Everybody Likes Popsicle
Back when I was a kid, my favourite was called Lollipop (see illustration) and it was and is still made by DiplomIs. When I need a little flashback to my childhood days I still buy one from time to...
View ArticleOh Shit, I’m A Communist
My hair is longer than most of those poor hippie sod’s were back then – Ted ;-)Filed under: Campaigns, People, Photography Tagged: Communism, Demonstrations, Hippies, Marching idiots
View ArticleThis Week’s Girliemag Article – Doll With Textured Tastes
Remember when all those textured stockings first hit the market a year or so ago? Well, it’s pretty surprising to think that at the time Candy Martin was in no way interested in any of them. She...
View Article1956 Bjelka
I couldn’t find anything about this car except from what it says on the first image. But from what I gathered from posts on several message boards there has long been a discussion on whether any of...
View ArticleThe Sunday Comic – A Lesson In Democracy
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Commercial television, Cultural mediators, Democracy, Moxie's
View ArticleThe Moving Picture
I must admit that I don’t post animated gif’s very often. I worked a lot with them myself before I discovered Flash. Few animated gifs impress or amuse me, this one on the other hand did both – Ted...
View ArticleI Want One!
Wells Coates, Radio Eco AD 65, 1932/34. E. K. Cole Ltd. England. © Viktoria and Albert Museum Image found at I live in the first trailer in the park…Filed under: Design, Retro technology Tagged: E. K....
View ArticleRound The World By Steam – 1906 “Cie Gie Transatlantique”
The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (shortened to "CIE. GLE. TRANSATLANTIQUE", or CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established...
View ArticleLondon Anno 1959 – Part 5
REGENT STREET – In this view one is looking down the street from the Oxford Street end towards the Quadrant at the Piccadilly end. Regent Street was originally designed by John Nash between 1813 and...
View ArticleOooops!
Image found at 1950sUnlimited Filed under: Models & starlets, Photography Tagged: Bathing, Blunders, Boobs, Flashing, Unfortunate
View ArticleUncomfortable
Image found at 1950sUnlimited Filed under: Holidays, Nature, Nudes, Pastime Tagged: Naturism, Nudism, Strange meetings;Uncomfortable
View ArticleFinalists For The Donnybrook Apple Queen, 1954
Finalists for The Donnybrook Apple Queen, 1954 In Context The Apple Festival has a long tradition. The first was held in 1954 in Donnybrook the brain child of Mr Alan Frost, councillor of the then...
View ArticleGreat American Cars Of The Forties – 1946-48 Pontiac
In late 1945, American automakers started picking up where they’d left off before World War II. Pontiac was no exception. Introduction of brand-new post-war designs was some three years away for most...
View ArticleSoda & Soft Drink List Rebuilt
When starting to update the Soda & Soft Drink list for “The Softdrink Project” I realised that the page had crashed so I had to rebuild it. This is now done ;-) Another thing I discovered when I...
View ArticleThis Week’s Softdrink – Club Cola
Club Cola is the name of a cola soft drink once very popular in East Germany. Originally manufactured at the request of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and other governmental organizations, Club...
View ArticleOh, To Be A Kid Again
Filed under: Advertising, The fifties Tagged: Cowboy costumes, Cowboys and Indians, Kid stuff
View ArticleSoft Drink & Soda News – Frostop Root Beer Is Back
Columbus, Ohio • Aug 16, 2014 Columbus-based Frostop breathes life into root beer popular in the 1950s Frostop will also bring its root beer and other sodas to your door through its catering...
View ArticleRound Britain By Railway – Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (pronounced /ˈnɒtɪŋəmʃə/ or /ˈnɒtɪŋəmˌʃɪə/; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east,...
View ArticleSuddenly….
I felt like camping VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Filed under: Camping, Models & starlets, Traveling Tagged: Slide shows
View ArticleThe Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 10
Aunt Mable’s 7th husband Conrad (he was German) was a naturist and Mabel was not hard to convert, she was no stranger to nudity as you may have noticed. Complaints from their neighbours in the posh...
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