Vintage shots from days gone by!

I would say that is the Curtiss XP-40Q? But thats a guess on a very stretched memory!!

(Edit) The under-cart is the give away, you know that the XP-40Q ended up being a civilian owned air-racer? It was also supposedly the fastest of the P-40 line, although with clipped wing tips, cut down fuselage and a completely new cooling system it looked more like a Mustang!!

Doc.

 

I built the Monogram 1/48 model of this back when I was about 9 or 10. It was the first larger scale aircraft model I ever built........... this one is.........um............. should we say better built!!

Doc.

PS, You have to wonder just who chose the Albatross for a Squadron insignia, a NAVAL Squadron at that!!!

 

Even Barbie had a Skotch cooler

 

The Skotch Kooler, copyrighted in 1952, was made by the Hamilton Metal Products Company of Hamilton, Ohio. It could keep ice cream firm for two to three hours without ice and was handy for a fishing trip: it kept groceries cold on the way to the lake and fish cold on the way back.
The container held four gallons and had three layers of insulation: one of fiberglass, one of inert air and a heat-reflecting outer surface. It was airtight and waterproof and, long before the practice was common, it carried the signature of its designer. (Knockoff versions, without the signature, were made as far away as Thailand.) The coolers are now popular collectibles.



Petra Cabot and the cooler she designed.​

By the way, I have a collection of coolers and accessories myself.

 

Never thought to cool Scotch, does that make it better 'on the rocks?'

Doc.
(Just tell me to shut up, that normally works).

 

Wow! thanks for that automaticslim, they look so happy in their work...



here's a couple more from the NY World's fair...

 

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The albatross IS a sea bird after all, so I think using the bird as a naval squadron insigna would work.

 

winter rides...

 

An Albatross is a great choice (google it) as it is a big, graceful, long distance flyer over the open ocean. However, it isn't partularly graceful on land and has some "goony" mating rituals. It's considerd a good omen and if you kill one, that's how you get that "dead albatross" hanging from your neck. Gary

 

Doc and I were referring to the traditional view of the albatross as essentially an omen of bad luck. This dates from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic 1798 narrative poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," which I see as a sort of allegory about sin and its wages, set against the backdrop of the age of the tall ships. It's a long, complex tale, and lots of people, over many decades, have read much into it. But the central story line is pretty simple, and it makes for good entertainment, taken at face value, what with its narrative style.

The albatross is, initially, something of a savior to the ship and crew, "guiding" them out of one jam (an ice jam, incidentally). But one among the crew thoughtlessly kills the source of their salvation and gets his ass torn three ways from Sunday for the reckless act. His shipmates subject him to numerous tortures, including forcing him to wear the dead albatross around his neck as a burden and a mark (lots of religious implications, folks!), much as Judas was a marked man. (Me, I think this work was the inspiration for Melville's Moby Dick, as well, as the story lines seem to parallel each other quite a bit.)

ANYWHO, while a real, live albatross is itself not a bad thing at all, the bad turn involving the literary bird in Coleridge's ballad made it pretty much a traditional foreboding symbol, among seafarers, though not the Green Movement. That's WHY we said, Why would anyone choose this symbol, of all logical things, for a naval flight group? Not to speak for anyone else, but I think Doc and I both were driving at the almost silly IRONY of it. After all, the Devastator was a good plane, but everything went BAD in the real world of combat. So, an albatross as a mascot? Maybe more prophetic than ironic, after all!

Anyway, since all HAMBers are vultures for culture (right?), here are some really cool seafaring engravings by French artist,, engraver, illustrator and sculptor Gustave Dore for an 1870 edition of Coleridge's "Mariner." (There are many MORE at a great site, ArtPassions, whom I THANK sincerely.)

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British mountaineers first top the summit of the Matterhorn
in the Swiss/Italian Alps, 1865, only to encounter disaster
on their descent. Four of the seven in the team died. En-
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Andromeda chained to a rock, ca. 1869, Gustav Dore.
Not hard to see where successful 20th Century American
illustrator Frank Frazetta got some pointers on color,
form, texture and style, is it?

 

I had to go back and find this one. I'm thinking this is all the bright work Chevrolet had Gold plated for that car, what was it, the fifty millionth?

