martin klasch

Flickr: Mid Century Modern Group

Originally uploaded by Art of the Luggage Label.

"Welcome to the Mid Century Modern Sticker, Label and Stamp Club."

says ring leader Dave (Grain Edit). He continues: "This group features Stickers, Labels and Stamps from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. This would include: vintage matchbox labels, buvards / blotters, luggage Labels, airline labels and stickers, first day covers and stamps.

We are particularly interested in Eastern European match box labels ( czech republic, hungary, yugoslavia, russia etc.) Airline labels + stickers from Swiss Air, Boac, Braniff, Air France, Air India, SAS, CSA , Sabena and Varig and French Buvards ( especially ones by Herve Morvan, Raymond Savignac and Lefor Openo)"

Mid Century Modern Group at Flickr

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Book Cover: The Day Khruschev Panicked

The Day Khruschev Panicked, 1961
from illustrator Linzie Hunter's blog

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Music: Are You Ready For Love

Elton John: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions
"Are You Ready for Love" (Bell, Bell, James) – 8:20

The music comes from here.

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Illustration: "Mod-Mod-Mod"

60s ad illustrated by George Albertus and Charlie Allen. Click image for full-size version!

Illustration
from Leif Peng's article "Nearly Anonymous: The Cartoonist Illustrators" about illustrator George Albertus. (Flickr link)

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Vintage Photos: Blimp

From superbomba's Flickr

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Poster Art: Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen

Dracula A.D. 1972

AKA:
Dracula '72 (UK) (working title)
Dracula 1972 (International: English title) (informal title)
Dracula 1972 D.C. (International: English title) (poster title)
Dracula Chases the Mini Girls (UK) (working title)
Dracula Chelsea '72 (UK) (working title)
Dracula Today
1972: Dracula colpisce ancora! (It)
Drácula no Mundo da Mini-Saia (Br)
Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen (BRD)
Draculan kosto (Fi)
Drakoulas 1972 (Gr)

Renamed for its French and Spanish releases because it was reached theaters there one year later:

Dracula '73 (Fr)
Drácula 73 (Sp)

Source: IMDb
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Vintage Ads: High Fidelity

Pinup of the month
at The Vintage Knob - vintage hifi & audio

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Music: Jorge Ben

"Jorge Ben Jor (born 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian popular musician. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, and rock into samba-rock, with lyrics that blend humor and satire with often esoteric subject matter."

"In 1963, Jorge came on stage and sang "Mas Que Nada" (or "no way") to a small crowd that happened to include an executive from the recording company, Philips. One week later, Jorge Ben's first disc was launched."

"The hybrid rhythms that Jorge employed brought him some problems at the start of his career, when Brazilian music was split between the rockier sounds of the Jovem Guarda and traditional samba with its complex lyrics. But as that phase in Brazilian pop music history passed, and the entire world became captivated by bossa nova, Jorge rose to prominence."

...continue reading this Wikipedia article

Did that get you interested?
At the excellent Brazilian music blog ~~Loronix~~ you'll be able to find some more of Ben's music. And here are a few shortcuts for you (I'm sure there's more!):

~~Jorge Ben - O Bidu | Silencio no Brooklin (1967)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Historia da MPB (1970)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Ben (1972)~~
~~Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda (1974)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Solta o Pavao (1975)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Tropical (1977)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Alô, Alô, Como Vai? (1980)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Bem-vinda Amizade (1981)~~

click images to enlarge

Vintage Food: The Lunch Box Cookbook

please note that the image above is a collage

"I found this little old 'cookbooklet'
in a thrift store not too long ago, and took a shine to the cartoony mid-century illustrations. Searching for more info about the artist, the only thing I found was..."

...continue reading at I'm Learning To Share.

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Vintage: Images that might...

...move you in a new direction.
from romance moves you in a new direction (some images might be NSFW!)

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Video: Indicatif Spatial

"Indicatif Spatial" from Jean Jacques Perrey's 'Moog Sensations', 1971. The clip features a fashion report from a German tv-show of the 1960's.

Video uploaded by cosmocorps2000

Vintage Ads: Football Meat Loaf anyone?

Still hungry?
go to Senses Working Overtime for peas and choco milk á la 1955.

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Album Covers: Skiers Only

From Martin Klasch

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Art: Jim Flora

Manhattan, 1954
by Jim Flora

Perhaps this music will go well with the art above: Harry Geller And His Orchestra-New York, New York (via PCL LinkDump)
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Book Covers: Mitchell Hooks

The Voodoo Murders. 1957. Cover by Mitchell Hooks.

Mitchell Hooks Covers
a set on Flickr by 5m@5hYdez

Via Leif Peng's article:
Mitchell Hooks, Fredman~Chaite, and the Transition to Paperbacks

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Vintage Ad: ABBA Action Figures

via Vakten
from Vintage Ads

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Funny: Crap Dogs

OK, let me just point out that I personally love dogs and I wouldn't really call any dog a crap dog even if I might think MUCH less of some dogs...

Crap Dogs

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