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Ava Norring – Hungarian Starlet And Model
Born in Hungary in 1929, Ava Norring moved to the USA following her first marriage in 1948. Despite being dubbed "20th Century Fox’s Hungarian answer to Zsa Zsa Gabor", her only credited film appears...
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Discreet And Tasteful
The next time the bathroom needs a renovation I think I’ll go for a toilet like this. But I’ll get a gold-plated seat. Why not go all the way. That white seat is making it all look a little tacky in...
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This Week’s Softdrink – Chero Cola
The year was 1905 in Columbus, Georgia. The Hatcher Grocery Co, a family wholesale grocery business, purchased bottled drinks from a local bottler and resold them to its customers. Mr. Hatcher...
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Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 2
Moxie’s Café’s Regular Patrons – Part 1 Desiree Evelyn Aspelund Eilertsen Home Maker Isabelle Jasmine’s Mother Francesca Harriet Aspelund Self-Proclaimed Medium Desiree Evelyn’s Sister Isabelle Jasmine...
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Nice Follow-Up On The Teardrop
Dutch ‘Kip’-caravan, manufactured in Hoogeveen in Netherland. A bit more comfortable than the classic teardrop camper, still light enough for any car to be able to pull it. Image found at...
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Özel Türkbas – Turkish Belly Dancer
Filed under: Art, Entertainment, Models & starlets Tagged: Özel Türkbas, Turkish bellydancers
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The Farmer’s Daughter
A comic strip from Eyeful, December 1950 found at vintagescansFiled under: Comix, Humour, Illustration, The fifties Tagged: Hillbillies, Moonshine
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Hastings & St Leonards
St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) has been part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, since the late 19th century though it retains a sense of separate identity. It lies to the west of...
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Philippe Halsman, Brigitte Bardot, 1955
French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed at her villa at La Madrague by Philippe Halsman, 1955 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) was born in Riga, Latvia, and began to take photographs in Paris in...
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It Is Not A Palace
This magnificent building is the cold water bathing house in Varberg, an old health resort in Sweden. Image found at Kul Tur I NaturFiled under: Photography, Places, Scandinavia Tagged: Cold water...
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Austin History 1906 – 1952
Filed under: Automobiles, British, Illustration, Retro technology, Transportation, Traveling Tagged: Austin, British automobiles
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More On The Kip Caravan
Jan Kip started his coachwork business in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands, in 1934. In 1947 he built his first caravan, which was for his personal use. Public interest in the caravan allowed him to build...
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The Retro DIY Project – A Modern Desk
A modern desk with ample drawer space and an extension leaf to add to the working space. Build this one of walnut and mahogany, but less expensive woods can be used and the desk enamelled to match...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – ConsomméÀ La Royale
The word “consommé” literally means a perfectly refined soup. This recipe is a basic consommé, garnished with ‘royale.’ There are numerous variations of this recipe, each largely differentiated by the...
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Sequin – Featured In “Beyond the Burly Q”
Sequin is now Geri Tamburello, a soon to be 86-year-old grandmother living in the Ortega area. She was featured in a new documentary, "Beyond the Burly Q," a look at the glory days of burlesque by...
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London’s Tramways
There have been two separate generations of trams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000. There were no trams at all in London between 1952 and 2000. HISTORY Horse Trams The first generation of...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 22
1921 GN one of the best-known and most successful of the cyclecars, the GN survived into the early 1920s, some 3000 having been built in England, and perhaps the same number under licence in France. At...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Mickey Champion
Born in Lake Charles, LA, powerhouse blues singer Mickey Champion has worked with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Little Esther Phillips, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, and...
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Ted’s First Smut
Long before I discovered Mayfair and Men Only and before my English was good enough to enjoy the articles (because I read them of course) there was FIB Aktuelt, a Swedish magazine a lot more daring...
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Victorian Inventions – Part 24
From “Victorian Inventions” by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972 On 20th November 1895 the Call, a San Francisco newspaper, published an article under the title ‘Vessel to...
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