Watch The Railrodder, Starring Buster Keaton
Today is the 115th birth anniversary of Buster Keaton, whom Roger Ebert calls “the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies.” The Railrodder was one of the last films…
Hand Shadows For Everyone
A picture taken from the Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Trousset, published in Paris between 1886 - 1891. According to the caption, the various examples of hand shadow puppetry shown in this…
Chiropractors Beauty Contest
I found this wonderful photograph taken by Wallace Kirkland, in the LIFE photo archive.
These proud ladies, with their poise and perfect spines, were the winners of a chiropractors beauty contest held sometime in 1956.
See more pictures after the jump.
Vintage Postcards of Japanese Monsters
A cool collection of vintage bromide cards featuring pachimon (imitations of famous Japanese TV and film monsters), on the rampage through famous cities around the world.
A Big Photo Set of Retro Ephemera
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.
The Impossible Cool
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…
Rogues Gallery of Retro Batman Villains
Marvelous, just marvelous. A huge video compilation of rogues, master-thieves and supervillains from the 1960s Batman TV series.
Gallery Of Retro Custom Tape Decks
Way 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…
Color Photographs From The Nazi Era In Germany
A 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…