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This Week’s Girliemag Article – Fabulously Female

Fabulously Female What could be more female than a tall, voluptuous femme with long soft blonde tresses, large blue eyes? Absolutely nothing. In addition, upon looking at this doll, one enjoys the...

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On This day in 1978 – Woman Takes World Sailing Record

Naomi James has broken the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. Her 53 ft yacht Express Crusader crossed the finish line in Dartmouth at 09:11 BST after almost nine months at sea. The...

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Alice Huyler Ramsey – The First Woman To Drive An Automobile Across The U.S.

Aug. 7, 1909 – Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City, Alice Huyler Ramsey, with three friends, arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the U.S.! "Alice...

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Norway

From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 GOVERNMENT – A constitutional monarchy. The King acts through his Council of State, who are nominated by...

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Round The World By Steam – 1889 “Deutsch Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft”

Formed in 1888 to operate services from Hamburg via Antwerp and the Cape to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The service commenced in July 1889, but within a couple of years, passenger services to...

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As The Major In Faulty Towers Once Said….

… women are strange creatures. And when I came across these images I tend to agree. I’ve tried to grasp what’s going on here but my disorderly, whimsical mind has failed me (once again). On the other...

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Nice Work If You Can Get It

Dr Swift has really found his vocation in life. Why stay in your musty doctor’s office and be bothered with boils, warts and other nasty bodily ills when you can spend you day applying the magic power...

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Great American Cars Of The Forties – 1940 Packard One-Ten

The Packard One-Ten has never been treated kindly, even by the marque’s most ardent loyalists. Long snubbed as unworthy of the Packard name, it’s often been blamed for starting the make’s long, slow...

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This Week’s Softdrink – Kuat!

A popular sweet drink in Brazil made from the extract of a red berry that grows in Venezuela and Northern Brazil and is high in caffeine, guarana originally got off to a slow start in the U.S. PepsiCo...

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Nadia Gray – Romanian Film Actress

Nadia Gray (23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress. Born Nadia Kujnir-Herescu in Bucharest, she left Romania for Paris in the late 1940s to escape the Communist takeover after...

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Oh Yes! Tight, Short, And In Tiger Patterns

Ava Gardener Diana Dors – Jayne Mansfield Arlene Dahl Rhonda Fleming – Laurette Luez Images found on Stirred, Straight Up, with a Twist   Related articles Janet Leigh – American Actress...

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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 2

No, no, NO! It is not what you think. Shame on you! You thought this was a picture of Aunt Mabel describing a specific detail on the male anatomy, didn’t you. But it is definitely not so! Aunt Mabel...

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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Lancashire Coast

Stretching from the Lune Estuary at Glasson Dock to the Kent Estuary at Arnside, the spectacular coastline of Lancashire provides surprising contrasts. From stunning sunsets, dramatic landscapes and...

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The Strømmen Car

This two-seater is partly a mystery car. It is known that it was built in 1949 in Strømmen, a place in Skedsmo, Akershus, some 8 km from Oslo in Norway. The car weighed 200 kg and its top speed was 50...

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I’m A little Envious

Russ Meyer photographing the curvaceous June Wilkinson , 1950’s Related articles June Wilkinson (retrorambling.wordpress.com) June Wilkinson – British Glamour Model & Actress...

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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Southern Chicken Gumbo

  Gumbos (poultry, meat, fish or shellfish) are typical of Creole cooking with okra added to give the soup its glutinous quality. The soup evolved from a Choctaw Indian dish. Recipe HEREFiled under:...

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This Week’s Retro DIY Project–A Classic Lap Desk

Plans and description in pdf format HEREFiled under: DIY project, Retro DIY projects Tagged: Do-it-yourself projects, Hobby projects, Lap desk, Woodwork

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On This Day In 1964: Nelson Mandela Jailed For Life

The leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been jailed for life for sabotage. Seven other defendants, including the former secretary-general of the banned African...

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Centre Spreads From “La Vie Parisians”

Images found at PRINTSFiled under: Art, Illustration, Models & starlets, Nudes, Pin-ups Tagged: Erotic art, Erotic illustration, La Vie Parisienne

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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 38

1931 Wellesley Hornet Special ‘When the Wolseley Hornet was first planned, the inspiration was to provide the equivalent of first-class express travel in a small car for the first time,’ wrote The...

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