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/roadtrip/classic-las-vegas-hotel-casinos-and-gambling/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/classic-las-vegas-hotel-casinos-and-gambling/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:53 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3637 Come fly with me… to fabulous and fantastic Las Vegas! Established in 1905, it was nowhere near the oasis of fun, sin and lost weekends as it is known for today. But when major developments and projectes surfaced in the 1940s, the city starting growing larger and larger. Shady organized crime personalties saw opportunities to [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/classic-las-vegas-hotel-casinos-and-gambling/feed/ 0 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/roadtrip/kitschy-swedish-postcards-from-the-1960s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/kitschy-swedish-postcards-from-the-1960s/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:26:57 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1554 Winter is almost upon us in northern Europe, but these newly found postcards of retro Sweden brings back kitschy summer vibes that are sure to warm anyone. Those of you with sharp eyes might spot that a few of the cards depict Sweden pre-1967, when we still had left-side traffic. Native Swedes might even recognize [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/kitschy-swedish-postcards-from-the-1960s/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:49:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-swedish-postcards/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:12:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/ 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.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/feed/ 13