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Esotouric is honored to be the westernmost distributor of Robert Waldmire's Original 8-Postcard Set of Large Letter Old Route 66 Scenes. (We also have his 60-Postcard set and fold-out Route 66 maps available.)

Each postcard shows the highlights of one state's portion of Route 66: Illionois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, with the state's name written large across the card with illustrations inside each letter. Keep them all for yourself, or treat 8 friends to Waldmire's exquisite annotated drawings--everything you need for a virtual tour of the old mother road. Each postcard is printed on 100% recycled cream cardstock with drawings and hand-written copy on front and back, with a full color inset memorial sheet showing the artist posed in front of his beloved 1972 VW camper van (immortalized as Fillmore in the movie "Cars"). The set comes packages in a plastic sleeve.

We get these direct from the estate of the artist, who for years roamed old Route 66 in his much-loved van, making friends and having adventures that feature in his map and postcard designs.

The postpaid price below is for US addresses. Are you elsewhere? Email us for cost and payment options.

Esotouric is honored to be the westernmost distributor of Robert Waldmire's Original 60-Postcard Set of Old Route 66 Scenes. (We also have his 8-Postcard set and Route 66 fold-out map available.)

Keep them all for yourself, or treat 60 friends to Waldmire's exquisite annotated drawings, which include state overviews, vintage cityscapes, celebrated landmarks, natural wonders, googie motel signs, country stores, classic cars, novelty architecture--everything you need for a virtual tour of the old mother road. Each postcard is printed on 100% recycled cream cardstock with drawings and hand-written copy on front and back, with a full color overview sheet showing the entire route -- Illinois to Santa Monica, CA -- featured in the postcards.  The set comes packages in a plastic sleeve.

We get these direct from the estate of the artist, who for years roamed old Route 66 in his much-loved van, making friends and having adventures that feature in his map and postcard designs.

The postpaid price below is for US addresses. Are you elsewhere? Email us for cost and payment options.

Esotouric proudly offers an exclusive collection of historic Downtown LA photographs, a set of nine vintage 11 x 14" prints printed on glossy poster stock from negatives in the 1970s. Suitable for framing, and a fascinating look at the lost city of the early 20th century.

Included in each set are the following photos: 1) View to Northwest from 6th & Main (circa 1903) 2) Looking Northeast from unidentified vantage (circa 1903) 3)Looking up Main (circa 1903) 4) East Sixth Street (circa 1904) 5) 6th & Main (circa 1904) 6) Fire on Hill Street (10/1/1910) 7) Looking North on Main Street (1903) 8) Corner 6th & Spring (circa 1904) 9) Main Street "time of the 5 cent cigar" (1903) Price below is for postpaid delivery of all nine photos in the United States. If you're elsewhere, please contact us for cost and payment instructions.

Esotouric is honored to be the westernmost distributor of Robert Waldmire's Original Route 66 Fold-Out Map. (We also have his 60-Postcard and 8-Postcard sets available.)

This hypnotic, fascinating and educational art object will provide hours of delight for the viewer, as they flip through sixteen densely-packed, double-sided pages that show a bird's eye view of historic and contemporary Mother Road landmarks from Chicago to L.A.

Each multi-page map is printed on heavy ivory paper with a white paper fold-out insert, and comes protected in a plastic sleeve. We get these direct from the estate of the artist, who for years roamed old Route 66 in his much-loved van, making friends and having adventures that feature in his map and postcard designs.

The postpaid price below is for US addresses. Are you elsewhere? Email us for cost and payment options.

Protect your thrift store coffee table and keep track of your beer with this stylish coaster featuring Tony Millionaire's Bukbird in honor of Charles Bukowski. Features natural cork bottom with an indestructible tempered hard board top and glossy photo-quality printing. * 3.75" x 3.75" * Scratch resistant surface Postpaid price within the US is $4 each, or four for $12. Email to reserve four coasters, or if you are outside the US, and we'll reply with payment instructions.

