The Handlebar Club, Founded 1947. | Heralded for their determined co-operative self-denial in the use of the razor.

* “The object of the Handlebar Club was, and still is, to bring together moustache wearers (beards being strictly prohibited) socially for sport and general conviviality.” * ~*~ * Members of Handlebar Club posing for photograph, UK, July 1947.  – Nat Farbman * * Members of Handlebar Club comparing ties, UK, July 1947.  – Nat [...]

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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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Life in Los Angeles, circa 1938 | It’s always been about the car…

* “They say in L.A. there are only two methods of transportation- car and ambulance.” * –Unknown * ~*~ * * * * * * * *

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Classic Clash Style | Rock ‘n’ Roll, Style & Soul

* “When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don’t learn nothing, cause hey, it’s not your fault, it’s his fault, over there.” -Joe Strummer of  The Clash ~*~ * * * * *

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1953′s “The Cool Hot Rod” | Cool Culture, Corny Flick

A A 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. A ~*~ A A A A A A

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Well Said– Well Plaid Rocker | Vintage Bo Diddley

A A “Don’t let your mouth write a check that your tail can’t cash.” A –Bo Diddley A ~*~ a A “I opened the door for a whole lot of people– and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.” A –Bo Diddley A A “I thank you in advance for the great [...]

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Mad Max Bubeck & his Chout | Hell on Hybrid Wheels

* “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 [...]

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L.A. Stories Told Through Vintage Pics | UCLA Archives

  “Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city” –Dorothy Parker   ~*~                                    

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Natty & Trad | A Properly Plaid Party

* “At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.” –William Somerset Maugham * ~*~ * * *

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Raccoon-tuer | The Coonskin Coat

“Bring the coon-skin home and hang it on the wall” –LBJ ~*~ * November 24th, 1925 — Red Grange (wearing raccoon coat seated with reserves on the Chicago Bears during their game against Green Bay) at the Cubs Park Chicago after his signing up with the Bears a day after the closing of his collegiate [...]

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