same as the place in the film Mystic River?
DeleteThat was a very un-nautical non alcoholic drink Woodsy. Very difficult to 'splice the mainbrace' with one of those under your belt.
DeleteI recall it being pink and spilling half of it over my shirt! We also went to a seafood place called Red Lobster but I can't remember where!
DeleteI take it this is a single fold-out sheet ? If so, I never had any of these although the range of titles listed is very impressive. I did have some of the small books that also came with Letraset rub-down transfers, I think I had three of these, although there were many others. There was a similar large picture in the centre pages, to which various rub-downs could be applied. About the early 1970s ?
ReplyDeleteWhat were your letraset books on Paul?
DeleteA ‘shirley temple’? You big girls blouse! You should have had a mug full of grog!
ReplyDeleteAction Transfers are a favourite of mine, check out the go to resource for transfers here:
http://www.action-transfers.com/
My Letraset books were on dinosaurs, animals or perhaps just African animals ? and the last one was one transport from carts to motor cars. I can not recall the exact titles after all these years, but I did enjoy them. A pity I did not have more. Perhaps now everyone will send in photos of their favourite Letraset books.
ReplyDeleteCool stuff Paul. I remember the satisfaction of rubbing down those transfers with a pencil. I still do it with letraset letters on my junkpile models. I think there's a whole sub-culture that still exists for Action Transfers. People loved 'em. Wotan has put the link for their website above. Piccies of transfers and letraset books always welcome on Moonbase. Even brass rubbings!
DeleteI have just had a look at the site on transfers, thank you Wotan. I must apologise, the books I had were not by Letraset after all, they were by Patterson Blick, part of the Instant Picture Book series. Mine were Carriages to Cars (I think this was the first one I had), and Monsters to Caveman; the one I had on animals was not shown, but there seemed to be several gaps in the book numbers, so it was likely one of these 'missing' titles. I too remember rubbing the pictures down with a pencil. That was a great site, I had no idea there were so many of these books, or that the range of subjects covered was so vast. I can not recall having seen any of these little books in years, but then I have not been looking for them. I will be looking from now on. Oh dear, something else to collect.
ReplyDeleteIs there a Patterson Blick site Paul?
DeleteI have no idea if there is a specific Patterson Blick site, but the action transfer site referred to by Wotan covers them, and many other ranges as well. It is not just for Letraset. It is a really great site, well worth a few hours exploring.
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