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Architecture: Modernist Gas Stations

Former "Auto Palace" Nijmegen (Texaco)
Architects: Meerman en Vd. Pijll. Built in 1953

Top 15 modernist gas stations
Bonus link: Flickr pool Vintage Gas Stations
via PCL LinkDump

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Poster Art: Frank Zappa and the Mothers

From farbror-sid.se

Frank Zappa and the Mothers
The original uploader Farbror Sid is not sure what Zappa album this poster, by Dave McMacken, came with. Anybody? I've been looking around on the web for a while and I can't find this poster or any references to it. Maybe it's very rare in real life too. I seems it's a Mothers (of Invention?) jubilee and I'm counting six candles. Frankie himself says "established in 1964" and in 1969 he disbanded the original Mothers of Invention and formed the Mothers...
Anybody?

Follow the discussion on the Zappa forum zappateers.com: "Poster to be identified"

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Vintage Ads: Rommel's Rod

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

Vintage Photos: Airships

Click image to enlarge!

Airship photos uploaded by azamandius to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

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Illustration: Johnny Martz

RobotJohnny.com
is the personal blog of illustrator/cartoonist Johnny Martz (of the excellent Drawn! blog)

Excelsior 68 Flickr set
"This is a page from Excelsior 1968, in which I recreated an actual yearbook's entire student body. More information on the book at RobotJohnny.com"

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Swedish Actresses: Greta Lovisa Gustafsson

Greta Garbo
(1905 – 1990)
Wikipedia on Garbo
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Greta Garbo a set on Flickr by greta_g.
via Bibi on Mento
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Related: The Swedish Actresses series
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Vintage Beverage: Loranga

Mr Loranga

Loranga
is of the classic Swedish soft drinks introduced in the 50s that is still on the market. It used to be produced by Sandwalls ångbryggeri in Borås (I'm not sure if it was the first and only brewery to make Loranga but that would be my guess). Sandwalls brewery was bought and put to rest in the 70s/early 80s and Loranga has since been made by other brewerys. The card above is Mr Loranga in a set of Sandwalls happy families cards. Meet the whole family and the other charming Sandwalls families here.

PS. Yep, I've posted Sandwalls happy families before. It's worth it. Enjoy!

Loranga Enamel porcelain coated sign

Vintage Design: Eames Chairs

1959 Chairs For Home, Office and Public Areas
Go here to download the entire four page brochure as a pdf.

From Eames Office Resources - the Vintage Eames Pages

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Brasilien

A Swedish edition of Danish writer/illustrator/journalist Hakon Mielche's "Fra Santos til Bahia" ("From Santos to Bahia"), 1948.

Propaganda: Cultural Revolution Artifacts

From A Collection of Newspaper Masthead Clip Art

From Cultural Revolution-Era 10" Records

Oldtasty's Cultural Revolution Artifacts

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Related:
Posts tagged with propaganda on Martin Klasch
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Poster Art: North Korean Propaganda

North Korean Propaganda Posters
via Bibi on Mento

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Related:
Posts tagged with propaganda on Martin Klasch
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The Super Elto

Elto outboard motor

Vintage Photos: Handbook for Girl Watching

posted by docjen
to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

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Ephemera: Animal Alphabet Matchboxes

Fosforos Del Pirineo - Abccdario Animal (Animal Alphabet), Spain (1970s?) - matchboxes designed by Jose Maria Cruz Novillo + Olmos.
at Grain edit

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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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