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SWINGIN’ 60s: THE ULTIMATE MIX ⇢ [listen on 8tracks] [listen on spotify] [download]

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After realizing that poor women were using the flour sacks to make clothing for their children some flour mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks in 1939. Read more of the story here...

The Indigenous people known as the Huichol first appeared in the highlands of Central Mexico some 15,000 years ago. According to their ancient traditions, both men and women would experience the pain of childbirth. Here’s how it was done: the father would position himself on the rafters with a rope tied around his scrotum, while the mother would pull on it while giving birth.

The tradition in Huichol culture that involves the father taking an active role in supporting the laboring mother is truly unique. It is believed that by sitting above his wife in the rafters of the hut, the father symbolically shares in her pain on the journey towards bringing new life into the world. This practice highlights the deep bond and interconnectedness between partners during childbirth and emphasizes their shared responsibilities for their children.

In 1964, Alfred Heineken created a bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries.

Patty Ramge of Detroit, posing Sept.1, 1978 with her 1975 Ford Pinto, has little trouble with motorists tailgating since she decked her car with a sign warning of its’ explosive nature if hit from the rear. Mrs. Ramge posted the warning after weeks of trying to convince Ford Motor Co., and its dealers to modify the fuel tank so it would not pose a fire hazard in a rear-end crash.

Photos of Marion Martin in the 1930s and ’40s.

Some wonderful vintage ads of Cadillac from 1950-51.

20 amazing photographs of a young Lita Ford on stage from between the 1970s and 1980s.

Some stunning photographs of Veruschka von Lehndorff from the 1960s.

Beautiful Sophia Loren photographed by Francois Pages in 1962.

A Daimler motor omnibus with seating for ten passengers and powered by a 10 hp / 7.4 kW, two-cylinder engine, goes into service between Künzelsau and Mergentheim (Württemberg). The private omnibus service is also commissioned to deliver post along its 30-km route. Thus it becomes the first motorized postal service in Germany, although the service is suspended in July 1899.

Buick Skylark Convertible 1953. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

Barbie/ All That Jazz

1960s

Mood

Caturday cute

Emperor moths have large eyespots on their hind wings that they flash when disturbed. This often startles and thwarts potential predators.

Image credit: Tim Flach

Take me back to being innocent and cute. But mostly for having a Mullet 😂

would give anything to be invited to this