A gallery of covers from Playboy’s first year of publication, December 1953 through December 1954.
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Kodachrome Memories #5: Parking Lot at the Pentagon, 1949(?)
This slide is purportedly an image of the Pentagon parking lot, but is not dated. The seller indicated that other slides in the same batch were dated 1949, which seems plausible given the design of the cars I can see. As always, if any car experts can chime in with some makes and models that[…]
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That’s Entertainment! #4: The Twilight Zone
A publicity still featuring William Shatner and Patricia Breslin, co-stars of the season two episode of The Twilight Zone entitled “Nick of Time.”
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Get Toasty With These Wisconsin Electric Power Company Christmas Cooky Books
A wonderful gallery of Christmas cookie recipes from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s published by Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
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Another Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides
Another wonderful gallery of vintage photos of costumed merriment for Halloween.
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The Revenge of Halloween Retrotisements!
Let’s scare up a good time by checking out some spooky vintage Halloween ads from years gone by!
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The Countdown to Halloween 2017 Has Begun!
Once again your humble curator has signed on to be an official Halloween Cryptkeeper! As always, this means throughout the month of October you’ll see all sorts of fun, spooky posts with a Halloween theme, along with the usual, non-scary tomfoolery of course. I’ll also be posting some scary stuff on my Tumblr and Facebook pages, so check them out too! To[…]
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Club 99: Teresa Brewer, “Pickle Up A Doodle”
Club 99 revisits the tongue-twisting pop hootenanny that is Teresa Brewer’s “Pickle Up A Doodle,” which peaked at #99 in 1958.
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Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 2
A gallery of vintage back-to-school advertisements from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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