Posted in American, Art, Auto, British, Icons, history, motorcycle, sports, tagged 1930S, 1950s, automobile, Bonneville Salt flats, land speed record, motorcycle, photolithographs, Roland Free, speed, speed record, Utah, world record on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Original caption, ca. 1951, Utah, USA — On the Measured 13 Mile Straight-a-way Course, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Roland R. Free, Making a New American Motor-Cycle Record. Roland R. Free, of Los Angeles, Calif., riding a British-Vincent Motor-Cycle in a prone position to cut down wind resistance approximately 2 miles, on Sept. 11, 1950, established [...]
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Posted in American, Icons, music, tagged autobiography, history, Jazz, lesson, LIFE, Miles Davis, money on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Always count your money.
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“My father told me, that my grandfather told him, whenever he got some money, no matter where or who he got it from, to count it and see if it was all there. He said you can’t trust no one when it comes to money — not even people in your own [...]
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Posted in American, Auto, LIFE archive, architecture, autos, history, lifestyle, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged 1930S, 1938, Auto, car, culture, LIFE, Los Angeles, photo, picture, vintage on October 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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“They say in L.A. there are only two methods of transportation-
car and ambulance.”
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Posted in American, Auto, apparel, fashion, films, history, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged 1950s, Auto, car, culture, drag, fashion, film, hot rod, racing, teen, teenage, vintage on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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1950s hot rod culture at it’s best. Yes, there’s the prerequisite corny score and script… but more so, enjoy the glorious landscape of 1950’s fashion, pomade, and hot rod heaven.
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Posted in American, Icons, fashion, history, pop culture, style, tartan, vintage, tagged 1950s, 1960s, Bo Diddley, fashion, Gretsch, guitar, history, music, plaid, rock and roll, tartan, vintage on July 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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“Don’t let your mouth write a check that your tail can’t cash.”
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“I opened the door for a whole lot of people– and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.”
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“I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I’m about to get.”
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“I made Bo [...]
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Posted in American, Icons, design, history, motorcycle, pop culture, sports, vintage, tagged Chout, Indian Motorcycles, legend, Max Bubeck, motorcycle, racing, speed record, vintage on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Mad Max” Bubeck made a name for himself dominating the enduro scene from the 1930s to the 1970s. Bubeck was also a speed racer & builder who in June of 1948 rode his Indian “Chout” (an Indian Chief 80 c.i. engine jammed into the smaller & lighter Scout frame) to a record speed of 135.58 [...]
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Posted in American, fashion, films, history, lifestyle, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged archive, beauty contestant, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, photos, picture, UCLA, vintage on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city”
–Dorothy Parker
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Posted in American, British, Icons, LIFE archive, design, history, motorcycle, sports, style, vintage, tagged 1940s, 1948, Bonneville Salt flats, Roland Free, Rollie Free, speed record, Vincent motorcycles on June 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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Rollie Free made made history aboard a 1948 Vincent HRD V-Twin motorcycle, often referred to as the “Bathing Suit Bike” due to the scant attire of its rider, Roland “Rollie” Free. John Edgar hired Free to make the attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Sept. 13, 1948. Free initially removed the bike seat and laid [...]
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Posted in American, Apparel Arts, Art, British, Icons, apparel, design, fashion, history, style, vintage, tagged 1930S, artist, Esquire magazine, illustration, Laurence Fellows, menswear, vintage on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.”
–Geoffrey Beene
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One of our pet peeves has always been the type of fashion copy that endeavoured to implant the sweet notion that “dressing the part” would put you over to tumultuous applause, regardless of your natural qualifications. [...]
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