Ephemera: Corgi Toys/Dinky Toys Catalogues
Corgi Toys 1969
The Cartoonist's collection of Corgi Toys/Dinky Toys catalogues.
Via Things Magazine
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Ephemera: Berlin Olympics 1936
As you all know Berlin hosted the Olympics in 1936. This image shows some of the programs, brochures, tickets etc which the Swedish couple Algot and Amanda Gunnarsson brought home with them after visiting Berlin during the games.
In the National Archives and the regional state archives of Sweden
Vintage beverage: Zingo
Zingo 70s style. Image was found here.
"Zingo is a Swedish soft drink. Zingo was introduced during the 1950s as Ingo-dricka ("Ingo drink"), named after the boxer Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson. After Ingo lost the world championship in heavy weight boxing the drink was renamed Zingo in 1962." - From Wikipedia
A few more images here!
UPDATE!!:
Found here via Gåsmannen!!
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Related:
Cuba Cola
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Dr dr Zeno loves Zingo.
Movies: Film Stills
Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
More film stills from this movie uploaded by lemmy_caution to LiveJournal - Film Stills/Nostalgia Party No. 2
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By the way, do you have any community favorites at LiveJournal that you want to share? Here are some that I've come across:
LiveJournal - Design History, LiveJournal - KidPix (children's books), LiveJournal - Vintage Ads, LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs, LiveJournal - Vintage Posters
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Flickr: Name That Film
"NAME THAT FILM / Rules
Welcome to NAME THAT FILM!"
- a Flickr group pool
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Related:
My own little movie quizzes.
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Illustration: Guy Peellaert
"Belgian advertising illustrator Guy Peellaert was one of the first cartoonists to embrace Pop Art and incorporate Andy Warhol's appropriation of mass market iconography into his work. His first comic..."
...continue reading at The World of Kane.
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Vintage Photos: Monkeys in mini-cars
Monkeys in mini-cars with groupies (?)
uploaded by sombersigh to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs
Animals in cars are popular, right? It isn't as good as the last one, I know.
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Vintage Photo: Twain in Tesla's Lab
Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla's Lab, 1894
"Taken in the spring of 1894, and originally published as part of an article by T.C. Martin called "Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions" that appeared in the Century Magazine (April 1895). "
uploaded by ms_geekette to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs
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Ephemera: 2CV 1959 Brochure
French 2CV Brochure 1959
Via han Mr J
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More Citroën:
- Citroën 2cv AZ 1954 folder.
- From citrobe.org:
the 50s, the 60s, the 70s and the 80s
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Modernism: Design & Expo 58
"Expo 58, Praha 1962, graphic design František Cubr. Few pictures from the book here: bloggy
Exhibition about the exhibition and the style that came out of it, see here: www.expo58.info/"
From Handy hands´ corner / Výrobky dovedných rukou's Flickr.
More images from Expo 58 and the Atomium at Atomium58's Flickr.
Via This isn't Happiness!
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Related on Martin Klasch:
Architecture: Restored Modernism
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Poster Art: Sci-fi movie #4
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955, UK, AKA Zemsta kosmosu (Poland))
Poster by Marian Stachurski
The Sci-fi movie poster series.
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Poster Art: Sci-fi movie #3
Invaders from Mars (1953, USA, AKA Gli invasori spaziali (Italy)) Poster by Renato Fratini
The Sci-fi movie poster series.
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Statistics: The Three Most Popular Posts
I just realized, checking in on the stats, that Martin Klasch had a hit post almost two weeks ago - on the 1st of this month to be exact. Sure there were a few comments but not a staggering amount so I had no idea.
The average number of unique visitors a day, over the last two years is 301 but during the same period three (3) posts have created some major traffic - or so I think anyway.
The first and the most popular one was The James Bond title sequences on the 21st of November 2006 - unfortunately those videos are gone from YouTube but most or all the titles can be found if you search for them. Anyway, it generated 8,691 visitors and about 20,000 "extra" visitors all together.
The second peak visible on the chart was small in comparison peaking at 2,087 (approximately 4,500 in total). The post, on the 2nd of February 2007, was this one: Desmond Dekker - Israelites. Oh yes, go ahead - you can still watch and listen to the great Mr Dekker.
And now, finally, the third "top post" and the one I began telling you about in the beginning of this post. The second most popular post ever for this blog is... *drum roll*: Lion in a sidecar! It took in about 7,500 visitors total in one week and peaking on the 1st of August (2008) at 5,065. It seems that MetaFilter was mainly responsible for spreading the word. The other times I believe it was boingboing's fault.
So, how do we wrap this post up? Why have I been reading this, you ask. Is there a conclusion or a moral to it all? Golly, what demands! Well, I don't know, maybe it makes it pretty obvious that a post need not be very elaborate or very good to be a hit. This blog has certainly had more elaborate and some better posts. That's what I think at least. But whether or not you create a hit has a great deal to do with timing and luck. But you already knew that. Thanks for reading.
PS. No I don't think this post will grab a spot in the Martin Klasch hall of fame.
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