Dance Through a Week To Beauty!

This is an undated, in rough shape, little treasure from "SECRETS OF CHARM" entitled Dance Through a Week To Beauty! It's a 6-day (because the Lord doesn't want you to exercise on Sunday) dance routine pamphlet to help you dance your way to beauty.

The pamphlet states  "This time you won't have to do any exercises for the good of your good looks. Instead you'll learn to dance to beauty! When you've mastered every step, you'll be able to do the most lovely and graceful solo you'eve ever dreamed of. You'll feel limber, poised and beautiful. You may even lose a pound or two."

You can start dancing your way to beauty after the jump.

Image of the Day: Raquel Welch

Raquel on a dresser circa 1965.

Motel Monday: Get Your Kicks

Every Monday for the few months I have been sharing with you themed motel postcards from my collection featured on my other blog, In The Heart of Downtown.  Today's Motel Monday theme is Route 66. Highway 66 is possibly the most famous Highway in the history of the United States. The Highway linked Chicago and Los Angeles and was over 2,300 miles long. The route was completed in 1933 and quite possibly was most popular in the 1950s and 60s. It would take me hours to type all of the wonderful history, so instead I will link you to some more informative sites.

These represent one dozen of the many hundreds of motels that lined Highway 66.  I tried to find some of the better postcards to give you a better sense of some of the more colorful motel sights along the "Mother Road." They aren't in geographical order. See them all after the jump.

The Spur Motel - Flagstaff, Arizona

Image of The Day: Diving Board

Sorry for the 5-day delay in posts. The Thanksgiving holiday and subsequent food poisoning put me out of commission for a while. Now, to make it up to you, here's a blond on a diving board from the 1950s:

diving board, originally uploaded by Elliot-B.

Some Worse Than Others

Daytona Beach, Florida

Mailed from Jacksonville, Florida to Mrs. Irvin Markley of Norristown, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1978:

4/9/78

This is the way some look. Some worse than others. The weather is fine, cool in the mornings, hot in the afternoon.

Myrtle

Image of the Day: Get Thee Plenty! Banquet Frozen Foods

Coupon expires on November 30, 1964.

Gallery of Cute and Regrettable Holiday Food

Motel Monday: The World's Innkeeper

I figured since last Monday's theme was Holiday Motels, I would post a dozen postcards of the motel chain all those little ones aspired to be: Holiday Inn. Since Holiday Inn was/is a massive chain, it was difficult to make your postcard stand out. Some went with a postcard of the great sign, some with went the standard boiler plate card. These twelve cards went out of their way to be different...

Holiday Inn South - St. Louis, Missouri

The Exciting World of Dinosaurs

As you can probably tell by the prior post, Sinclair Dinoland was an exhibit at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Sinclair had used a brontosaurus as their mascot for years so it made perfect sense for them to have an exhibit featuring "LIFE-SIZE" dinosaurs.
This particular item is a 16 page brochure with background on Sinclair and the dinosaurs that roamed the World's Fair exhibit. You will learn all about dinosaurs and why Sinclair quality oil is the best.

Images of the Day: Sinclair Dinoland - 1964-65 New York World's Fair

Located in the Transportation Area one looks from here toward the New York Pavilion.

Featuring nine life-life prehistoric monsters that roamed the earth millions of years ago.

I Want To Be a Space Pilot

Here we have a long out-of-print book from 1961 entitled I Want to Be a Space Pilot. The book was written by Carla Greene (pictures by Donna Cieslak) and was part of a series of books with the I Want To Be title. I am going to post the whole thing in its entirety. I love this children's book and really do believe it to be out-of-print. It's a little beat up and the binding is shot, but still worth checking out after the jump.

YouTube Dozen: 1984 Apple Macintosh Commercial

This is quite possibly one of the most famous one-time commercials of all time. It aired only once on January 22, 1984 during the Super Bowl. It has been oft-parodied and is still mentioned as one of the greatest commercials of time. Now read (and weep) what the idiots at the Genius Bar known as YouTube subscribers have to say about it.



