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XXth Century Health & Pleasure Resorts Of Europe – Part 10
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 ROADS OF THE FUTURE Travel a hundred miles an hour in comfort. Roads forty feet wide…… Perfect surface……...
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Victorian Inventions – Part 25
From “Victorian Inventions” by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972 Nowadays anyone who wishes to know his weight, have his portrait taken, his future foretold or who wants a...
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Volvo 122S Amazon Convertible 1963 By Jacques Coune
Jacques Coune (Born in 1924) started his car workshop in the mid ’50s at the avenue de la Couronne in Brussels, where he took care of exclusive sport cars like Jaguars, Aston Martins and other...
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A Practical Bike
Cheeky bugger Image found at LostFoundAndEnvied Filed under: People, Photography Tagged: Bicycles, kissing, Tricky
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Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 4
Moxie’s Café’s Regular Patrons – Part 3 Erling Eilert Torp Ivertzen Copy Write Aslak Armand’s Father Bertram Normann-Holte Shop Teacher Bertil Bertram’s Father Aslak Armand Torp Ivertzen Student...
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This Week’s Softdrink – Cuba Cola
Until 1953, cola drinks were banned in Sweden because they contained phosphoric acid and caffeine. Interest in the American taste success, however, was high in Sweden and when the ban was lifted Malmö...
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Evolution
It’s obviously going to go downhill again from now on – Ted Image found on Google+Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Evolution
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Alfred Cheney Johnston’s Ziegfeld Girls
Barbara Stanwyck Kaja Eric – Claudia Dell Claudia Dell – Dolores Costello Dorothy Wegman – Hazel Forbes – Helen Lee Worthing Jeanne Eagles – Marion Davis – Ruby Keeler Mary Eaton – Muriel Finley –...
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Joseph Kuhn-Régnier – French Illustrator
Joseph Kuhn-Régnier, born Joseph Louis Wilfrid Kuhn-Regnier (10 December 1873 – 1940), was a French illustrator who worked in Paris. His work is recognizable by his characters inspired by Greek and...
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The Importance Of Correct Spelling
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Hereford
Hereford i/ˈhɛrɨfəd/ is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 24 miles (39...
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Quantas Empire Airways’ Flying Boats
The Qantas story is inextricably linked with the development of civil aviation in Australia. It begins with fragile biplanes carrying one or two passengers in open cockpits and progresses to the new...
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Poster For Job Cigarette Paper – Alphonse Mucha – 1896
This must be one of the most well known works of art from the whole art noveau/jugend periode done by one of the periode’s greatest artists –Ted Image scanned from one of my books on art noveauFiled...
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The Retro DIY Project – Three Model Planes
This single-stick airplane model of simple parts is so designed that it can be converted into twenty different types of flying models. It opens new fields for the model enthusiast to conquer. Through...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Cock-A-Leekie Soup
As the name suggests, this soup was originally made with a cockerel. Nowadays a chicken is more than an adequate substitute. A hearty main-dish soup – absolutely delightful on a cold winter’s day,...
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The Brighton And Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway
The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway was a unique coastline railway in Brighton, England that ran through the shallow waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901. Background...
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Some Comforting Memories Of Summer
A little injection of comfort to all of us who struggle with snow and cold days for the moment. Summer will return as it always does – Ted Images found on Wishbook’s photostream on FlickrFiled under:...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Julie Driscoll
Julie Tippetts (born Julie Driscoll, 8 June 1947, London, England) is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan‘s "This Wheel’s on Fire", and Donovan‘s "Season of the...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 24
1923 Morris Cowley The car which established Morris as a mass-producer was the Morris Cowley, which first appeared in April 1915, equipped with an American built Continental Red Seal engine. But the...
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This Is Why I Stick To Beer
Image found at FlyingCatFiled under: Humour, Illustration Tagged: Wine
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