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This Week’s Girliemag Article – Liquid Manhunt!
Hunting has customarily been thought of as a masculine pursuit and what a sad mistake this smug thought has been. The world around us is loaded with females who are full-time hunters, twenty-four...
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Janis Joplin Cutting “Piece of My Heart”
Photographer Daniel Kramer captures Janis Joplin cutting her 1968 hit “Piece of My Heart” in New York. “Janis wanted a bottle of Southern Comfort, so I accompanied her to a local wine store, then she...
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Lenna – Beautiful Daughter Of Geronimo c.1900
Lenna Geronimo was born in 1886 in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, FL, while her father was a prisoner there. The medical staff gave her the name Marion, after the fort, but she took the name Lenna upon...
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Sweden
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 GOVERNMENT- A constitutional monarchy on a democratic basis. The legislature is the Riksdag consisting of...
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Round The World By Steam – 1889 “La Veloce Linea di Navigazione”
La Veloce Linea di Navigazione Italiana a Vapore was founded in 1884 to run services between Italy and South America but can be indirectly traced back back to 1865 when Giovanni Lavarello started a...
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1959 Joseso 520cc
Micro car made in Argentina under the protective ‘Second Five Years Plan’ carried out during the second term of Juan Domingo Peron. It was a small affordable car for two adults and two children. Low...
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Betty Andreasson Taken Aboard The Mother Ship
On January 25, 1967, homemaker Betty Andreasson and her family were astounded when the electricity in their home suddenly went out and a bright red light shined in through their kitchen window. When...
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This Week’s Softdrink – L&P
Lemon & Paeroa, also known as L&P, is a sweet soft drink manufactured in New Zealand. Traditionally made by combining lemon juice with carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa, it is...
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Great American Cars Of The Forties – 1941 Cadillac Sixty-Special
The 1941 Cadillac Sixty-Special is primarily a great car of the Thirties, the last and most visually changed version of William L. Mitchell’s trendsetting 1938 original. But greatness transcends time,...
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Thomas Andrews – Titanic’s Naval Architect
Thomas Andrews was born in February 1873 and for most of his working life worked at the shipbuilders Harland And Wolff who were responsible for building the Olympic class liners, one of which was the...
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Honda Juno Scooters
The Honda Juno is a scooter. Two versions were produced, the K-series of 1954 (K, KA, KB), and the M-series of 1962 (M80, M85). Juno K The Juno K was a deliberately elaborate bike in 1954. It was...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Llandudno
Llandudno (/θlænˈdɪdnoʊ/ or /lænˈdɪdnoʊ/; Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈdɪdnɔ]) is a seaside resort, town and communityin Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula. In the 2011 UK...
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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 3
This is a snapshot of Aunt Mable’s first husband’s parents when he told them he planned to marry her. And this is his parents after they were told the marriage ended after 56 days. Mabel’s husband...
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Presley Enter The Silver Screen
October 28, 1956 – On this day a HUGE Elvis cut-out on top of Paramount‘s marquee was unveiled. On the photo you can see that the cut-out is about to be covered up. The movie would not premiere until...
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A Bit Of Automotive Nostalgia
Filed under: Automobiles Tagged: Fiat 1500, Fiat 600, Pegeot 403, Tatraplan, Volvo PV 444, Volvo PV 544, Volvo Sport
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Fleischbrühe
This is an old German soup that has been a hot favourite with countless generations of children. Since its ingredients consist of simple country fare, this recipe or a variation would almost certainly...
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This Week’s Retro DIY Project – Oak Plate Rack
These plans for a Mission-style oak rack was published in Volume 14, Issue 4 of The Woodworker’s Journal July/Aug. 1990 and it is the perfect place to display those prized plates and cups or...
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It’s Him, It’s Him, It’s H………..
Elvis trying to revive a female fan who swooned at the sight of him. The hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley in the mid-50s was unbelievable. Image and text found on Q’s Daydream Inspirations… Related...
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1950 Rolux Baby
The Rolux was a French automobile manufactured from 1938 until 1952. The product of a Lyon company better known for making the New-Map motorcycle, the light car, also sold as a New Map, had a...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 39
1934 Hudson Convertible Coupé Virtually indistinguishable from its lower-priced running mate, the Terraplane, this Hudson Convertible Coupe dates from 1934. J Powered by a 31/2-litre, six-cylinder...
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