12.Pretty wAcky
11.Is this a commercial for Hooters? I don't understand.
10.Because it's not gay anymore.
9. Hello... widows 7 was my idea
8. Boobs
7. The Hammer , the Slavic chick, the red pants.... against capitalism....... the whole hidden meaning of this commercial... All Power to the Soviets!
6. That accent of those guys reminds me soviets :P
5.You don't even know what they do! Some douche thought this would be effective?!
4. Star Wars is Way Better than Gay Ass Transforemers Damn You Optimus Prime.
3. this is actually a scary commercial. im buying a gun, so that if this 1984 shit ever happens, i can kill myself.
2.Just readed the book and now saw this :D Not bad appel.
1.apple is a devil..keeping ALL the zombies

Image of the Day: Maria Oropallo In Prospect Park

Mom in Prospect Park, originally uploaded by epicharmus.

Taken sometime in 1965.

Dear Toenail

Colton Manor - Atlantic City, New Jersey

The card was mailed from Somewhere in New Jersey to Willie “Toenail” Koenig of Chicago, Illinois from NJ on April 14, 1974:

I’m here competing in the Ms. America contest. I think I just might win. There are paintings of Ms. Americas all over the lobby.

Image of the Day: Sailing Takes Me Away

Sailing 1948, originally uploaded by ElectroSpark.

Taken in 1948. Thanks to Steve for the wonderful image!

Let's Discover Cats

Here we have a 1964 book, as presented by ABC TV's DISCOVERY and published by the Saalfield Publishing Company entitled "LET'S DISCOVER CATS." You will learn everything you need to know to spot a cat and tell apart from a buffalo or a large raccoon. Learn all about non-lol cats after the jump.

Image of the Day: Tippy and the Zenith

Fall 1957
Somewhere in Maine.

Do Yourself a Flavor...Make a 7-up Float

This is a 1961 mini-brochure featuring several ways to make a 7-up Float. Do yourself a flavor and learn how to "Fresh Up" with Seven-Up!

Motel Monday: Goin' On a Holiday

Today's Motel Monday theme is Holiday Motels. Due to the overwhelming success of the Holiday Inn franchise, motels across the country started borring the Holiday name and making it their own. After the jump you'll see a dozen examples.

Holiday Motel - Lordsburg, New Mexico

Image of the Day: Barbara Eden

She's (next to) a firecracker!

7up - 9 Ways To Spark Family Favorites

This is a 1948 cookbook/instruction book featuring 9 different ways to use 7up in your daily life. After the jump, and over 12 pages, you will learn how to use 7up for everything from ham to ice cubes. You Like It....it Likes You!

Image of the Day: Raquel Welch

I want to live in the 1960s version of the 2000s.

Image of the Day: Maria Oropallo on Her Wedding Day

Mom in silhouette, originally uploaded by epicharmus.

June 16, 1962
Fort Greene, New York

Pac-Man Instruction Booklet for the Atari 2600

These are instructions for game play for the Pac-Man video game for the Atari 2600. As you look at the instructions, compare it to the actual game play screen at the end, it's not quite the same.

Pac-Man Fever

This morning I woke up with this strange song in my head:



It's not that strange of a song, I guess. The strange part is that I had not heard the song in years. I don't know why it was in my head at all. Instead of trying to decipher a deeper meaning, I determined that it meant that today was Pac-Man day on What Makes The Pie Shops Tick?. I can be here for 66 weeks posting all of the awesome things that came from the Pac-Man franchise, instead, I will post a few things I really enjoy.

First we have stickers (thanks to tOkKa):

  
  

Records:

 

A Lunchbox:

 

a book (thanks to Waffle Whiffer):

and a cartoon:



Later today I will be sharing with you a version of what started it all.