Karl Albert Buehr–German Born American Painter
Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) was a painter born in Germany. Buehr was born in Feuerbach – near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh (Dohna?). He moved to Chicago with his...
View ArticleOn This Day In 1974: Radical Group ‘Arrested’ Heiress
A little-known group calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) has said its members are responsible for kidnapping the 19-year-old newspaper heiress, Patty Hearst, in California two days...
View ArticleNorway – From The Series “This World of Ours” 1950
Movie from travelfilmarchive on YoutubeFiled under: Movies, The fifties, Traveling Tagged: 1951, Norway, This World Of Ours
View ArticleSS La Touraine
SS La Touraine was an ocean liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from the 1890s to the 1920s. Built in France in 1891, she was primarily employed in transatlantic service on...
View ArticleThe GAZ-M20 "Pobeda"
The GAZ-M20 "Pobeda" (Russian: ГАЗ-М20 Победа; Победа) was a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union byGAZ from 1946 until 1958. It was also licensed to Polish Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych, as FSO...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Ones – Erika Blanc
Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born July 23, 1942 in Brescia, Lombardy) is an Italian actress, usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc. Movie career Her most notable role was as the first fictional...
View ArticleMarilyn Monroe As Clara Bow, Photographed By Richard Avedon
In 1958, Life Magazine invited Marilyn Monroe and photographer Richard Avedon to recreate images of five celebrated actresses of different eras. Entitled “Fabled Enchantresses,” the piece was part of...
View ArticleThe Sunday Comic – An Unnecessary Question
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Reality series, Regulars
View ArticleA Strange Love Affair
Image found on Turn of the CenturyFiled under: Humour, People, Photography, Tackieness Tagged: Love affairs, Strange
View ArticleBMW Type R32
The BMW R32 was the first motorcycle produced by BMW under the BMW name. An aircraft engine manufacturer during World War I, BMW was forced to diversify after the Treaty of Versailles banned the...
View ArticleCaptain Joel Woolf “Babe” Barnato Racing Le Train Bleu From Cannes To London...
Legends cling to many famous cars, but perhaps the most fabled of them all is the story of the “Blue Train” Bentley. Once upon a time, March 12, 1930, to be exact, a wager was made amongst a group of...
View ArticleDean Yeagle – American Animator & Cartoonist
Dean Yeagle is an American animator and cartoonist, born in 1950 in the United States, known for his character ‘Mandy’, who has frequented the pages of Playboy Magazine. As a young Disney fan, Yeagle...
View ArticleAmerican VW Carman Ghia Ad – 1967
Filed under: Automobiles, The seventies Tagged: 1967, VW Carman Ghia
View ArticleFormica – The Plastic Fantastic Sixties
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View ArticleThe Golden Age Of Air Travel
Passengers in fur and high heels supped champagne from crystal glasses as bee-hived air stewardesses handed out deluxe freebies, from cigars and deodorant to embossed evening robes. Come evening time,...
View Article“God Forever, The Beatles Never”– When Lennon Compared the Beatles to Jesus...
Christianity will go,” said Lennon. “It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that. I’m right and I’ll be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now. I don’t know which will go first, rock...
View ArticleHell’s Playlist: 10 Terrible Records for Your Eternal Torture
You’ve just been condemned to everlasting torment (foul sinner that you are), and Beelzebub informs you that you will be listening to the same 10 records for the next 10,000 or so years. The good...
View ArticleYeah, I Think I Got It Now
….. rolling paper is a clear sign. Who’s heard of anyone rolling regular tobacco – By the way, is it our old friend Tricky Dick aka Richard Nixon sniffing the goodies there. Image found on...
View ArticleUp in Smoke: Norwegian Tobacco History
TidiousTed:About those rolling papers ;-) Originally posted on ThorNews: Girls presenting Benson & Hedges cigarettes at the “Britain -66 exhibition in Oslo (Photo: Ørnelund/Oslo Museum) In 2012,...
View ArticleA Clear Sign Human Intelligence Is Going Downhill Fast
Image found on The crazed mariachi filesFiled under: People, Photography Tagged: Intelligence, Mobile phones, Rembrandt, The Night Watch
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