Police propaganda for children from The Friendly Sheriff coloring book, published by the National Child Safety Council, 1991, Jackson, Michigan.

Police propaganda for children from The Friendly Sheriff coloring book, published by the National Child Safety Council, 1991, Jackson, Michigan.

Police propaganda for children from The Friendly Sheriff coloring book, published by the National Child Safety Council, 1991, Jackson, Michigan.

A thrift store record I did not buy: the back cover of an original cast recording for the musical Carnival.

From Interpreting Children’s Drawings by Joseph H. DiLeo, M.D., Brunner/Mazel Publishers, New York, 1983.

From Interpreting Children’s Drawings by Joseph H. DiLeo, M.D., Brunner/Mazel Publishers, New York, 1983.

A thrift store record I did buy: Sensorimotor Training in the Classroom, produced by Educational Activities, Inc., undated.

A thrift store record I did not buy: the Russian Mark Wahlberg?

The painted exterior of the Osceola Fence business on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

Hand-painted signage for a Reader on the Northwest side of Chicago. The crystal ball is particularly excellent given that this is a single color of paint.

Fetal pig abdominal organs. Scanned from A Guide to Biology Lab by Thomas G. Rust, Southwest Educational Enterprises, San Antonio, TX, 1983.

Human vertebrae, scanned from A Guide to Biology Lab by Thomas G. Rust, Southwest Educational Enterprises, San Antonio, TX, 1983.

A dissected fetal pig, scanned from A Guide to Biology Lab by Thomas G. Rust, Southwest Educational Enterprises, San Antonio, TX, 1983. The typewriter-labeled, black and white photos in this book give the whole thing the feel of a 1980s photocopied hardcore punk ‘zine. 

From the mini Hungarian horror pulp book 101 Rettenetes Történet (101 Terrible Stories) by Szentmihályi Szabó Péter with illustrations by Fujkin István. This book was published in 1989. More here.

From the mini Hungarian horror pulp book 101 Rettenetes Történet (101 Terrible Stories) by Szentmihályi Szabó Péter with illustrations by Fujkin István. This book was published in 1989. More here.