Newly built, #23 of 50 “Fins & Chrome” featuring the USPS first day of issue stamps and postmarks:

It’s Halloween, and that means you might catch a glimpse of the silent spectre of death lurking about…The Grim Reaper is just one of the terrors awaiting in the shadows.

Why do we celebrate such a ghoulish holiday?
From Wikipedia:
“Halloween has origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in or sau-an), which is dervied from Old Irish and meaning “summer’s end”.”
A similar celebration held by ancient Britons was known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf). The festival of Samhain celebrated the end of the “lighter half” of the year and beginning of the “darker half”. It is sometimes regarded as the Celtic New Year.”
No matter how or even if you celebrate Halloween, it would seem that the world has a fascination with all things scary, be it death, dark, or life itself.
A few death-ly links:
The Death Clock (When am I going to die?)
Find A Grave
Ghost Towns and History of the American West
Haunted Places Directory
Death Online

Happy Halloween from <a href="http://www.historyinvogue.comNW Limited…History in Vogue^TM!

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Autographed by Taylor Kitsch, this display includes X-Men #266, Gambit's debut along with a 30-year X-Men anniversary pin, both dated 1990 $300

To have this or any of our other current builds (inquire about a custom):

call 503-338-6056 or email bill@nwlimited.com

Happy Birthday, Captain America!
Americans love their motorcycles and the film “Easy Rider” is one of the earliest tributes to the sense of self-expression, the authority-bucking freedom bestowed upon those that straddle American “horses of steel…”

We can help you create the ultimate tribute to your American Motorcycle memories.  Call 503-338-6056 or email bill@nwlimited.com for autographed Easy Rider, Evel Knievel, or a custom using your own photographs.
From Morung Express:
“Peter Fonda, who played “Captain America” in the 1969 counterculture film “Easy Rider,” posed atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle based on the one he rode in the film, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Glendale, Calif. Fonda was promoting the recent release of the film on Blu-ray disk, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the film.”
American Motorcycle at NW Limited…History in Vogue^TM

The Admiral Benson, just one of the many vicitims of the Pacific Graveyard.

Re-printed from the Daily Astorian’s Coast Weekend website:
“Cape Disappointment State Park and the Columbia River Maritime Museum will celebrate “Graveyard of the Pacific” Weekend Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, at locations throughout the Columbia-Pacific area. Activities include a sea shanty camp, maritime programs, maritime music, ranger talks and exhibits”
‘Graveyard of the Pacific’
Sea Shanty Camp of the Pacific
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24

An Evening of Maritime Music
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24

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Both at Fort Columbia State Park, U.S. Highway 101, Chinook Wash.

Both free

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” The Archaeology of Shipwrecks”

2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24

Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria

Free for museum members and free with paid admission for nonmembers

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Bill Hanable Author Appearance

1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Cape Disappointment State Park, Robert Gray Drive, Ilwaco, Wash.

Center admission $5 adults, $2.50 ages 7 to 17 and free for ages 6 and younger
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A link to the Coast Weekend article

DC Comics' stamps and postmarks on the mat surrounding this limited edition autographed photo featuring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman is currently for sale...$300

Sunday, October 25th is Wonder Woman Day!
Click to visit The Wonder Woman Museum
Events in Portland, Oregon at Excalibur Comics and Flemington, New Jersey (Comic Fusion) celebrate the popular DC Comics character and raise money to benefit domestic violence shelters. More than $69,000 has been raised so far.
Know a “Wonder Woman”?

Autographed by Johnny Depp, this piece is a custom build featuring scenes from the movie Benny and Joon

This is a custom intended for a client’s girlfriend…we can build just about anything to make you the gift-giving HERO for any event: Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, graduation, you name it!
Each piece is numbered, limited and comes with a personalized letter of ownership as well as all documentation.
Best of all, it’s made in the USA!

Aberdeen, WA – The tall ship Lady Washington will stop in Westport Sunday Oct. 4 before she begins her 11-week “2009 Columbia River Fall Education Tour.” The ship is scheduled to arrive at the Westport Marina at approximately 1 p.m. and open to the public for walk-on tours from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A $3 donation per person is appreciated. On Monday, Oct. 5, Lady Washington departs Westport for Astoria, Ore.
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, which owns and operates Lady Washington, had initially planned for a major restoration project on the ship after completing its annual Puget Sound tour this month. A change in the restoration planning opened up the opportunity for a fall voyage. The warm welcome by Columbia River port communities last spring encouraged the Seaport to schedule a fall voyage up river rather than south down the Oregon coast.

The tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain, which normally accompanies Lady Washington on her voyages, will sail south and offer educational programs to coastal Oregon and California schools. She is currently in Aberdeen. Hawaiian Chieftain is scheduled to visit Westport Oct. 10 before sailing for Oakland, Calif.
Like maritime history and tall ships? Visit our website and check out the newest, most complete gathering of shipwreck and fishing vessel as well as myths, legends and maybe-true tales about the Pacific Graveyard region, “Dead Reckoning of the Pacific Graveyard.”

The fall Columbia River tour is an encore of the ship’s spring 2009 tour and the Lady Washington will visit many of the same ports, emphasizing its mission of hands-on education for young people. Scheduled ports-of-call include: Astoria, Cathlamet, Hood River, Ilwaco, Kalama, Pasco, Rainier, St. Helens, The Dalles, Umatilla, Vancouver, and Washougal.