http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:23:01 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2718 Here are a bunch of fine examples of postcards you probably won’t be sending to your friends and family.. or then again, maybe you might. If you want to see more fun-tastic, creepy, dodgy and simply plain weird examples, head over to Bad Postcards where you will have a whole collection of things gone horribly [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:58:42 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1570 It was most likely much tougher than it seemed – with charm and grace training, evacuation exercises, disgruntled passengers and endless hair and makeup sessions. Guess all the excitement and grandeur is a thing of the past. Does anyone even consider becoming a flight attendant today? Photos taken from the wonderful Life archive at Google.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/cocktail-hour/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/cocktail-hour/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:42:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/cocktail-hour/ This photo by famed photographer Julius Shulman looks absolutely lovely. I wish I had a cocktail lounge like that in my penthouse apartment. The Mid-Century Modernist has a bunch of more photos and information. (Via)]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/cocktail-hour/feed/ 4