Hubley Cap Gun
If we weren’t looking for pop bottles, we were probably playing Cowboys and Indians. This was my Hubley cap pistol. I must have had it from the time I was 6 until I was 8. I remember my Dad taking...
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Bakelite Fountain Pen
My Dad worked for 20+ years at Willey Sign company in Mt Clemens, Michigan before leaving to go to work with my Mom in her cookbook business. As the head purchasing agent at Willey’s, my Dad would get all kinds...
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Attacking Martian Robot No.2
This was one of the coolest things I started collecting as a kid. It cost me $1 at a garage sale and I was able to hold on to it until a couple years after I got married — the...
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Attacking Martian Robot No.1
This was my first attempt at drawing my silver, 50’s Horikawa Attacking Martian Robot. The problem was that my drawing was too large for my drafting table. When I finished and hung the drawing on my wall, I realized I...
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