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Anita Ekberg In The Buff

Anita Ekberg, nude, photo taken by Andre De Dienes in 1955 Image found at LostFoundAndEnvied Related articles Andre de Dienes - (backlotstage7.wordpress.com) André de Dienes...

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MacGyver’s Multitool

I guess a lot of you out there remember MacGyver, that bloody irritating sod who managed to get out of just about any awkward situation with what ever he found laying around. Well, now you can be that...

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SS Great Eastern

SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall on the River Thames, London. She was by far the largest ship...

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The Retro DIY Project – A Sofa Table

A digital recreation of a project published in Popular Mechanics, April 1951 Where room furnishings include facing sofas, a matching pair of narrow sofa tables stand by ready to relieve the dining...

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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Tot’s Party Treat

A recipe from an ad for Jell-O published 1949. You’ll find it HERE Related articles This Week’s Retro Recipe – Ham Steak (retrorambling.wordpress.com) This Week’s Retro Recipe – Soft Spice Cake...

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What A Marvelously Silly Contraption

The post-WWII relaxed haze of happiness gave birth to the most ridiculous inventions. Like this one, we can see what it it does, but can anyone see the use. A vehicle that is half automobile and half...

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Magnificent Mamie – Topper – September 1964

The poor man’s Marilyn Monroe, Manie Van Doren, strut her stuff in Topper,1964 Images found at billmagazines.xxx Related articles A Few Fun Facts About Mamie Van Doren (moviemorlocks.com) Marilyn...

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Paco de Lucía – (December 21, 1947 – February 26, 2014)

Paco de Lucía, one of the world’s greatest guitarists left us yesterday. May he rest in peace. And should there be a heaven, I really hope they like flamenco music up there. Title: Artist: Recording:...

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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 23

1923 Ford Model T Ford’s output passed a million in twelve months for the first time in 1922, the year that this Model T touring car was built; in the following year, the two million mark was reached....

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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African-American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage...

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Al Buell – American Pin-Up Artist

Alfred Leslie Buell (1910–1996) was an American painter of pin-up art. He was born in Hiawatha, Kansas in 1910, and grew up in Cushing, Oklahoma. He attended some classes at the Art Institute of...

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This Is What Happens….

… if you listen to too much accordion music. Image found at I’ve had dreams like that Related articles Identify Which Accordion Panel is Open Bootstrap 3 (stackoverflow.com) Accordions...

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Grand-daddy’s Sauce – Part 23

All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977 The Actor’s Seasons By Arthur Goddard   With a crutch in his hand, and his hat on one side, His...

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The Lure Of The Mad Men – Part 3

text from the ad: How soon is too soon? Not soon enough. Laboratories tests over the last few years have proven that babies who start drinking soda during the early formative period have much higher...

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Erika Kornelia Szeles – Hungarian Resistance Member

Erika Kornelia Szeles, a 15 Year Old Hungarian Resistance member who fought against the Soviets during the 1956 revolution. She was a student at the Dobos C. Jozsef Catering School in Pest, and later...

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If This isn’t….

… traveling in style and comfort I don’t know what is – Ted Decoliner and accessories: The wild custom Blastolene build called “The Decoliner” is basically what Flash Gorden’s Airstream motor home...

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This Week’s Girliemag Article – From The Skin Out

Paris has long been the world’s number one style centre, dictating female fashion in all civilized parts of the globe. There is a very good reason for this – the mademoiselles de Paris are a sexy, high...

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The Sunday Comic – An Appalling Claim

Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Hypocondriacs, Melancholies, Moxie's

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Tinsel Town Kissing Instructions, 1942

Hollywood should definitely go for bottom left. I particularly like the way he holds his arms. I can’t decide whether he looks like his rocking a baby to sleep, is about to give her the kiss of life...

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The Bathing Machines

The bathing machine was a device, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, to allow people to change out of their usual clothes, possibly change into swimwear and then wade in the ocean at beaches....

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