retrophile daily

retrophile = lover of the past

part of the exciting sounds project, this is a multimedia blog that celebrates the pop culture of yesterday and the day before---from about 1920 to 1990

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Jun 5
What Sort Of Man Reads Playboy? ~ late ’50s advertisement

What Sort Of Man Reads Playboy? ~ late ’50s advertisement

Jun 3
Budweiser beer advertisement from the late ’50s
~ “Where there’s Life…there’s Bud!”

Budweiser beer advertisement from the late ’50s

~ “Where there’s Life…there’s Bud!”

May 26

Shack Out On 101 (1955, dir: Edward Dein)

VHS box art, Republic Pictures Home Video

May 16
The Second Happiest Day by John Phillips (front cover, A Bantam Giant, A1368, copyright © 1953)

The Second Happiest Day by John Phillips (front cover, A Bantam Giant, A1368, copyright © 1953)

The Follower by Patrick Quentin (front cover, Dell Books # 710, copyright © 1950)

The Follower by Patrick Quentin (front cover, Dell Books # 710, copyright © 1950)

Apr 27
Gold Medal 761 by uk vintage on Flickr.“1958 PBO; Park Avenue Tramp by Fletcher Flora. Photo Cover”

Gold Medal 761 by uk vintage on Flickr.

“1958 PBO; Park Avenue Tramp by Fletcher Flora. Photo Cover”

Feb 23

Beat Not The Bones by Charlotte Jay (Avon Books T-376 ICD, 1959, copyright © 1952) ~ front & back cover

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