[Images found here. The patent drawing for Grover C. Shaible’s weapon of mass confusion (lower right) may viewed in all its glory here.]
Tag: Retro & Vintage
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Hoy, Hoy, Hoy (Rockin’ on Christmas Eve), The Honeydippers (1997) The band was formed in 1996 by rockers Gary Twinn (guitar) and Danny B. Harvey (guitar), with Clem Burke (drums) and John Carlucci (upright bass).
Porky Pig does Blue Christmas.
Look at this doggle [h/t Bunkerville].
Oh. Christmas tree [h/t Mme. Jujujive].
“Seagulls gonna come. Poke me in the coconut.”
[h/t Bits & Pieces]
Ellen Baker’s Solar System [via American Digest].
Museum of Wonky English [h/t Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found in here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Un Pere Noël
The .Gif Friday Post No. 758 – The Watcher, Andy’s Gut Reaction & A Bouncer
Name us. NAME US.
[h/t Sol R. Land]
Happy Halloween!
Vintage Creepo
The .Gif Friday Post No. 752 – Rockin’ Venezia, Spin Cycle, Dervish Dog & the History of Civilization
The .Gif Friday Post No. 746 – Toe Tapping, Ducks Trotting, & Jeannette MacDonald’s Legs
Sixth Avenue Between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, 1948
Todd Webb composed Sixth Avenue Between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, 1948 from eight separate images. It depicts the west side of Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and 44th Streets, taken on the afternoon of March 24, 1948. Realizing he had to work fast to retain the same light, Webb plotted the shoot beforehand, lining up the edges of each photo with chalk marks on the sidewalk. The image was exhibited at the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair, and he became internationally recognized as the “historian with a camera.”
What a treat for the earballs. Imagine what the people of 1948 considered oldies.
[Record store photo found here. Panorama (with caption) and others from here thanks to a Tineye search.]
Tacky Raccoons 