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Pancakes #14: The All About Pancakes Coloring Book 27 Aug 2013 | 08:31 am
We've talked before about how pancakes kept popping up in the oddest places in the 1970s. It shouldn't be surprising given the epidemic levels reached during the decade; however, it still is a bit st...
Twisted Impressions #18 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
It's time once again to put your mind in the gutter. "Twisted Impressions" is a place where it's okay to see penises where there are none; where everything is sexual, dirty, and wrong. Sigmund Freud...
Sex Sells #31: Arcade Games 23 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
I'm not necessarily referring to the games themselves, which often do operate under the "sex sells" principle. This is about the advertising; which is the expected marketing approach for say, automob...
Vintage Scan #24: American Druggist (March 1942) 21 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
So, I picked up a couple copies of American Druggist at an antique store and found them interesting enough to share on Retrospace. I'll post the 1950's issue in a subsequent post; this time around we...
Wonder Woman - S1E1 20 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
So, I'm still severely butthurt by the loss in advertising for Retrospace; but your generous donations have kept the lights on at Retrospace Headquarters a while longer. So, let's move on from all th...
Help Needed! 18 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
Well, Google has stripped Retrospace of its advertising. While that may be a good thing to some of you tired of looking at those annoying ads; it has taken away a significant amount of revenue. You'...
Tech #28: 1979 Sears Electronic Entertainment 17 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
So, I was looking through the electronic toys/entertainment portion of the 1979 Sears Christmas catalog and was quite honestly amazed at how many items I actually owned. My family was by no means ric...
Movie Reviews #39: Carry On... 16 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
This post is not for readers in the UK. The Carry On films were immensely popular across the pond, so this article is likely to seem pointlessly obvious. However, the films never really found a home ...
Cinema #30: Killer Lobby Cards (Part 7) 16 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am
Get ready for another rapid-fire drill-down of those glorious vintage lobby cards. There'll be some that you're pretty familiar with... but then, many others that I'm sure won't ring a bell. Retrosp...
Vintage Gams #5: Babes & Bark 15 Aug 2013 | 06:32 pm
Consider this a Part II to the Hotties and Heating Units post. This time, instead of radiators and space heaters, we've got The Mighty Oak and The Larch.... and of course a set of gams in there somew...
