BUCKHORN MASSAGE

SLIGER’S BUCKHORN BATHS

On U.S. Highways 60 - 70 - 80 - 89
Mesa, Arizona

Graduate masseurs, masseuses, nurses and physio-therapists serve the patrons of this World Famous Spa. The natural hot water baths and massages are highly recommended for the treatment of arthritis and kindred ailments. Owner-Operators: Ted and Alice Sliger.

I’M A LUMBERJACK AND I’M CAFE…

THE LUMBERJACK CAFE

Welcomes you to FLAGSTAFF
7000 feet above the sea—7000 sights to see

Delicious Pancakes, Waffles and Breakfast
“Heavenly Fried Chicken”

Famous $1.66 Dinners 

LOOK FOR THE BIG 20 FOOT LUMBERJACK

COZY NOOK

Only slender people allowed.

“Cozy Nooks,” the famous built-in breakfast nooks, featuring lifetime Naugahyde upholstery with genuine matching Formica table tops - any size, shape or style.

ARIZONA FIXTURE MANUFACTURING CORP.
Phoenix, Arizona 

GOLDWATER ACCEPTS

47 years ago today, Barry Goldwater accepted the Republican presidential nomination. In his acceptance speech he said, ”I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

Goldwater won 6 states—Arizona (his home state), Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina—for a total of 52 electoral votes.

AMERICAN HERITAGE WAX MUSEUM
Scottsdale, Arizona

Detailed close-up of the Josephine Tussaud wax figure of Barry M. Goldwater, 1964 Republican presidential candidate.

2 POUND “T” BONE
Happy New York City Restaurant Week

Here’s your 2 pound “T” Bone. What? Broccoli? Nope. Don’t serve no vegetables here. What? Oh yeah, the fingernails. I been shovelin’ cow shit all mornin’. 

Verso:
”PINNACLE PEAK PATIO
Cooked the way you “want em”.
Full 2 lb. “T” Bone steak, deliciously cooked over open mesquite wood fire. Served with salad, cowboy beans, bread and butter. Cocktails, cold beer and wines for completely dining pleasure. 21 miles northeast of Scottsdale, Arizona.”

Don’t forget to bring your STEAK CHART!

TEN BADDEST BAD POSTCARDS of 2010—#9
Your BAD POSTCARDS Blogger Reblogs Ten of his Favorite Postcards of the Year

DINOSAUR SURPRISE!

The woman leaving the Curio Shop is in for a very rude awakening. That flimsy fence will not constrain the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. 

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FABULOUS LEGEND CITY

Want something really scary? Try THIS Legend City attraction. 

Verso:
“LEGEND CITY
FABULOUS FAMILY FUN PARK
Phoenix-Tempe, Arizona
The Blakely Sports Car Ride in the modern section is one of the park’s most popular and elaborate rides.”

PRESIDENT JOHNSON DEFEATS GOLDWATER
November 3, 1964 

This wax representation looks more like the Lyndon & Barry Variety Hour.

Verso:
”AMERICAN HERITAGE WAX MUSEUM
Scottsdale, Arizona
ELECTION EVE—1964—President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Barry Goldwater, created thru the wax magic of Josephine Tussaud of London.” 

DINOSAUR SURPRISE!

The woman leaving the Curio Shop is in for a very rude awakening. That flimsy fence will not constrain the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Verso:
“GRAND CANYON CAVERNS on Route 66, twenty-two miles west of Seligman, Arizona, reveals new wonders almost daily as exploration continues. The Caverns were officially opened May 12, 1962, and are Arizona’s newest educational tourist attraction. The reception building contains an excellent restaurant and curio shop.” 

TEXAS CANYON, ARIZONA

“Eagle Rock & Cradle Rock”

The Cradle Will Rock.

I would submit this to the Tumblr Accidental Penis, but nothing has been posted there in over three months. Hope everything is OK, AP.

HAPPY 102nd BIRTHDAY, LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Another unflattering wax representation.

Verso:
“American Heritage Wax Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona
Detailed close-up of the Josephine Tussaud wax figure of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States.”

INDIAN REVENGE

Imagine you’re 4 years old and you visit the American Heritage Wax Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona with your family. You arrive at this bloody diorama of an Indian skinning another man’s head.

Later, your mom and dad take you to a Western themed tourist trap. There, you see some Indians in full headdress, holding axes, dancing and jumping around like zoo animals for the white tourists. (I have postcards galore of this.) Your mind keeps replaying the violent scene at the museum and you’re wondering if you’re the next victim.

Now you’re an adult living in Arizona with a deep-seated fear of Native Americans and that might have influenced your support of the new Immigration Law. The irony is that, to the Indians, we were the immigrants! In fact, on some level, we are ALL immigrants.

Verso: “A moment of horror and sudden death overtake a settler as an Indian avenges himself against the White Man’s invasion of his land; this chilling scene from the Hall of Battle at the American Heritage Wax Museum.”

There’s a fun article on the American roadside wax museum here.

LEGEND CITY, Fabulous Family Fun Park
Phoenix-Tempe, Arizona

Verso: “The world’s largest carnivorous spider leaps to the attack as passengers on the Superstition Mountain mine-ride disturb his lair.”

Who’s making the E-E-AH-H-H sound? The spider or these dark ride passengers?