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Tallest Man in History - Robert Wadlow

1940 Chrysler & Imperial Brochure: Check out all 38 pages at http://bit.ly/1sFEtY7.

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: Giant Antarctic Snow Cruiser gets stuck in #Chicago & Gomer, OH. http://bit.ly/1tHxkwT

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from me (left) and my pals, 1954...the days when we used a dime store mask and usually made the rest...

1964, I think I want one...

Happy birthday Henry Winkler alias Arthur Fonzarelli!

The Central Fire Station at Main Street in Huntington Beach, CA, circa 1940s, received Works Progress Administration...

Bride of Frankenstein

She screamed shrilly!

This photograph of Wester Close, Newhaven in the 1880s shows sheeps' bladders hanging on lines.

A worthy Comedian Harmonists cover!

John W Poynton, as promised, my brother, in about 1980, with his International panel truck.

"Cock your hat - angles are attitudes." --Frank Sinatra

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: Dobbs "Field & Stream" Gamebird Mixtures: Teal, Grouse & Mallard hats. http://bit.ly/1xAF6qc

It's a kind of magic

Reasons why I prefer vintage: my five year old kitchen bought from ikea is broken, again, the frontage has fallen...

A few weeks ago we stopped in this wonder vintage shop in a dead lake town of Atlas, WI.

These scenes look positively macabre, but it's simply wax figures being made.

My present to myself for my birthday and to celebrate the fact that my disability claim was finally approved: a...

Boswell Sisters so cool and really artists

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75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: Historic photo: War ties two biggest liners up in New York. http://bit.ly/1txROYL

HAVE YOU EVER KIPPLED?

The infamous Beautybug

Halloween with Clara Bow and Felix the cat (1929)

New York, New York... photographed for Stern, July 1960. #nyc #vintage

The Idle Shepherd Boys

GET BACK YOUR HEALTH & NERVE POWER!

Favorite childhood keepsakes...the countdown begins!

I suppose there could be worse things in a can...

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: RED: It blazes in Fall accessories. http://bitly.com/1rA8ppf

News of spring and other nature studies

1930, Delineator magazine.

Salvador Dali, Vogue 1939

Babes in Arms, 1939.

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK:@LIFE's Movie of the Week: Babes in Arms w/ No. 1 star, Mickey Rooney. http://bit.ly/1rtXsoX

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: "Wings Over INTERNATIONALS": Airplanes, airports & air mail back in the day.

Louis Feraud at Rembrandt , yellow dresses, white tights & yellow shoes. #1960s #fashion

COMPARING TRURO: 1920 WITH 2014

Treat them right and they dress up to shop I guess!

Wooden Wonders: Hacker-Craft, GarWood, Chris-Craft, RivaYacht at http://bit.ly/1rnKhpB

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: "Go Sporty for '40": The new Chris-Craft fleet for 1940.

Good morning and Cock-a-doodle-do from Sears, 1962!