Old Stereo and record ads- 1970

The Warner Loss Leaders were great for a kid with little money!

all of these appeared in THE NATIONAL LAMPOON in 1970

70s retro villa

This fantastic house was built in Sweden in 1969..

Made entirely of plastic, this fully circular villa was designed by Swedish architect Staffan Berglund for the Danish airline magnate Simon Spies.

 

 

 Designed by Swedish architect Staffan Berglund, the winning proposal's circular plan concedes extreme flexibility. The house has two levels: the kitchen is in the inferior level, and at the center of the cupola directly above it, a futuristic device opens to the superior level, allowing the dinner table to rise up to the dining room on the upper level, where the chairs are fixed to the ground. Thanks to this mechanical device, the modest dining space in Villa Spies worked as a versatile space, turning the house into a space seemingly twice as large.

TV Remote Unit, 1947

WLW-T Cincinnati

Pontiac Club de Mer

 The Pontiac Club de Mer was a purpose-built, concept  car that was unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1956 to celebrate GM's commitment to futuristic design. It was destroyed by GM in 1958.

Under the hood lay Pontiac’s brand new V-8 engine, the 287 OHV, which was unveiled the year prior. Called the Strato Streak, it was GM's most powerful engine by 1955 and ushered in Pontiac’s high-performance image with the Bonneville, Grand Prix and GTO. This high-output power plant was modified with a high-lift cam and fitted with two four-barrel carburetors to coax power up to 300 bhp  . The rear wheels were driven by a rear mounted transaxle, used later in Pontiac's new compact, the 1961 Tempest, on a rigid rear axle with independent suspension.

it had a very low profile at just under 39 in

Wheelbase:103.251 in  
Length:180.001 in  
Height:38.401 in  

Get good enough at FACEBOOK'S "Car Town" and you might drive one of these cartoon versions.

Photos of S. H. Lim

S. H. Lim, a Thai photographer of Chinese blood, was born in 1930. A self-taught lensman, he took pictures for many well-known Thai publications such as Sakul Thai, Bangkok Weekly, Ploenjit, Or Sor Tor and Seansuk, from 1962 until his retirement after 1987. In 1963 he was awarded the silver and bronze medals by the New York Kodak Expo Photography Contest.

Comic Book Short Story~Jungle Drum (3d)

standard red/cyan 3D specs required

from Harvey's ADVENTURES IN 3-D #1 ,November 1953

story and art by Howard Nostrand 

House Ad.

Midwestern Hayride

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I remember this being a big deal when I was a kid. Broadcasting was more regional then, and some great TV and radio originated from WLW in Cincinnati.  Midwestern Hayride was first broadcast before 1937 and was carried live on the radio each Saturday evening through the early 1970s.

It began as a radio show called BOONE COUNTY JAMBOREE (reportedly inspired by a similar show in Shreveport, LA)

The show moved to television in 1948.

 

At the show's peak there was a one-year waiting list for tickets to be in the audience (100 people was the limit for each weekly show).

In 1951, Midwestern Hayride was picked up by NBC-TV as a summer replacement for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. NBC aired it each of the following summers through 1956, except 1953. ABC-TV then carried it during the summers of 1957–59. For much of its television run MH was hosted by Dean Richards, lead vocalist of The Lucky Pennies, a local singing group. Richards also introduced a "Polka Time" segment (geared to Cincinnati's German heritage and its local breweries) aired near the program's close until 1969, when he was replaced by Henson Cargill riding on the success of his hit song "Skip a Rope".

Other hosts over the years were Paul Dixon, Willie Thall and Bob Shreve, all Cincinnati mainstays , all part of the Boomer Experience.

 some of the performers over the years:

Dolly Parton
Red Foley
Shug Fisher
Porter Wagoner
Herb & Kay Adams
Vic Bellamy
Bobby Bobo
Skeeter Bonn
Phyllis Brown
Brown's Ferry Four
Slim Bryant
Jerry Byrd
The Country Briarhoppers
Cowboy Copas
Hugh Cross
Lazy Jim Day
The Delmore Brothers
The DeZurik Sisters
Little Jimmy Dickens
Smokey Duvall
Too Slim Bobby Simpson
Clay Eager
Louie Ennis
Sonny Fleming
Betty Foley
Whitey Ford
Geer Sisters
Charlie Gore and the Rangers
Otto Gray
Rudy Hanson
Ted "Gas House" Hensley
Billy Holmes
Salty Holmes
Homer and Jethro
The Hometowners
Louie Innis
Rome Johnson
Tommy Jackson
Grandpa Jones
Lee Jones
Judy and Jen
Junior Kentucky Briarhoppers
Harpo Kidwell
Bradley Kincaid
Slim King
John Lair
Freddie Langdon
Dixie Lee
Ernie Lee
Freddie Langdon
Bonnie Lou
Pa and Ma McCormack
Clayton McMichen
Joe Maphis
Sleepy Marlin
The Mid-Westerners
Carl Moore
Natchee the Indian Fiddler
Jay Near
Willie Nelson
Mattie O'Neil
Jimmy Osborne
Hank Penny
Judy Perkins
Prairie Ramblers
Kenny Price
The Kentucky Boys
Riley Puckett
Rangers Quartet
Brownie Reynolds
Dean Richards
Jerry Richards
Tex Ritter
Kenny Roberts
Jack Rogers
Mimi Roman
Buddy Ross
Helen and Billy Scott
Coleen Sharp
Billy Strickland
Swannee River Boys
Garry "2 Tall" Grammell
Willie Thall
The Lucky Pennies
The Three Ks
The Trailhands
Merle Travis
Red Turner
Zeke Turner
Tommy Watson
Tex Walls
Penny West
Joy Whitaker
Willis Brothers
Dom Rockin Horse Mason
Jim Wood
Helen Diller
Chuck Wright
John "Gut Bucket" Halcomb
Zeke and Bill
Jeannie Hogan

Cooper Cinerama Theater

The Cooper Theatre was the first of three Cinerama theaters built by the Cooper Foundation in the early 1960’s. Known as the Golden Triangle, the three theaters were located in Denver, Omaha, and Minneapolis. Complete with massive screens and the latest sound technology, all three were designed to exhibit films made in the 3-strip Cinerama process.

Renamed as the Cooper/Cameo by the 1970’s, the theater later became part of the Commonwealth Theatres circuit, who franchised the Cooper name. They also built the Cooper 5, Cooper 6, Cooper 7, and Cooper Twin (none of which were Cinerama theaters), which were constructed to mimick the round, elevated roofs of the existing Cooper theaters.

After Commonwealth, the Cooper Theatre was run by United Artists, who continued to operate the theater until it was sold. Like Cinerama itself, the Cooper Theatre in Denver did not last forever. After years of changing hands, the massive theater was finally sold to Barnes & Noble, who razed it to build a new store.

during construction