Retro Culture Links
by William Eric McFadden
revision 20161110-0923
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Vintage & Retro Culture Links by William Eric McFadden revision 20161110-0923 |
Links to sites not related to vintage and retro culture can be found in my Bookmarks.
Read my disclaimer.
vintage adj.
retro adj.
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"And then there was this pest of a girl. He sighed. Women were for recreation. On a job, they got in the way and fogged things up with sex and hurt feelings and all the emotional baggage they carried around. One had to look out for them and take care of them."--James Bond in Casino Royale (Ian Fleming, 1953) |
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"Girls are swell on picnics, they are just right on long winter evenings. I'm one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the female race. But in a hitch like this, they are pure poison." -- Rod Walker in Tunnel in the Sky (1955 Robert A. Heinlein) |
The Barracks Wall: The WWII Pinups at Skylighters
WinkyTiki with retro pin-ups
Vinrotica
Joseph Dougherty's Comfort and Joi
Lacy Unltd., 50's style pinups & glamour photography by MarK Anthony Lacy
White Rabbit Studio, the photography of Danielle Bedics
Shannon Brooke Imagery
Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
Silver Screen Sirens and Sex Symbols by Doug Stickney
Swingin' Chicks of the '60s
Bernie Dexter--"Cheesecake and Pin-Up Model"
Switchblade Stilettos featuring Sabrina, pin-up model & burlesque dancer
Lana Landis--"Pinup Muse of the Year"
KatesPinups.com--"Classic Pinups with a Modern Twist"
Heidi Van Horne--retri pin-up model
Martha's Girls--"Beautiful Times, Beautiful Girls"
Dyno Kustom Kruisers--retro cruiser bicycles with retro pin-ups
Atomic Pin-Up--"hot rods and even hotter women"
What Kate Did -- "Faux Vintage Lingerie and Hosiery"
Alexis4U -- "vintage nylon stockings and lingerie" with photography by Pav Sommer
Lucy B. -- "vintage inspired lingerie"
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
I'm the cat that got the cream
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Brother you can't go to jail for what you're thinking
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Brother you don't know a nicer occupation
Matter of fact, neither do I
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
Haven't got a girl but I can dream
Haven't got a girl but I can wish
So I'll take me down to Main street
And that's where I select my imaginary dish
Standing on a corner giving all the girls the eye
Brother if you've got a rich imagination
Give it a whirl, give it a try
Try standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
Or for that woo look in your eye
Standing on the corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by -- The Four Lads, 1956
VintageGirlieMags.com--"Sharing Vintage Images with the World"
VintageLovelies.com--"Voila! E-Cards from the Past"
VintageGirlwatchers.com
Classic Good Girl and Romance Covers at Ben Samuel's Golden Age Comic Book Cover Gallery
Star & Garter Magazine--"Magazine for Burlesque, Fashion, & Glamour"
Robert Scott Hooper's VegasRetro.com
Biography of Earl Leaf, glamorgirl photographer
Moving Image Archive at Internet Archives--vintage films and more
Basic Hip Digital Oddio
BellyBongo--"Music from a foreign land called Past"; downloadable lounge music
KiddieRecords.com--downloadable vintage children's records
Decoder Ring Theatre--downloadable retro radio shows
Radio Memories--downloadable vintage radio shows
Retronaut--"a warehouse for time capsules"
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“No home in America is modern without a family fallout shelter. This is the nuclear age.“ — The Honorable Leo A. Hoyt, Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, 1960 |
Eric Green's Cold War Civil Defense Museum
Gregg Ainsworth's The Bomb for My Pillow
CONELRAD.com & CONELRAD: Atomic Platters
Memories of My Atomic Youth by the late Harry Helms
The Bomb for My Pillow
WBT Conelrad Station/Shelter
Trinity Atomic Website & Civil Defense: You Duck and I'll Cover
Fallout Can Be Fun by David Greenberg, at SLATE.com
An Indedible Cold War Symbol: The Complete History of the Fallout Shelter Sign by Bill Geerhart
What was Conelrad? EBS? EAS? at The Broadcast Archive
Video: "Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter" (1960) at Hackaday & at Popular Mechanics
Build Your Own Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer
Titan Missile Museum (Base 571-7), Sahuarita, AZ (and story on NPR)
Titan Missile Museum on samsal.com
Operate Amateur Radio at Base 571-7
Cold War QRP: A Case of Discone Fever? -- AC7ZL operates at Base 571-7
Sigh Fye -- "Alas, the Future Ain't What It Used to Be"
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five
But now the days grow short
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We’d hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We’d ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
I’m in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
from fine old kegs
from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year -- Frank Sinatra
This is a collection of links that I have found useful or interesting, either professionally or personally. It is maintained for my own use, and is subject to change at any time. No claims are made to completeness, accuracy, or competence. No endorsement of any site, individual, product, or corporation is intended. With these caveats, anyone is welcome to browse these links or to use this page.