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Design: Adult Reading
I imagine that most of these are pretty tame by todays standards. Some do seem pretty steamy though, if the tag lines are any indication. Tons of publishers put out these in the 50′s – 70′s, none of...
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Design: Chinese Space Baby Posters
I gotta’ admit that I know next to nothing about these posters. My assumption is that they were created in the late 60′s in answer to the world space race (well really just the US and Russia). A sort...
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Art: Japanese Rice Field Murals
Tanbo art is a Japanese creation in which people plant various types and colors of rice and ‘grow’ a giant picture in rice paddy fields. It all started back in 1993 when the village of Inakadate, about...
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Design: The 50 Worst Popular Album Covers
This would be easy to fill up if you were to include every bad Heavy Metal LP or half-assed Christian DYI record but the chore here is to award those with a bit of fame who should have known better....
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How to Undress for Your Husband – 1937
“Frankly as a social measure Allen Gilbert, who puts on shows for such topnotch burlesque houses as Manhattan’s Apollo and Philadelphia’s Shubert, is starting a School of Undressing in Manhattan this...
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Tomorrowland and Homes of the Future
Apparently the future is all plastic, shiny silver suits and, believe it or not, jet packs. That’s what Walt Disney thought anyway when he built Tomorrowland in 1955. The attraction was meant to...
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Design: Movie Posters from Ghana Pt 4
To recap ( as this is the 4th installment of these beautifully weird posters) – these hand painted canvases are transported from village to village throughout Ghana to promote the film, in a drive-in...
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Thrift Store Art – Without Monsters
It seems that you can’t find a good thrift store painting that someone hasn’t altered in someway. Wayne White has been doing it for years and has made a nice career out of it – and is truly great, but...
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Everybody Loves: Francoise Hardy
Françoise Madeleine Hardy ( born 17 January 1944) – Singer, actress and iconic fashion figure of 1960′s Paris. Françoise rode a wave of popularity with the French Ye-Ye style of singing, popularized by...
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Snap Wyatt – Freak Show Banner Artist
Snap Wyatt (1905-1984) Snap Wyatt was a prolific painter of huge circus banners primarily in the 1940′s and 50′s. He was known for his bold, cartoon-like style. His banners were painted with quick...
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The Art of Packaging: Studebaker
Studebaker – Founded in 1852 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military. Studebaker entered...
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Design: Vintage Travel Posters – Italy
Apparently there were once people called travel agents, and the idea of traveling to another country by plane or ship was a romantic, exciting adventure – one you’d dress up for. As there was no...
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Design: Back to School Ads
Well it’s that time again for some of us, or our families – so get ready. Have your mom buy those new school supplies, get a cool pair of Buster Browns, a nice pair of slacks, a fall jacket, socks and...
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A Good Story: Whatever Happened to Sean Flynn
Sean Leslie Flynn (born May 31, 1941; disappeared April 6, 1970, age 28; declared legally dead in 1984) Sean was the only child from the marriage of early Hollywoods’ biggest star Errol Flynn and...
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Design: Early Rock and Blues Tour Posters
All these come from about 1963-1966. It’s hard to believe that The Beatles even existed in the same time period as, say, Howlin’ Wolf or Etta James, and that the Stones were ever second on a bill to...
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Photographer: Michael Abramson
Between 1975 and 1977, Michael Abramson hit Chicago’s South Side night clubs – Perv’s House, Pepper’s Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists...
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1938 Horrors of War – Gum Cards
1938 Gum Inc. Horrors of War is one of the most famous trading card sets of all-time. Equal parts gruesome and gorgeous, the historically based set remains widely sought after decades later. 1938 Gum...
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Halloween Countdown: Kids Photos
These are somewhere between cute and completely frightening – the way Halloween should be. I’ve posted a bunch of these over the last couple of years so search those out. It may give you some...
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Everyone Loves: Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens – born Estelle Caro Eggleston in 1938 in Yazoo City Mississippi, raised in Hot Coffee Miss. A beautiful blond in the Tuesday Weld, Kim Novak, Barbra Eden mold, Stella made a name for...
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Photography: Vintage Morgue Photos (slight warning)
More creepy than gruesome, these were originally intended to be part of another Halloween post but that seemed slightly disrespectful somehow. These are, however, incredibly interesting, the doctors,...
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