More Swedish postcards
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More Swedish postcards

Sep 30th 2008 by Christopher

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Roadtrip More retro Swedish postcard goodness for all of you to enjoy. There were a large number of postcards produced from the late 1940s to early 1980s here in Sweden. The future looked optimistic, new buildings were popping all around the country and of course it had to be depicted on a postcard to that you could send it to your near and loved ones – even though many of the buildings were horribly boring and unattractive. Below are some examples of better cards. ( 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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Swedish Street Scenes in the 60s – Suburbia Deluxe
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Swedish Street Scenes in the 60s – Suburbia Deluxe

Aug 26th 2008 by Christopher

Roadtrip Here are a bunch of old postcards depicting normal everyday life street scenes in Sweden in the 1960s. Progress has taken its toll on all of these places and I very much doubt they look like this today. Although, I do love the colors and how everything looked so casually organized and clean back then. ( continue reading... )

Disneyland Hotel in California

Jul 22nd 2008 by Christopher

Disneyland Hotel in California
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Roadtrip Seeing its summer and many people are on vacation, here are some lovely photos and brochures from the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California for you to peruse – maybe you and your family are due for another road trip in ye old station wagon? The Hotel was built along the park in 1955 but not operated by Disney until 1988 because the park proved to ( read more... )

Welcome to Sweden

Jun 18th 2008 by Christopher

Welcome to Sweden
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Roadtrip Enjoy fine dining and lodging at our many motels, eateries, gas stations and… castles conveniently placed along highways stretching cross country. ( read more... )

Paris Chic – Late Night Postcards

Jun 17th 2008 by Christopher

Paris Chic – Late Night Postcards
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Roadtrip Three postcards depicting the chic and fabulous (or maybe not) Paris red-light district nightlife of the 1960s. Famous cabaret Moulin Rouge (the red windmill) can been spotted on one of them. For more lovely and kitschy postcards and photos of Paris head over to Popcards. ( read more... )

Malmö in 1962 – A beautiful summer day in Sweden

Nov 25th 2007 by Christopher

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Roadtrip Here is a short montage of footage shot in Malmö, south Sweden in the summer of 1962. You can really feel the warm sunny weather and happy-go-lucky people going about their business or just enjoying the nice weather. Everything seems more colorful, happy and better back then. I wish Malmö still looked like this, but I guess it’s a thing of the past. The footage ( read more... )