1940’s magazine ad for Chesterfield cigarettes
Rima, The Jungle Girl, Mar, 1974
Zorro on the Cover of TV Guide
Guy Williams as Zorro on the cover of the April 26-May 2rd, 1958 issue of the TV Guide.
1935 Duesenberg Model-JN 560-2585
Clark Gable leaning on his 1935 Duesenberg Model JN 560-2585 Convertible Coupe
Lola Albright
Lola Albright (July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017) Was probably best known for her role as Edie Hart, Peter Gunn’s love interest, in the TV show bearing the character’s name. For the first two seasons she sings in a local jazz club called Mother’s, by the last season she was running the joint. Continue reading “Lola Albright”
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Fall, 1941
Captain Atom #83, 1966
The first appearance of the Silver Age Blue Beetle (Ted Kord). Cover art by Steve Ditko.
Spy Smasher, Feb, 1943
Other Worlds Other Sounds
Esquivel & his Orchestra – Other Worlds Other Sounds
Discogs classifies this as “Space-Age, Latin Jazz, Easy Listening, Big Band” but he calls it “space-age bachelor pad music”… I’m kinda fond of “It had to be you”
Beach Cop
Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an order that bathing suits at the Wash[ington] bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee (LoC)
Photo shows Bill Norton, the bathing beach “cop”, using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman’s knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C.