I got a care package from Ruth, my sister, yesterday. Ruth has been closing down my parent`s home in Florida now that my mom is living with my sister and her husband.

I got the ower`s manual for a 1921 Maxwell, a bunch of turquoise jewelry that my father took in trade and lots of other what-nots that piled up over the years.

I also got this newspaper printers plate for the New 1927 Chrysler 52. My father found this printing plate in the hay barn that had once been the new car dealership that sold his 1921 Maxwell.



I ran a hand ress when I was a teen and printed up a couple of these. Copy Writers are Copy Writers no mater when they write.




This stuff may not have a lot to do with animation but I think it may explain my obsession with history. My father (seen here driving his Maxwell for somebody`s wedding) spend his life restoring antique automobiles. I think my habits of research may have started watching him hunt down facts and parts for his old cars. $725 in 1927, what is that in 2008 money?