G Men Fbi Toys And Collectibles

Author : Harry Whitworth
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ISBN 13 : 9781574320183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book G-Men & F.B.I. Toys and Collectibles written by Harry Whitworth and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1930s, there was daily publicity of notorious gangsters being captured by F.B.I. agents. George 'Machine Gun' Kelly allegedly labeled the celebrated agents who captured him as 'G-Men' for 'Government Men' and this acronym for F.B.I. agents has stuck. A phenomenal G-Man craze erupted in the United States. Every kid in the country wanted to be a G-Man and the toy industry responded by creating a large variety of toys. This much-needed guide contains 600 fantastic color photos of G-Men and F.B.I. antique toys and related collectibles from the mid-1930s to the present. There are guns, badges, fingerprint sets, cars, cereal premiums, whistles, hats, Disney items, motorcycles, knives, books, walkie-talkies, board games, and much more in this nostalgic guide, including some of the rarest items. Current values are given, as are dates when possible. 8.5 X 11. 1998 values.

Author : Ellen Tischbein Schroy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873416993
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warman's Americana & Collectibles written by Ellen Tischbein Schroy and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harry L. Rinker
Publisher : House of Collectibles
ISBN 13 : 9780676601596
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official Rinker Price Guide to Collectibles written by Harry L. Rinker and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of the Harry L. Rinker Official Price Guide to Collectibles has more coverage of collectibles than any other book on the market. Here you'll find furniture, decorative accessories, and giftware along with the traditional character and personality items, ceramic, glass, and toys. Each category includes a brief history, collecting tips, reference books, periodicals, collector clubs, and vital information on reproductions. It's a complete document of the 20th-century American lifestyle.

Author : Collector Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781574325256
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide written by Collector Books and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To celebrate the 25th anniversary edition, this volume is in full color, and includes over 50,000 listings from reliable sources, more than 500 categories of listings, history and pertinent facts, and representative photos. (Antiques & Collectibles)

Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher : Random House Reference
ISBN 13 : 9780609804179
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kovels' Yellow Pages written by Ralph M. Kovel and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need an eye for your teddy bear? Searching for another soup spoon to complete Grandma's silver? Looking for someone to repair your porcelain doll? Wondering if restoring your carousel horse will lower its value? Kovels' Yellow Pages is the ultimate directory for collectors. It helps you find sources for repair, restoration, and parts, and it lists matching services, appraisers, and auction houses--all you need to help you maintain the value of your antiques and add to your enjoyment of collecting. America's antiques experts, Ralph and Terry Kovel, also give you "insider" information on how to navigate the complicated world of buying, selling, and collecting antiques. They have distilled a lifetime's worth of information to give you the last word on Where to start when you've inherited a house full of stuff How to know if you need an appraiser and where to find one When giving away an antique is more profitable than selling it If repairing or restoring an object will lower or enhance its value How to bid in out-of-town auctions Kovels' Yellow Pages gives you firsthand information from more than 3,000 suppliers, clubs, auctions, services, and industry sources nationwide. You'll find names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, plus e-mail and Internet addresses. There's also an extensive bibliography of price books and reference books most helpful to collectors. With this guide, you have at your fingertips the most complete and up-to-date collector's reference available anywhere.

Author : Richard Gid Powers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book G-men, Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture written by Richard Gid Powers and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Calling the Police! Calling the G-Men! Calling all Americans to War on the Underworld" was the sign-on of the first radio pro­gram to portray the agents of the FBI as action heroes. Thus began the remarkable collaboration between the government agency and the merchants of popular culture that was to continue for over forty years. In G-Men Richard Gid Powers explores the cultural forces that permitted the rise and fostered the fall of the nation's secret police as national heroes. He examines popular attitudes toward crime from the standpoint of functionalist (Durkheimian) theory and surveys the FBI's image in popular entertainment from the thirties to the recent "Today's FBI" as a vicarious ritual of national soli­darity to explain the popularity of the action detective formula. Soundly based on extensive research and interviews, the book pro­vides an account of how the FBI and the mass entertainment indus­try were able to transform the bureau and its biggest cases into popular mythology. Hoover and his FBI became national heroes through identifi­cation with the action detective hero of crime entertainment. Hoover's popular culture role made him and his bureau sacrosanct symbols of national pride and unity, but in turn made it very diffi­cult for them to do anything that would not conform to the public's preconceptions about action heroes. Powers shows that the dy­namics of popular culture are integral to an explanation of the collapse of the bureau's reputation following Hoover's death. Had Hoover and the popularizers of the FBI not attempted to turn the popular culture G-Man into an embodiment of traditional Ameri­can virtues, the illegal activities that came to light following Hoover's death would have been excused as inconsequential in the larger context of a hard-boiled "War on the Underworld." G-Men examines a classic case of the manipulation of popular culture for political power. Seldom in American culture has such manipulation been so successful. As Powers states: "At the same time Hoover was casting his shadow over American public life his G-Men were the stars of movies, radio adventures, comics, pulp magazines, television series, even bubble gum cards." But he finds that Hoover--far from controlling his own destiny and the power of the agency he had built--was created, shaped, and then destroyed by the dynamics of popular culture and the public expectations it generated.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2362 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 2362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Author : Sharon Huxford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781574321074
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flea Market Trader written by Sharon Huxford and published by . This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of this popular guide includes over 10,000 alphabetical listings, current values, hundreds of photos, a handy Index, and a directory of advisors.

Author : Sharon Huxford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide written by Sharon Huxford and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with over 50,000 listings, 600+ categories, and hundreds of sharp original photographs.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: