St. Francis Fountain, 2801 24th St., San Francisco, est. 1918.
Tag: Retro & Vintage
The Girls of Pre-Revolution Iran
[1970s fashion magazines predating Iran’s Islamic Revolution found here. There’s a huge collection of magazines and models (with their names) from the same era here.]
Steno-Disc Records Actual Business Letters
Artist unknown, produced by Jerrold B. Thorpe, Keane Records, Hollywood, CA. (early to mid 1950s).
No. 507 – “Congressional Record”
SIDE A
Track 1: 9 min. at 150 WPM Shorthand Dictation Practice
Track 2: 9 min. at 160 WPM Shorthand Dictation Practice
SIDE B
Track 1: 9 min. at 170 WPM Shorthand Dictation Practice
Track 2: 9 min. at 189 WPM Shorthand Dictation Practice
Back cover is from Steno-Disc No. 513 – Business Letters for Students and Shorthand Brush-Up by Steno-Disc Records, Los Angeles CA.
Bet you want to hear a sample, ya? Steno-Disc No.506 is a good ‘un. On Track 4 a guy quits his job at the Globe Sales Co. and gets hired by a competitor. He doesn’t bother to give his name to his boss, Mr. Carl Fox, but I assume Carl figured it out when the guy didn’t show up for work on Monday.
There’s a three-car pile up on Track 10. Some guy who just quit his job went on a bender and ended up in court.
Some reasonably priced copies of several editions are available at Discogs.
The woman on the covers of the series? Carol Burnett.
1949 Mercury Cyclops
[Dieselpunk Mercury found here. Unknown original source.]
Dacnomanic Hot Links
Stardust, The Benny Goodman Sextet (1939) One of the most popular versions of Hoagy Carmichael’s 1927 classic, with Benny Goodman / clarinet, Fletcher Henderson / piano, Lionel Hampton / vibraphone, Charlie Christian / guitar, Artie Bernstein / bass, and Nick Fatool / drums.
“The party is in your stomach.”
Kowloon Walled City cross section.
Proving a negative [via Bunkerville].
Makin’ wheels [via Memo Of The Air].
About the 2025 Presidential Transition Project.
The best Chinese lost tire ballad you’ll ever hear.
Stainless steel aircraft carrier [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image found here.]
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Patroclinous Hot Links
Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar Pts 1&2, Will Bradley Orchestra (1940) Featuring Ray McKinley (vocal) and Freddie “Daddy” Slack (piano), this classic boogie woogie was written by Don Raye.
#12.
A discussion of visual & ocular migraines.
Absurd Trolley Problems [via Memo Of The Air].
Willie Nelson’s hole and more [via Mme. Jujujive].
Not your grampa’s pocket knife [via Bunkerville].
Emmanuel Don’t Do It – The Movie [h/t Corinne L].
De Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth [h/t Aussie Infidel].
Photographer disqualified for entering photo in contest. [h/t Paul Y].
[Top image found here, colorized.]
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Eat Me – Cannibal Movies & The Gore of Yore
Space Bimbos II
[Images found scattered over the internest. More Space Bimbos here.]
Deterrent In The Deep 1960
The Outbursts of Everett True
The Outbursts of Everett True was an American two-panel newspaper comic strip created by A.D. Condo and J. W. Raper that ran from July 22, 1905 to January 13, 1927. It followed this setup:
Panel 1: Someone annoys Everett True.
Panel 2: He yells at and/or physically punishes whoever annoyed him.
Tacky Raccoons 