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Ride The Last Red Car

Los Angeles 1961

Mar 15th 2013 by Christopher via Pacific Electric

Roadtrip A 14-minute documentary about the last “red car” train from downtown Los Angles to Long Beach in 1961. The red cars, along with buses and streetcars were famous sights in California and operated by the Pacific Electric company. The Los Angeles to Long Beach passenger rail line served from July 4, 1903 until April 9, 1961. Back then it still had long stretches of open country running on private right-of-way. With the introduction of new fast freeways and more competitive cars in the early 1950s, the trains and streetcars were deemed as redundant and expensive. By the mid of the 1960s, the former Pacific Electric was no more. Today, the same route is operated by ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Vintage Swedish Postcards – Scenes from the Good Old Days
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Vintage Swedish Postcards – Scenes from the Good Old Days

Feb 13th 2013 by Christopher

Roadtrip Do you ever think that things were better decades ago? Do you feel nostalgic looking at vintage postcards depicting city life with happy-go-lucky people, a shopping mall with a orange and brown color scheme or the latest and greatest town monument? Here are eight Swedish postcards from the golden era of urban-living that does just that for me. The 1960s and 1970s in Sweden were famous for its grand ideas for new city centres – and with them came the demolition of sometimes entire neighborhoods. All to make space for department stores such as Domus, Tempo and Epa. Sometimes, they ( continue reading... )

Cruising Sunset Strip in 1964

Feb 5th 2013 by Christopher

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Roadtrip Here’s a interesting video capturing the midst of a sunny 1960s Los Angeles. Let’s take a cruise down famous, Sunset Strip with a up-beat rock & roll surf tune blasting out from the radio. Look at the beautiful and colorful signage advertising everything from restaurants, liquor and mortgages and not forgetting the parade of Chryslers, Oldsmobiles, Chevrolets that look like they just drove out of the car dealer lot. ( read more... )

Vintage Images of California in Living Color – A must for ...

Dec 17th 2012 by Christopher

Vintage Images of California in Living Color – A must for any Bachelor or Bachelorette pad
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Roadtrip Melvin Hale is a award-winning digital artist from Los Angeles, California that specializes in bringing back old photographs to life. He also offers a collection called California Chromes, which are composed from remastered and re-imagined vintage color images of a colorful California. They are primarily street scenes of cities, beaches and other destinations. California Chromes showcase fun places with fond memories, and make for truly ( read more... )

1946 Downtown Los Angeles in Color

Nov 9th 2012 by Christopher

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Roadtrip The city of Los Angeles, late 1940s. A place of glamour, fame, and wealth, but also where crime, vice, and corruption are rife. Film noir and neo noir movies such as Sunset Boulevard, L.A. Confidential and Double Indemnity help to set stark contrasts. However, here is some old stock footage that was shot in color and still holds up very well. It is rare to ( read more... )

A Visit to Swinging London in 1968

Oct 8th 2012 by Christopher

A Visit to Swinging London in 1968
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Roadtrip From Flickr user Arbyreed comes these wonderful photographs that captures the everyday life and style of “Swinging London” in the late 1960s. From Carnaby Street, to Picadilly Circus to a stylish Heathrow airport. Arbyreed explains: I lived in Oxford, England in the late 1960s and this collection contains some of the sights I took time to photograph. I wish I had taken more and more ( read more... )