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XXth Century Health & Pleasure Resorts Of Europe – Part 6
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 “MENUS” AND “CARTES DES METS” The policy of catering for the tourist has in recent years occasionally...
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15th Century Flemish-Style Portraits Recreated In An Airplane Lavatory
While on a long-haul flight, when most people would sleep, read a book or chew on complimentary snacks, Nina Katchadourian spends her time locked in the airplane’s lavatory taking selfies in the style...
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Victorian Inventions – Part 20
From “Victorian Inventions” by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972 While plans have now been divulged to connect the island of Manhattan in New York with Brooklyn by means of...
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L’Écran Francais Covers
Covers found at AgenceEureka – One of the best image collections on the netFiled under: Ephemera, Ephemera Links, Photography, Portraits Tagged: French magazines, L’Écran Francais
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This Week’s Softdrink – Malta
Malta (also called young beer, children’s beer, or wheat soda) is a type of soft drink. It is a carbonated malt beverage, meaning it is brewed from barley, hops, and water much like beer; corn and...
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Monica Guerritore – Italian Actress
Monica Guerritore (Rome, Italy, January 5, 1957) is an Italian actress of cinema, theatre and television. Biography After her debut at just sixteen years of age under the direction of Giorgio Strehler...
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1958 Nobel 200
To replace the discontinued Heinkel in 1958, UK distributors Noble Motors asked an associated company, York Noble Industries, to find a suitable car. This took the form of the German Fuldamobil S-7,...
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Louis J. Marchetti – Free-lance Illustrator
Louis J. Marchetti (Lou Marchetti) (1920–1992) was a free-lance illustrator and fine artists. He was born in Fondi, Italy and immigrated to the United States at an early age. He attended Bryant High...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Galloway
Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, pronounced [əŋ ɡaul̪ˠɣəl̪ˠəv] or Gallobha, Lowland Scots: Gallawa) is an area in south-western Scotland. It is generally agreed that the name ‘Galloway’...
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The "Spruce Girls" 1929
"Spruce Girls" on beach wearing spruce wood veneer bathing suits during "Wood Week" to promote products of the Gray Harbor lumber industry, Hoquiam, Washington, ca. 1929 Bathing suits in veneer should...
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Oh, Wicked Wanda
Oh, Wicked Wanda! was a British full-colour, satirical adult comic strip, written by Frederic Mullally, and drawn by Ron Embleton. The strip regularly appeared in Penthouse magazine from 1973 to 1980....
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Two Curling Teams
French curling team, 1924, Chamonix Norwegian curling team, 2014, Sochi A lot has happened in 80 years – TedFiled under: People, Photography Tagged: Chamonix, Curling, Sochi, Sports, Winter Olympic...
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The Retro DIY Project – Ladder Chair
For hanging shades, curtains and pictures. or reaching high shelves and cabinets, this sturdy four-step ladder is just the thing. It has the added advantage of folding up to form a neat appearing...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Date Muffins
A recipe found on The Daily Bungalow’s Flickr sets You’ll find the recipe HEREFiled under: Food & drinks, Recipes, Vintage Tagged: Banana Spice Cookies, Cookies
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Retro Beach Search On Flickr
The weather forecast widget on my laptop desktop tells me it is –5 C. outdoors and snowing like there’s no tomorrow so I felt like a late night retro beach search – TedFiled under: Holidays, People,...
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The Low Drag GT
This Low Drag GT is actually a tribute to the utterly wonderful Low Drag Coupe that Jaguar built in 1962. Jaguar made only one car with this perfectly proportioned lightweight body. A second car...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 20
1917 Cadillac If De Dion pioneered the production V8, it was Cadillac who made it a triumphant reality, with their eight-cylinder unit which appeared in September 1914. Avoiding all the design...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Betty Hall Jones
Betty Hall Jones, born Betty Hall Bigby (January 11, 1911 – April 20, 2009), was an American pianist and singer. She was born in Topeka, Kansas. Jones’s father was George Arthur Bigby, a cornetist and...
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On This Day in 1964 – Beatlemania arrives in the US
The four members of the British hit band, the Beatles, have arrived in New York at the start of their first tour of the United States. The young men, with their now infamous mop-head hairstyles,...
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Ice Cave In Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Guided party of mountaineers in one of the ice caves of Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca. 1925 Images found at: University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections on...
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