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    1938 BBC TV Broadcast

    In my never-ending quest for rare historical (and free) footage, I stumbled upon this particularly fascinating glimpse into 1930's television- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUFj_AlCuo Pretty unfortunate this has no sound, but the sights are pretty amazing in my opinion!
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    The Hollywood Animation Archive

    You may think this thread belongs in the Moving Picture department, but this ain't just about cartoons- http://www.animationarchive.org/ The folks here have collected an amazing collection of vintage comics, illustration and art instruction material that has to be seen to be believed! A...
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    Shorpy

    The 100 year old photo blog: http://www.shorpy.com/ Found this one a short while ago. There's lots of amazing (high-resolution) vintage photos posted every day, plus a shared photo department, so you can send your contributions. This is one of my favourites -
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    1936 Coat Store Made From Coats

    Here's a neat little way to liquidate the overcoat inventory: From Popular Science (July 1936).
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    Stars And Their Hobbies

    Here's a nice little article on the subject. Can you imagine walking into a bicycle shop run by Paulette Goddard? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/01/the-stars-have-hobbies/
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    Prewar New York In Colour

    One of my many hobbies is collecting pictures from auction sites, and every once in a while I run into a little gem or two. Just today I was sorting through them and I noticed quite a few that share a certain location and date, as you'll see: A postcard from Macy's The skyline from...
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    On-line Vintage Clothing Stores

    Well, I think it's about time I get me a piece of vintage clothing, but for certin reasons my only option now seems to be Internet stores (ebay is out of the question for now). Some time ago, someone posted a link to American Vintage and I like their selection, but I'd like to have more options...
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    10 Things To Do Before You're Gone

    So.... What are those novel or exciting things that you absolutely, unavoidably, inevitably, necessarily, definitely, and absolutely MUST do before you the time comes to cash in your chips? Off the top of my head I can mention these: - Go to Europe by ship (or at least England or Germany)...
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    The Vintage Bedroom

    One of my many ongoing and never ending projects is my bedroom. For ages I've wanted a bedroom with a heavy 40's feel (as total realism is impossible due to the presence of some modern devices), and I always get stumped at the many intricacies I encounter; namely trinkets, papers, and other...
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    40's Clipart

    See here: http://www.havanastreet.com/
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    Valentine's Day. What's your view?

    Frankly, it stinks. Seeing all those merry couples flaunt their happy meaningless relationships with massive bouquest, stuffed animals, and candy in front of us the sentimentally bereft is sickening at best (At least that's how it is in a school environment). Besides, of all holidays, this...
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    Covering A Song During the 20's, 30's, 40, and 50's

    Good question. Gotta love a standard- I have several favourite renditions: Gershwin: - Embraceable You (Tommy Dorsey and the Pied Pipers) - Lady Be Good (Benny Goodman Trio) Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern: - A Fine Romance (Fred Astaire, with Johnny Green orchestra) Irving Berlin...
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    Show Us Your Handwriting - Vintage Penmanship!

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    Realistic Radio Schedules

    Here's something I've been wanting to know for a long time, and that I'm sure others will find it useful. If you were to create a full day of programming to pump into an antique radio, what would you include? The 1939 broadcast day is a good model, but I'm sure that not all stations had...
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    Celebrity Caricatures

    I was looking at some pictures of yesterday's famous faces, and having a pencil at hand, I couldn't resist doing some quick sketches of a few. Can you recognise these faces? Lot's of people with big ears are famous! I tried to do Myrna too, but she didn't look right...
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    Spike Jones

    (Based on a small deviation on the mambo thread) He's best remembered for his insane renditions of popular tunes, and his dastardly murdering of the classics (Pal-Yat-Chee, anyone?). But don't let the comedy fool you- His band consisted of top notch virtuosi that were not averse to wigs and...
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    Name The Tunes... Please!

    It's another one of those YouTube nights for me.... Is there a knowledgeable soul in the lounge who can identify the tunes (and performers) played with this marvelous ship footage? <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie"...
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    The "Behind The Scenes" Thread

    It's a pretty common thing. You play a DVD of your favourite movie, and usually there's a little behind-the-scenes look among the extra features. Nowadays, it seems mandatory to have someone covering the making of a movie (either as a full-fledged documentary or a mere souvenir for a...
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    Date The Photos!

    I was just reviewing my "Swiped from eBay" slide collection, and I ran across this particular set. I saved these almost a year ago and I still find the amount of details quite fascinating. I've little clue of where or when exactly were these pictures taken, but I'm positive that with some...
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    These Ain't Photographs!

    While going up and down at the ole Wikipedia, I stumbled upon this rather interesting place: http://www.meiselgallery.com/LKMG/flashIndex.html I had seen a few photorealist paintings before, but when I took a peek at the artists department at this site I was floored. The sheer virtuosity...

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