 Now available: a limited edition print run (100 copies on heavy stock) 12" x 18" fine art print featuring Tony Millionaire's Charles Bukowski-inspired Bukbird character sitting at his typewriter with a bottle and a cigarette for inspiration. The print commemorates the Bukday celebrations of 2007 and is designed, signed and numbered by plasticmuse. These will ship immediately. Price includes US shipping. Email for total if you are overseas.

Professionally silkscreened shirts in men's and women's sizes. Special prices on all women's shirts, now just $7.50! Price includes shipping within the US. Email us for overseas price.

In 1985, the husband-and-wife team of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire published the first of what the Library of Congress would later call "the decade's most exciting American maps." This was The Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles, a glovebox convenient and critically exhaustive guide to the actual locations mentioned in the Philip Marlowe books and stories, from Pasadena to Bay City (Santa Monica), Lake Arrowhead to Hollywood. The map has been out of print for years, selling for over $100 if you were lucky enough to find one.

Esotouric is thrilled to announce that we've obtained a small number of these rare and wonderful maps that we're making available through this site. The price? Just $50 postpaid. Get yours while you can. Also available on request, unfolded, poster-style Chandler maps sent in a tube. The link below says "buy tickets," but you'll actually be buying a folded map. Price below is for US customers. Overseas or want the poster? Please contact us for payment instructions. (Maps are $50 overseas postpaid; posters are $60 US and $65 overseas.)

Sealed DVD: $23. Before "L.A. Confidential," there was "Shotgun Freeway"-- the groundbreaking 1996 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with its own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archive footage on the L.A., Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of Angelenos who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. A political and social history of Los Angeles, using old stills and news footage, contemporary footage, and commentary. Bert Corona is our guide for East Los Angeles, Buck Henry for Hollywood, David Hockney for the art scene, Elaine Young for Beverly Hills, Buddy Collette and Gene Norman for Central Avenue and music, Margaret Crawford and Joan Didion for the San Fernando Valley, James Ellroy for noir L.A., Frank Wilkenson on land use and L.A.'s poor, and, throughout, the observations of Mike Davis, L.A.'s pre-eminent social historian. "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed. The critics say: "Every newly arrived Angeleno should see this documentary, for it lives up to its billing as 'A history (of Los Angeles) written on celluloid and in between the lines of promotional brochures.' Clips from the promotional movies we slept through in junior high are cleverly intercut with interviews from notables like Buck Henry, Joan Didion, James Ellroy, David Hockney and 'City of Quartz' writer Mike Davis. Directors Neville and Pallenberg keep things entertaining by employing a loose structure that resembles the configuration of L.A. itself: You don't know where you're going, but you think you know how to get there. Somehow it all fits." - Paul Kolsby, L.A. Reader, Oct. 26, 1995 "A breezy, informative look at Los Angeles history and culture, with interviews of famous Angelenos who both love the city and decry its many changes over the decades, Neville and Pallenberg's documentary is divided into such subjects as Crime, the Beach, Hollywood and the Valley... the film's angle and talkative, analytical interviewees stitch together a thought-provoking portrait of a teeming metropolis unlike any other... Wonderful archival footage and promotional films are included to support the wide-ranging locations captured. One is left wanting much more, which is undoubtedly the filmmakers' intention." - David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 30, 1995 "Found footage of The City That Was - complete with orange groves - and contemporary soundbites (featuring sages such as Joan Didion and James Ellroy) give a very precise, entertaining history of Los Angeles. Filmmakers Neville and Pallenberg do an elegant job of resurrecting (if only in the imagination) the place that has been lost." - F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly, Oct. 26, 1995 Directed by Morgan Neville & Harry Pallenberg BONUS MATERIALS include Director's Commentary, The Lost Tim Leary Interview, and three rare promotional films: Hollywood 1931, LA Police Tour, The Free Way. Running time: 90 minutes Format: DVD The link below says "buy tickets," but you'll actually be buying a DVD. Price below is for US customers. Overseas? Please contact us for cost.