Clik here to view.
The 1922 Avro Mobile
1922 A machine was built called the Avro Mobile. It had low seating and, to begin with, was fully enclosed. It was fitted with a 349cc Barr and Stroud engine, three-speed Albion gearbox and all-chain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Classic Tempty & Tasty
A little Pepsi nostalgia from a time when at least little Ted got soda only on Saturday. Man, the fifties were rough – TedFiled under: Advertising, Posters, Retro Tagged: Classic ads, Pepsi Cola
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sunday Comic – An Unadjusted Self-Image
Related articles Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 7 (retrorambling.wordpress.com) Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 6 (retrorambling.wordpress.com) Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week’s Girlymag Articel – The Girl From Fanny Hill
Among the bevy of tall and short; blue and black-eyed; redheaded, blonde and brunette; high-breasted and round-heeled lasses who portray les girls in the movie version of literature’s most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Ladybirds Plays In Bergen, 1968
The girls were Michelle, Sussi, Jeanette and Bonni. July 29th 1968 the top-less all-girl band played in “Stjernesalen” in Bergen, and “Dagbladet”, a major newspaper, ran on July 30th, articles on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lucky Bastard
I have not the faintest idea who these people are or where or when these pictures was taken, but I know I hate this guy. How can a skinny sod with a rapidly receding hairline end up with all those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Czechoslovakia
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 GOVERNMENT – A democratic republic which received recognition in 1918 with a president as head of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Time Line Of The British Steam Railway – 1851 – 1880
1851 J E McConnell introduces his 2-2-2 class on London & North Western Railway (LNWR)known as the ‘Bloomers‘. Stratford Works, Eastern Counties Railway, builds its first engine. 1853 The Great...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What A Ridiculous Contraption
Max Factor demonstrates his “scientific device” the Beauty Micrometer which detects defects in feminine beauty that are imperceptible to the naked eye. How can something imperceptible by the naked eye...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gigliola Cinquetti–Italian Singer & TV Presenter
Gigliola Cinquetti (Italian pronunciation: [dʒiʎˈʎɔla tʃiŋˈkwetti]; born 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, TV presenter. Biography Cinquetti was born in Verona, Veneto. At the age of 16 she won...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 9
A Look At The place Although Moxie’s Café is a place that exists only in my fantasy and not out there in real life, I have had the create a fairly good picture of how it looks there. I know how all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week’s Softdrink – Spezi
Spezi is a soft drink made with cola and orange soda. It is a genericized trademark; its owner of the trademark is Brauhaus Riegele in Augsburg, Germany. When the brand was registered in 1956, Riegele...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 1949 Fiat 500 c (The Topolino)
Fiat introduced the ‘C’ version of the famous 500, or Topolino at the Geneva Motor Show in early 1949. The Fiat 500C Topolino was basically a two-seater with space for luggage behind the seats. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Henri Lebasque – French Post-Impressionist Painter
Henri Lebasque (25 September 1865 – 7 August 1937) was a French post-impressionist painter. He was born at Champigné(Maine-et-Loire). His work is represented in French museums, notably Angers, Geneva...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Round Britain By Railway Posters – Lichfield
Lichfield /ˈlɪtʃfiːld/ is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly 16 mi (26 km) north of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bel Geddes’ Airliner No. 4
Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) was one of the most influential designers of the early 20th Century. Trained as a theatrical designer, he was the first to apply the principals of aerodynamics to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Childhood Memory
I don’t know about round your neck of the woods, but where I live they used to dry the hay this way back when I was a kid and the arrangement is called a “hesje” in Norwegian. Where we had our summer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From A Different Time
Beauty contest held at Idora Park, May 1924. I’m quite sure that if you had showed this picture to a fashion designer to day he would have fainted. No skinny women looking like 12 years old, anaemic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oslo May 9th 1940
The attack on Norway in 1940 (in German referred to by the code name Weserübung-North) was the German attack on Norway April 9th 1940 during World War II. The attack was the first ever integrated air,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week’s Retro Recipe – Chocolate Cake
At a jumble-sale this summer I picked up a stack of small cookbooks and among them was the one you can see in the illustration above, “Rumford Bakebok” from 1927. I suspect that it is translated from...
View Article
