Vintage shots from days gone by!

Billie Holiday & Count Basie

 

For a minute when I saw this, I thought that you just mislabeled it, but then when I looked it up on google, I found that it was built by the Ghia company, who I already knew built almost identical cars of this for all Chrysler branches. Chrysler, Desoto, Dodge, and Plymouth all had concept cars all named the Firearrow. It's strange how similar they are, either way, they're cool as I'll ever get out.


This is the Dodge version.

-Cody

 

Marion Davies ”Tillie the Toiler” 1927

 

Marilyn was a big supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Ella Fitzgerald was one of Marilyn’s idols and a major inspiration. However, the Mocambo nightclub in West Hollywood, the most popular dance spot at the time, refused to let Ella perform there because she was black. Outraged, Marilyn told the owners that if they would let Ella perform, she would be there in the front row every time Ella was onstage. She did, and the two became friends.
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According to the great Ella Fitzgerald:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt…it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

 

can you see a resemblance?

 

Jean Harlow in a 1932 promotional for “Red Headed Woman”
Did you know that both this film and “Bombshell” were written for and about Clara Bow. In fact another one of the films that was based on her life was “A Star is Born” only the studio demanded that the train wreck actor be played by a man instead of Clara

 

and a female superhero.

 

Zion National Park's visitor center, now a museum on the near side and offices on the far side. Judging by the cars, it is in the early 60's. The cliffs in the background are the Towers of the Virgin.

 

that gives me the creeps!

 

Best thing that could have happened for the consumer was to have seen this train derail off a steep cliff. Vegas...Pfffft

 

1956 New Year's eve, Times Square

 

1945
"The Puerto Rican Pepper Pot"
Olga San Juan

 

1959 Waikiki Surf Club
Lima Peru

 

1953

 

"Yep!-----Another "nail" in my coffin"!!!!

 

1942

 

i guess time square is the subject for this time of year,
i need a heater in my shop...








Happy New Year, be safe people.
cya next year

 

Ah yes!!---Back in the day when air travel passengers actually dressed up in nice clothes for a flight!!!----Compare that with what you see now!

 

Oh man . I made a big stick some time back about how stupid I thought it was about delivering cars that way. I didn't know Mazooma at the time . Sorry Doug .

 

Thanks for posting the photo. Gone with the wind now. That was the place to be back when.

 

Hey, without Vegas, hot rodders wouldn't have any steering boxes.
Pretty interesting way to ship these things. Must not have fluids yet?
Were any other cars shipped this way?