Here are some more 1950's and 1960's true American Girls pin-up postcards. And as always... No tattoos or piercing here... Thank Goodness! ENJOY!
The immortal Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008)
Monday, April 30, 2012
At The Beach - Part 3
The term pin-up is documented back at least to the 1890s. A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
At The Beach - Part 2
The term pin-up is documented back at least to the 1890s. A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture.
Here are some more 1950's and 1960's true American Girls pin-up postcards. And as always... No tattoos or piercing here... Thank Goodness! ENJOY!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
At The Beach - Part 1
The term pin-up is documented back at least to the 1890s. A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture.
Here are some more 1950's and 1960's true American Girls pin-up postcards. And as always... No tattoos or piercing here... Thank Goodness! ENJOY!
The immortal Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Greetings From...
Postcard Time !!! Here we visit historic Southern California landmarks forever preserved on 1950s postcards. ENJOY!
Balboa Island is composed of "Big Island" and "Little Island", seperated by the Grand Canal. Top view shows Park Avenue, looking toward Marine Avenue. Bottom view shows "Flight of the Snowbird Fleet", along the Island's Bay Front.
This delightful Newport Harbor community is fittingly named: - "Corona Del Mar" means "Crown of the Sea" in Spanish. Here are views of Arch Rock Beach and a portion of the harbor's jetty -- which makes a good place from which to fish!
San Pedro, California - A thriving modern residential and industrial port city -- located at the entrance to the largest man-made harbor in the world. It is 22 miles south from downtown Los Angeles.
Looking up Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard and view of the Hollywood Bowl during a summer concert, Hollywood, California.
World Famous Scotty's Castle and Desert Mountain - Scenes like these make the Death Valley National Monument trips a memory of a lifetime.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Ghost Towns
"Ghost towns inspire a strange, sometimes eerie fascination. Those that survive today take many different forms, but all may be viewed as monuments to the adventures of men and women who went west to seek their fortunes and in the process helped settle and build this nation."
The previous excerpt is from a book titled "Ghost Towns of the American West" written by Bill O'Neal and published in 1995. The following are some of the many great photos from the book.
Regional map shows the approximate locations of the ghost towns featured in this book.
Central City, Colorado in the early 1900's. In its early days, the town rivaled Denver as a site for Colorado's territorial capital.
Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to the arrival of the first rail line in the summer of 1894. The Cripple Creek District was served by several stagecoach and wagon freighting companies, including this Kuykendall Transportation Company stage.
Deadwood, South Dakota's busy Main Street in 1876. The frontier town was less than a year old when this photo was taken, its rapid growth fueled by the discovery of gold in the surrounding hills.
Interior of Idaho City's Boise Basin Mercantile. The date of the photo is unknown, but the building was constructed in 1865 and still stands as Idaho's oldest existing building.
Jacksonville, Oregon. White bearded C.C. Beekman, banker and civic leader, in his bank with one of his employees. The Beekman Bank was constructed in 1862 on the corner of California and Third streets.
The "Queen of the Owyhee," Silver City produced enormous amounts of silver and gold ore, then drifted into obscurity and became the queen of Idaho ghost towns. Street scene in the 1890's.
Tonopah, Nevada in March of 1907. The five story Mizpah Hotel dominated the upper part of town, while the Big Casino anchored the tenderloin district on lower Main Street.
Content Corner was built for Soloman P. Content on the south side of Wallace Street at the intersection of Jackson. When completed in September of 1864, it was Virginia City, Montana's most impressive business structure.
The previous excerpt is from a book titled "Ghost Towns of the American West" written by Bill O'Neal and published in 1995. The following are some of the many great photos from the book.
Regional map shows the approximate locations of the ghost towns featured in this book.Central City, Colorado in the early 1900's. In its early days, the town rivaled Denver as a site for Colorado's territorial capital.Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to the arrival of the first rail line in the summer of 1894. The Cripple Creek District was served by several stagecoach and wagon freighting companies, including this Kuykendall Transportation Company stage.Deadwood, South Dakota's busy Main Street in 1876. The frontier town was less than a year old when this photo was taken, its rapid growth fueled by the discovery of gold in the surrounding hills.Interior of Idaho City's Boise Basin Mercantile. The date of the photo is unknown, but the building was constructed in 1865 and still stands as Idaho's oldest existing building.Jacksonville, Oregon. White bearded C.C. Beekman, banker and civic leader, in his bank with one of his employees. The Beekman Bank was constructed in 1862 on the corner of California and Third streets.The "Queen of the Owyhee," Silver City produced enormous amounts of silver and gold ore, then drifted into obscurity and became the queen of Idaho ghost towns. Street scene in the 1890's.Tonopah, Nevada in March of 1907. The five story Mizpah Hotel dominated the upper part of town, while the Big Casino anchored the tenderloin district on lower Main Street.Content Corner was built for Soloman P. Content on the south side of Wallace Street at the intersection of Jackson. When completed in September of 1864, it was Virginia City, Montana's most impressive business structure.
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