Images of an era where everything is an event and every day is colorful... even the rainy ones! It must be that midcentury glow.
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The Sweet Life
Images of an era where everything is an event and every day is colorful... even the rainy ones! It must be that midcentury glow.
Sidestepping Life's Pitfalls
All you need to do is smoke the right brand and save money on haircuts with those thrifty newfangled 1940s gadgets.
Larry Ferrari & His Two-Tiered Organ
He looks like a good time guy, doesn't he? A 1950s promotional postcard for entertainer and recording artist Larry Ferrari. Another recent flea market find.
Double Exposures: Overlapping Histories
1940s, 50s & 60s overlaps. All of life's "major themes": World War 2, Suburban Americana, Romance, Fishing and Piglets!
It's Chelsea From Now On
Two nicely illustrated advertisements for the now-defunct Chelsea Cigarette brand of the 1940s.
Colorful moments in the beaches and backyards of the 1960sLet's Keep It Handsome
World War 2-era faces of men, captured by amateur snapshooters and photobooths.
Screen Dream: Pillow Talk
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Rock Hudson + Doris Day = PERFECTION. Screen shots from 1959's "Pillow Talk".
I Was Curious. I Tasted It.
Everytime I happened upon another one of the ten ads shown here, I couldn't get over the complete and utter campiness. It seems that in the world of 1940s & 50s advertising, male bonding (to the level of queerness) sold beer!
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