Vintage shots from days gone by!

Excuse me miss. I thought you had a crab on your head. I didn't know it was a hat.

 

The many faces of Yvonne De Carlo, or better known as Lily Munster. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Yvonne De Carlo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6124 Hollywood Blvd. and a second star at 6715 Hollywood Blvd. for her contribution to television.

 

THANKS, Rod! Though Yvonne DeCarlo didn't pursue the SEX SYMBOL image, it is nice to see there was a pretty person behind the pretty face AND great actress.

A lot of people protested when she played Lili Munster, but I thought it was just evidencing that she had a sense of humor. And she certainly brought a special presence to what might have otherwise been a flash-in-the-pan show.

 

Ref #22849 weak bumpers


Thats when they put real bumpers on cars, you jacked them up with the bumpers

 

Studebaker's last year. That red two door post would be the fun one to have!

 

I think this was a MAD Magazine send-up from the late '60s.

 

Where did you find this picture???????

I have a red 66 Coronet 500 Convertible with a white interior like this!
but mine don't have the hood ornament!

Love to know if it was a Dodge Ad, or where it came from........

 

Hey, RodZ! Kinda looks like Princess Margaret liked the flick
and maybe bought the hat in the lobby on the way out! What
a card, that Margie!

 

great pictures

 

Forgotten fiberglass cars of the past. Anybody have one of these beauties hidden away in their barn?

 

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Old magazine covers aren't just nostalgic, they
seemed to define where automotive thinking
and society in general were. Cool stuff. ​

 

For the '50s MoPar nuts! ​

 

Pushbutton driving! And unlike the Edsel's shifter,
the MoPars WORKED! BTW, all six of the previous
magazines shown are for sale on eBay presently.
Not a commerical, but since I posted their mags
here for our enjoyment, I thought it fair to mention,
at least. ​

 

Yeah, the MoPars expecially worked when you are 16 and working in a garage.
Put in neutral, rev it up and pop into D or L or whatever was there.
Impressive, and I never blew up a MoPar.

 

See... Gary

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/

 

Soviet stamp commemorating the successful
October 4, 1957, launch of the Sputnik un-
manned satellite. Images THANKS to NASA.



Front page of PRAVDA, Oct. 6, 1957.



1957 plus 15 years. A '72 Soviet stamp commemorating Sputnik.



There's a commonly held myth that the 1950s was a decade
of relative peace and plenty, though there's probably a kernel
of truth to it. But it wasn't all about "I Like Ike," Rock'nRoll
supplanting Your Hit Parade, Howdy Doody, poodle skirts,
jocks, JDs with loud hotrod cars, The Pelvis, Davy Crockett,
the Hula Hoop and the Flying Purple People Eater.

While the tough kids were rockin' 'round the clock and "good"
kids were at chaperoned dances with cake walks and the like,
the decade was also marked early on by a real and unwanted
war (dismissed as a "police action") and materials shortages,
the Civil Rights Movement was taking root (the Feminist
Movement getting traction), and a severe, prolonged re-
cession threw a wet blanket on the economy, beginning in
1958.

But the Rocket Age and WWII had quietly brought America's
old option of isolationism to a permanent end. Termed by
some a caretaker president, Eisenhower kept an eagle eye
on activities of the Soviet Union and communist China.
Though parents pretended not to worry, the undeniable "Cold
War" with communist powers (call it the Red Scare, if you
please), came to a head on October 4, 1957, when the
Soviets successfully launched the first, unmanned satellite
into Earth's orbit.

 

The West fights back. 1957 U.S. Vanguard launch. I
cannot imagine that the significance of the December 6
date chosen escaped the notice of anyone not living
under a rock!




Suited up, Alan Shepherd became the first U.S. astronaut
into space, after Russian Yuri Gagarin.

 

Standing in the front yard of our Mansfield, Ohio, home
on that beautiful early-October evening just before dark,
it was an eerie and unprecedented experience, watching
the just-launched Russian Sputnik satellite pass north-to-
south in the clear sky, just a bit over 200 miles up. Though
there was wonder, of course, and vague (unadmitted) fear,
I couldn't help but wonder if the Russians had a reason for
sending their Sputnik (as I saw it) directly over our house.

The so-called Cold War had seemed remote to me up to
that point. Suddenly, the Cold War was personal and took
on the face of action! And the action was the soon-to-be-
christened "Space Race" -- front-page news for at least the
ensuing decade! And the fear that "their" side might gain
advantage and, maybe, launch a first strike that would burn
our beloved country to a cinder worthy of the Stone Age was
never far from my mind.

Though the Red Scare and the Cold War would continue until
dissolution of the U.S.S.R., the "Space Race" was WON by the
United States -- at least in my psyche -- on another perfect
summer evening, July 1969, when a U.S. astronaut first set
foot on the surface of the moon! Fishing with my dad and
now-deceased brother on that moonlit evening, I couldn't
help recalling how it had felt to see that satellite nearly 12
years earlier.

No, fear of nuclear annihilation was not dispelled, just
ameliorated by "our" victory that night. Despite friends
fighting in a savage and controversial war, I have rarely,
ever felt so proud of my country.

 

Carolyn Jones was a rare commodity: a glamour girl who could act!
Hard-working in spite of severe asthma, versatile Jones nevertheless
logged scores of films and accolades during the '50s, performing with
a slate of entertainers reading like a Hollywood "Who's Who" list:
Sinatra, Crosby, Hope, Brando, Presley, Fonda, Peck, John Wayne,
James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, James Stewart, Dean Martin, Anthony
Quinn, Dean Jagger, Gene Barry, Mickey Rooney and many others.

After early successes, Jones was cast in the "From Here to Eternity"
part eventually played by Donna Reed; Jones, then just 22, had to step
aside due to a bout of pneumonia when the film was set to shoot. Still,
she was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Bachelor Party,"
1957, with Sinatra, scored a 1958 Golden Globe win, was named a Most
Promising Newcomer in 1959 and went on to a Golden Globe nomina-
tion for her special touch as "Addams Family" TV matriarch Morticia.
During filming for the TV mini-series "Roots," Jones began suffering
debilitating effects of cancer. She passed away in 1983 at only 53.

 

Carolyn Jones with Elvis Presley in "King Creole,"
1958, one of her best dramatic performances.

 

Poster image shown under fair-use rationale, THANKS
to Wikipedia. Not for commercial reuse.



Babyface (Rooney) eats lead as his moll (Jones) comes to his aid.

 

Bob Mitchum with nice roadster, but what is it? I don't recognize
the lines.

 

Lili Damita (?) with a snappy '32 Packard.

 

Joan Crawford with a rather fancy Ford!

 

Silent star Edna Murphy with her roadster. Packard? Year?

 

Looks like an XK120 Jag.

 

dug out some old NASA trading cards

 

Damn...those are cool! Never knew they made such an item....
Rob