Ancient Matters | Daytona World Land Speed Records

* “America is a country that doesn’t know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.” * –Laurence J. Peter ~*~ * * Circa 1940, Daytona Beach, FL — Postcard showing the famous speed record autos (from top) the Jim White Triplex, Major Henry Segrave’s Mystery S (Sunbeam, also [...]

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Merry Christmas | A Holiday Hot Totty Retrospective

* “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” * –Benjamin Franklin ~*~ * Circa 1955, New York, NY — The Ed Sullivan Show Dancers show their Christmas spirit. –Image by © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis * Joan Crawford is coming down your chimney… and she’s gotta gun. –Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull Via * Circa 1953, New [...]

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Howard Hughes | Wings of Desire

* “I wanted to see New York . . . so I tried to see how fast I could do it in.” * –Howard Hughes ~*~ * 21 Jan 1937, Newark, NJ — Howard Hughes, famous pilot, seated in cockpit of his record breaking monoplane at Newark Airport. — Image by © Bettmann * 14 [...]

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