Vintage Comics: Turkish Delight
Korku magazin
at Undead Film Critic
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Vintage Comics: Läderlappen
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| From Martin Klasch |
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"You will become a SUPERMAN with this 15-minute method"
Ad for a fitness course by mail with Swedish fitness guru Arne Tammer, found on the back cover of one of these Batman issues. "Give me 15 minutes a day..." was his famous slogan.
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Two more thrift store bargains.
Greeting cards from the 70s? 60? Newer? I don't know, it's hard to say. But I like the look. They are in Swedish but the original might not be...
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Children's Books: Kajsa
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| From Musselsoppans Vänner |
I just happened to come across this little charming children's book from 1961 in a thrift store today. The illustrations were made by Åke Lewerth (for Swedes mostly know for illustrating Agaton Sax). You will find some more from the Kajsa book at Musselsoppans Vänner.
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Vintage Ads: BRIO
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| BRIO magazine ad made for posting in the nursery. Martin Klasch |
BRIO (Wikipedia)
More nice BRIO images at this collector of BRIO wooden toys.
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Illustration: Autumn (AKA fall in North American English)
Uncle Wiggily, by Howard R. Garis. Pictures by Mel Crawford. 1953.
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Poster Art: Chicago International Poster Biennial
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| From Martin Klasch |
1st Chicago International Poster Biennial
Gold Medal - for best poster of 2008:
Remo Caminada, Switzerland
“Frank Popp Ensemble Concert”
Medalists
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Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 6
I know! I know!
...that I said before that I wasn't going to give the coming The Spirit movie any more free advertisement but this teaser poster was just too nice not to post.
via Bibi on Mento
Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
...see 'em all.
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Music: Kosmos
Kosmos
[Soundtracks of Eastern Germany's Adventures in Space]
via Coisas...
"Dear TV viewers in the German Democratic Republic."
Sigmund Jähn puppet by demarsman
Der Sandmann Im Weltraum
Stamps: UN
17 "First Day of Issue" United Nation Envelopes
a set on Flickr by Draplin
via This isn't happiness
Vintage Ads: Models Getting Dirty
Uploaded by volvoracingde
Posted to LiveJournal - Vintage Ads by shep shepherd.
"A Volvo promotional film from around 1982 featuring several 760GLE models getting dirty" (link)
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Francophonix: France Gall
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| From Martin Klasch |
The World of Kane.: Mai '68: France Gall Photo Story.
Boomp3.comBoomp3.com
The World of Kane.: France Gall à la mode.
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| From Martin Klasch |
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Related web radio:
(a click on the button will take you to the site)
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Vintage Beverage: Merry
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| From Martin Klasch |
Merry was a Swedish soft drink
which was sold from 1963 (1964 nationwide). Its original flavor was lemon/lime, in other words it was a soft drink similar to 7up and Sprite, perhaps a just bit less sweet. Using aggressive market strategies, targeting the adult population, it pretty quickly became a popular product. The slogan was "Merry - med fullvuxen smak" (Merry - with mature taste).
It was cool and hip to drink Merry. For many people growing up in Sweden in the 60s Merry still has a place in their hearts and memories. That's why I think it's a bit strange that it's so hard finding information about the drink on the Internet. I'm pretty sure, though, that Merry survived the 70s but perhaps just barely. My own memories of Merry are not from the time of this ad - I was busy being born around then - but from, I guess, the second half of the 70s. I remember the Merry bottles coming in a completely different shape - they were short and stout and they had an extra large opening.
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Edit (July 2018):
image found here
----What are your memories or rather vad minns du av Merry?
Just as I was about to wrap this post up I found a couple of things. First one promotional photo showing bottles in three sizes. I found it at Skånes Näringslivsarkiv.
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| From Skånes Näringslivsarkiv |
Secondly I found (here) a message - in Swedish of course - from the company Bjäre Industrier AB to its workers regarding the new product Merry. The year was 1963.
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| From Martin Klasch |
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Two Merry ads at Uncle Sid's: 1, 2
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Links only in Swedish:
I bloggen Grisfötter och wienerkorv på burk. kan man läsa lite om AB Bjäre Industrier
och om hur ett Kristet ungdomsförbund siktade på en Rolls Royce
Läs om varför folk inte beställde taxi utan en merry istället.
Mer om Bjäre industrier från sid 20 i denna pdf (sid 19 enl sidnumreringen)
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Related Martin Klasch posts:
Vintage Beverage: Loranga
Vintage Beverage: Champis
Ephemera: Plonk! (Sound effect soft drink labels)
Ephemera: Swedish Soft Drink Labels
Vintage Beverage: Zingo
Vintage Beverage: Cuba Cola
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All posts with label soft drinks
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