Ephemera: Mecano Boy


"I am not entirely sure what these are. A friend bought them in a street market in France. I can't decide whether they are clothing labels or badges to be sewn on. I suspect labels ... "

Mecano Boy from a set - Ephemera - on Flickr by
ART NAHPRO.

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Graphic Design: Meccano


Lucy Vigrass

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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.

Book Covers: Gannon's Vendetta


From Like...Dreamsville

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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 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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