Good news!  According to this 1948 pop quiz, “You can be a real he-man and still like to make a cheese soufflé.”

The article also says, “It’s no reflection on your masculinity if you are a man and sometimes prefer feminine things.  Nor should you feel dismayed if you are a woman and have some masculine tastes.”  Well that’s a relief, because I scored a 7 which supposedly means I have masculine interests.

This stuff kills me!  So funny.  What’s your score?

via Retronaut

‘The Largest Ships to and from California’, L. Wulff (1910-1959), ‘Vienna’, Kosel (1910-1959)

‘Alaska’, Greenwood 1910-1959, ‘Krakow’, Kozianskich (1910-1959)

‘Come and See Netherland India’ 1910-1959

‘Motoring in Germany’, Ludwig Hohlwein 1910-1959, ‘Sweden’s Scenic Waterway’, Meyer & Koster 1910-1959

‘Trieste’, Giorgio Viola di C. 1938, ‘Paris.Havre.New York’, Albert Sebille (1920-1930)

‘Our Mediterranean Cruises’, Wusten & Co. 1910-1959, ‘The Gentle Art of Civilized Living’, Adolph Treidler 1934

‘Klosters Graubünden, Schweiz,’ J. C. Müller, 1910-1959, ‘By Train for Seaside Holidays! Take a Kodak‘, Sellheim, 1910-1959

‘See the Lands of the Vikings’, Ben Blessum 1910-1959, ‘Travel by Trans-Australian Railway’, Northfield 1930

These vintage travel posters are begging to be framed.  After I saw them over on Brain Pickings, I couldn’t help but flip through them all.

They were created during the “Golden Age of Travel”, when new railroads were being built, luxury cruise liners started sailing across the Atlantic, and people started driving their new cars.  The ads were made to entice people by capturing the romance and adventure of traveling to a far-flung destination.  Well, it definitely worked on me.

(P.S. You can buy a book full of these globe-trotting ads right over here.)

Source:  Brain Pickings, Boston Public Library on Flickr

Weeki Wachee Springs, FL for Harpers Bazaar 1947

Left – Ann Taylor in Colorado

Left – Col. Benjamin O. Davis and Edward C. Gleed, airbase in Italy, Right – Tuskegee airmen at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945

Left – Victoria Station, Right – Producer Michael Todd

At the John F. Kennedy and Jackie O wedding

Wow, these are two adventurous girls that took one hell of a moto road trip.

Theresa Wallach and Florence Blenkiron were such studs.  In 1934, they rode all the way from London to Cape Town, South Africa on a motorcycle!  With only a sidecar and a trailer in tow, they tore through the Sahara desert, stayed in African villages, and faced all kinds of crazy weather and wild animals.  At one point they had to push their rig for 25 miles after a total engine failure.  Oh yeah, AND they didn’t even bring a compass.  What d’you think, could you ever ditch your GPS??

They were competitive motorcycle racers and Wallach’s parents made her hide her trophies since a woman motorcyclist was looked down upon back then in England (umm… so ridiculous).

Such an Indiana Jones vibe going on here, loveeee!  More details about their story on one of my favorite blogs, the Selvedge Yard.

I was going through a closet with my mom and we came across a few vintage cameras including this folding Kodak Hawk-eye Model 8 2A.  According to the interweb it was on the market from 1926 -1934.  After thorough inspection, we found it was still in great condition and ready to shoot!  Yeah!  It takes larger format photos with a film size that isn’t available in stores, so we compromised and used the next size smaller (120) and made it fit.

I took it out to the nearby bike trails covering it with a towel to avoid light leaking in.  Not sure how much it really helped, but I love the result anyway.  The shots are so big that when I wound the film, I had to skip every other number on the counter… and some of the exposures still overlapped!  So I only ended up with about 6 photos and they’re the first shots to come out of this camera prob since the 30′s or 40′s.  I would just love to know who’s portrait was taken with it back in the day.  Where were they?  What did they wear?  I can only imagine.

My new vintage addition to my camera family.

Light leaks?

Overlapping exposures and maybe a ghost?

I’m amazed how well this one turned out

You never know what you’re gonna get

Not too shabby!

I used black and white film this time, so we’ll see what we get next time with color…

My sister at her birthday party.  My mom took it and it’s one of my fav photos of all time.  It needs to be a card.

Sisters at the pool with Velvet

Sisters and bro at yiayia’s house (means grandma in greek)

Left- Poloroid of me and my older sis, Right- mom & red couch

Dad water skiing on his head in ’54 & mom and dad when they were dating.

Mom in her dress before the wedding.  Great action shot.

These are a few more photos I’m sorting through for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary party next saturday.  It was June 12, 1960…. Fifty years!  Yeah!

I’m so excited to celebrate with my family in Florida.  I have a big greek family and there will be lots of greek dancing going on.  Hopefully the moves will come back to me automatically like riding a bike!  OPA!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!

My parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this June!  I can’t wait, we’re having a fun fancy party complete with dinner and dancing.  My mom sent me a big box full of family photos for a slide show I’m making of their past 50 years together.  I’m crazy about vintage photos and I’ve been like a kid in a candy store flipping through them all.  Although the 70′s and 80′s were fun in polyester and jelly shoes, the class and polish of the 50′s and 60′s make me want to pour some bubbly and watch a rat pack flick.

The first photo is prob my fav of all (very Sartorialist, no?).  My parents are all dressed up headed for their honeymoon right after the wedding.  I’m obsessed with their suitcases, and look….. my mom is holding gloves….. I need a good excuse to wear gloves like hers!  The second two photos are from around 1959 when they were dating in Alabama.  The last is another shot from after the wedding, getting in the car to drive off into the night.

There’s so many more good ones I’ll post as soon as I sort them out…