June 16, 2013
National Recovery Administration logo painted on the backs of women in bathing suits, Miami, 1933

National Recovery Administration logo painted on the backs of women in bathing suits, Miami, 1933

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(Notes: 11)
  
Filed under: photograpy pinup nra 1930s 1933 miami fdr swimsuit body paint vintage 
June 14, 2013
Mouth of the Savannah River from the U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Savanna River, Georgia, 1855 (via Wikimedia)

Mouth of the Savannah River from the U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Savanna River, Georgia, 1855

(via Wikimedia)

4:59pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxnLLpkS
(Notes: 14)
  
Filed under: maps cartography history vintage georgia south carolina 1855 united states atlantic 
June 14, 2013

U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Mississippi River from Cairo, IL to St. Marys, MO, 1865

(via Wikimedia)

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(Notes: 49)
  
Filed under: maps cartography history vintage mississippi civil war cairo illinois missouri river 
June 13, 2013

Autochrome photographs of his daughter Christina on a beach in Dorset by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman, 1913

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(Notes: 202)
  
Filed under: photography vintage autochrome dorset girl beach 1913 edwardian bathing history red color 
June 13, 2013
Saul Leiter: Early Color from Le Journal de la Photographie, c. 1950

Saul Leiter: Early Color from Le Journal de la Photographie, c. 1950

(via mudwerks)

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(Notes: 81)
  
Filed under: photography 1950s liquor vintage color new york red 
May 24, 2013
Advertisement for Goodyear from LIFE Magazine, 1945

Advertisement for Goodyear from LIFE Magazine, 1945

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(Notes: 58)
  
Filed under: illustration advertising zeppelin airship vintage life travel 
May 23, 2013
The Ideal City by Ronald Lampitt, 1951

The Ideal City by Ronald Lampitt, 1951

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(Notes: 87)
  
Filed under: illustration vintage 1950s 1951 city urban planning landscape maps 
April 12, 2013
A detail from a pictorial map of the Turkish economy, c. 1940. (via Afternoon Map)

A detail from a pictorial map of the Turkish economy, c. 1940.

(via Afternoon Map)

8:10pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxiYIVUX
(Notes: 28)
  
Filed under: maps cartography Turkey Anatolia economy illustration 1940 vintage 
April 9, 2013
A spoonful of lead helps the medicine go down, from The Saturday Evening Post, 1946

A spoonful of lead helps the medicine go down, from The Saturday Evening Post, 1946

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(Notes: 7)
  
Filed under: advertisment vintage baby lead 1940s 1946 saturday evening post dutch boy 
April 8, 2013

A map of Eurasia from Human Use Geography, 1936

(via Bryan Costin)

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(Notes: 40)
  
Filed under: maps cartography land use eurasia europe asia vintage 1930s children's books books