A lovely set of images scanned from old books, flyers and brochures by Dylan Todd.
Most of the pictures in the set have been released under a Creative Commons License.
Archive for the 'Retro' Category
Buzz it! The Impossible Cool. An hot new blog with black and white photographs of retro movie stars, singers, models and other achingly-cool, beautiful people.
They sure don’t make them like they used to.
Buzz it! Rogues Gallery of Retro Batman Villains
Published by June 13th, 2009 in Retro and Tv Shows. 0 CommentsMarvelous, just marvelous. A huge video compilation of rogues, master-thieves and supervillains from the 1960s Batman TV series.
Buzz it! Gallery Of Retro Custom Tape Decks
Published by February 27th, 2009 in Gadgets and Retro. 0 CommentsWay before iPods, CDs, and cassettes tapes, the unwieldy reel-to-reel tape was one of the preferred ways of storing and listening to music.
The beasts that played these tapes were equally cumbersome to use, but had a lot more character than today’s soulless gizmos.
Here is a small gallery of gorgeous custom reel to reel [...]
Buzz it! Color Photographs From The Nazi Era In Germany
Published by February 17th, 2009 in Photography and Retro. 0 CommentsA Live Journal user posted this collection of rare color photographs (includes one NSFW pic) captured during the Third Reich German era.
The photographs, clearly taken from the Life photo archive, give us glimpses of a mighty, authoritarian state in its heyday, completely oblivious to the fact that its meteoric rise was soon [...]
Buzz it! Colorization of World War 2 Era Photographs – Photoshop Contest
Published by December 17th, 2008 in Retro. 0 CommentsOne of the more interesting photoshopping contests on Worth1000. This time, participants had to submit colorized black and white photographs from the World War 2 era.
This colorized photograph, showing the fall of Berlin to allied forces, is one of my favorite submissions in the contest.
Pleasantville 20 Contest on Worth1000.
Buzz it! Retro Anti U.S. Chinese Propaganda Cartoons Gallery
Published by September 4th, 2008 in Art and Retro. 1 CommentFound this hilarious gallery of anti U.S. propaganda cartoons taken from Chinese newspapers published during 1958 to 1960.
This particularly funny cartoon mocked the failures of the then troubled Project Vanguard U.S. space program, after the erstwhile U.S.S.R. successfully launched the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957.
Link
[via Fanboy]
Buzz it! Amazing Steampunk Diving Suits and Submarines
Published by July 30th, 2008 in Cool Stuff and Retro. 1 CommentThe Upcool site has some mind-blowing pictures of old underwater diving suits and submarines.
Some of the diving suits can be described as distinctively ‘steampunk’ in appearance, even though the term refers to a genre of fantasy fiction set in the Victorian era.
I really love this particular suit. Just imagine what that hook can [...]
Buzz it! Retro Italian Adult Comic Book Covers Gallery
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Art and Retro. 0 Comments I found this amazing collection of vintage Italian adult comic book covers on Flickr. The gallery includes covers of the infamous “Isabella” comic, illustrated by the great Sandro Angiolini.
The artsy covers feature some buxom Italian beauties in various states of undress, so it’s completely fun, but NSFW.
Ah, Flickr. You just keep on giving.
Link (NSFW) [...]
Buzz it! Beautiful Pictures of an Abandoned NASA Test Laboratory
Published by June 22nd, 2008 in Photography and Retro. 0 Comments This photograph of an abandoned, stuck-in-a-time-warp NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory was taken near Bishop, California.
Visit this link to see more cool photographs of the laboratory and some of its internal machinery.
Buzz it! “Also, when going down a staircase, be careful that your ghost doesn’t trip and fall and break his neck.”
They sure don’t make PSAs like they used to.
Buzz it! Rare Color Photographs Taken During the Nazi Occupation of Paris During World War II
Published by June 3rd, 2008 in Photography and Retro. 0 CommentsAn exhibition of rare color photographs taken of a purportedly cheerful Paris under German occupation during the second World War, has touched a raw nerve among certain politicians and old timers.
The Nazis were, as most communist governments today, experts at manipulation and war time propaganda. However, the picture of an old Jewish woman forced [...]
Buzz it! The Japanese Spider-Man and El Mariachi – Funny Retro Clip
Published by February 18th, 2008 in Movies and Retro. 1 CommentMore retro movie madness. This is one of the awesomest clips, I have ever been able to lay my eyes upon.
Forget about the news of Tony Stark (Iron Man) making a guest appearance in the upcoming Hulk Movie. Now imagine, Spider-man, El Mariachi, and a Mecha/Gundam robot, all coming together in a movie. That [...]
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