 

Toledoan Harry Markiecki’s 1923 T-Bucket, “the Trojan,” built in the 50s.

 

Conceived by Carl G. Mayer, nephew to Oscar Mayer, the wienermobile was originally intended only as a means of transportation for company mascot Little Oscar, but the vehicle ended up outlasting the mascot and modern versions continue to promote Oscar Mayer products today. The first Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was built in 1935 on an International chassis with a 13-foot metal wiener and bun and an International four-cylinder engine. The General Body Company of Chicago was responsible for the body. The vehicle served until the 1950s.

 

Jimi, thats exactly what I was getting at, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," I wrote a paper on it in high school English, a rather clumsy explanation of the poems meaning.
Of all places to find an interest in the poem it was after reading Douglas Adams " The Long Dark Tea Time of The Soul".

Doc.

 

What a thread, Doc. We've ranged from rods to racers, battleships to hot-air balloons, and from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to The Rocky Horror Picture Show"!

Hmmmmmm? I LIKE IT!

 

This thread still ROCKS, an KICKS ASS !!!!!!!!!! scrubba

 

One of the things I love about Dog's thread is it inevitably forces me to go look something
up, which I'd always wondered about anyway! That happen to anybody else here?

I mentioned American artist Frank Frazetta a bit earlier, THEN got lost for hours learning
about this fascinating guy! Shit, I guess I thought, being an artist, he was probably a quiet
sort, working in a quiet loft studio, wearing a paint-smeared smock and wearing one of
those "beatnik" caps. Jeesh, did I ever miss the mark! LOL. What I found was the story
of a Brooklyn-born compulsive creator with an inventive mind, capable bringing to life
anything that could be envisioned. His creative career stretched from the mid-1940s to
his final years, when a stroke -- instead of staunching his creativity -- forced him to work
with his left hand! Frank's 82 years were full of life, and I am sorry to say that I was
unaware of his demise in May of last year. His life and work are the subject of a
documentary, "Painting With Fire."

BUT, WHAT a body of work! And he influenced a couple of generations of artists with
names many fans of popular art forms will recognize:Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Luis
Royo, Boris Vallejo, Gerald brom, Jeff Jones, Ken Kelly and many others.

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Photo of Frank, THANKS to TheCimmerian!
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Frazetta in repose, THANKS to SFBooksonMars!​

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Packing more than acrylics and camel-hair brushes!​

I actually got to know Frazetta's work in the early '60s when he did many cover paintings
for various Warren Publishing's pulp magazines, though he'd been in the biz some 20
years by then. Besides picking up hotrod magazines off the local news stand, the art of
Frazetta and other contemporaries drew me to also buy the Warren pubs. If, like me in
the '60s, YOU also got into Sci/Fi, adventure, fantasy, mythology, etc., you undoubtedly
have seen Frank's ubiquitous work! Some keen examples:​

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for Warren mags, such as Vampirella, Creepy and Eerie. It's been said that many loved the
escapist content, and many bought just for the cover art, BUT it's certain that Frank's
covers sold a lot of magazines for Jim Warren! ​

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All three of the above Frazetta cover paintings are THANKS to a huge site, the Unofficial Frank Frazetta
Fantasy Art Gallery, to whom I am indebted. THANK YOU!​

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This illustration from '74 is THANKS to a site called tywkiwdbe which has numerous other Frazetta pieces. ​

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Rhonda Flemming

 

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Reeks with atmospehre. I have the original magazine, but I've searched for years
to find a quality print to hang. Maybe I'm looking in all the wrong places, but I've been
unsuccessful. Every time I hear Annie Lenox sing "Here Comes the Rain Again," this
is the mental image I get!

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Give that cutie a Moon Pie to go with that RC!

 

Gene Tierney was drop-dead gorgeous, so she was
perfect to pick up the deployed GI's ... spirits!

 

Gate to Los Alamos, 1940's.

 

Winner!
Yes
Looks like they built 2 ….. both crashed and gone sadly.
I think it was a great lookin plane.

 

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Oklahoman Wanda was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 and into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, located in Muskogee, in 2000.

 

And tonight we have some more shots

 

Not done yet

 

The Carpenters?