The ‘Erka’ – an alternate historical Vespa by Alex Barbu
The interior of Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, which opened in 1922.”
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Due to poor vision, the promising football player Frank Jablonski could have been eliminated from the game, then his coach designed a new type of helmet with built-in optical lenses specially for him, 1930.
Nothing a little Super Soldier serum and a bold letter ‘A’ couldn’t take care of.
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I wish she’d been arrested in more appropriate clothes, but at least she’s a part of the action and not the subject of it.
February, 1952
Cover by Norman Saunders
Kay Francis in Mandalay, 1934
When SAC Curtiz made the decision to use a section of Time Mirror as a tabletop, most operatives steered clear – all but Agent Francis, who braved an encounter with her mixgetränkdoppelgänger.
Man offers police horse a banana, 1938
Perhaps not a full 1,000 words – but not nothing.
Poster “Auto-Garage” par Achilles Butteri, circa 1910. - Source The Golden Age of Illustration.
Midtown skyscrapers at night, New York City, 1930s.
This illustration – a photograph reproduced as a lithograph? – seems like it would have been made from the then-new Empire State Building looking north-east, as that’s about the only vantage from which to capture the Chrysler Building in the center, and the Queensboro Bridge crossing the East River over Roosevelt Island in the background.
Contemporary image, cropped some:
Almost the same photograph I took with some tilt-focus nonsense:
The lights in the background are from the USAAF Queens County Laser Batteries, shooting down UFOs.
Gilded Silver Plated Penguin Cocktail Shaker by The Napier Co, 1936
When Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on his expedition, he carried a bar with him, including this. His cocktail? Vodka, lemon juice and hypnotiq, served in a stemmed martini glass with a big chunk of ice sticking out it.
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