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Nico and Andy Warhol as the Caped Crusader and Robin, Esquire,...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:00 -0400

Nico and Andy Warhol as the Caped Crusader and Robin, Esquire, 1967. New Batman ‘66 comic book series inspired by the TV show comes out next month.

(via SpyVibe)

Poor Pete Campbell: no matter how much of a blue-blood you are,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:09:28 -0400

Poor Pete Campbell: no matter how much of a blue-blood you are, there’s always some self-made pretty boy working a long con who just won’t get the hell out of your way.

The Frito Bandito Under-the-Hat Sweepstakes, LIFE, Jan. 10,...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:57:31 -0400

The Frito Bandito Under-the-Hat Sweepstakes, LIFE, Jan. 10, 1969 Remember, there may be a Frito Bandito in your house. Aye-aye-yi-yi…

Groovy product offers: everybody wanted in on the act....

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:11:04 -0400

Groovy product offers: everybody wanted in on the act. Inflatable vinyl “pop art” pillows from L&M cigarettes, LIFE, Sept. 20, 1968

Is this Stan Rizzo’s Moshe Dayan poster? Available in head...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0400

Is this Stan Rizzo’s Moshe Dayan poster? Available in head shops and mail ordered via ads in comic books and magazines, giant B&W posters of cultural icons (think Humphrey Bogart, W.C. Fields or Golda Meir—and Che! how could we forget Che?) were big in the ’60s and ’70s, looming large in dorm rooms and over the brick and board bookcases in many first apartments.

The greening of Pete Campbell…never gets old (via...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:39 -0400

The greening of Pete Campbell…never gets old (via HappyPlace.com)

Sure: Bob Benson’s a suckup, Harry Crane’s sideburns are...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:13:59 -0400

Sure: Bob Benson’s a suckup, Harry Crane’s sideburns are laughable*, Pete blazed up and Roger took a punch in the nads—but the man to watch at the newly christened SC&P is TV scoundrel Harry Hamlin as the increasingly ee-vil Jim Cutler, Mad Men’s destroyer of agencies and worlds. Because Ginsburg’s mishugenah, but he’s not wrong.

(via Mad Men Season 6 Episode Photos - Mad Men Season 6 Episode Photos Photo Gallery - AMCtv.com)

*Seriously, did no one test how fake that facial hair reads on camera, or is that the point?

“Golden kernels in gay company…” ad for...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:21:00 -0400

“Golden kernels in gay company…” ad for Niblets Mexicorn, 1950 via Pinterest

Alexander Girard designs on matchbooks from La Fonda del Sol

Thu, 30 May 2013 20:07:54 -0400

Alexander Girard designs on matchbooks from La Fonda del Sol

"There’s always an ideological fight over defining, retrospectively, periods and times, and..."

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:02:03 -0400

““There’s always an ideological fight over defining, retrospectively, periods and...

"The term Art Deco was first coined in November 1966 by Hilary Gelson in The Times as the United..."

Wed, 29 May 2013 18:50:49 -0400

“The term Art Deco was first coined in November 1966 by Hilary Gelson in The Times as the...

Pop-Art Pillows from Kleenex, 1968, via

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:19:09 -0400

Pop-Art Pillows from Kleenex, 1968, via

"in an era when few women managed to have high-profile public careers, Dr. Brothers was able to..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:24:29 -0400

“in an era when few women managed to have high-profile public careers, Dr. Brothers was able...

Bobby Kennedy dead, The Miami News, June 6, 1968

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

Bobby Kennedy dead, The Miami News, June 6, 1968

Thought there would be much more of this sort of thing at the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:00 -0400

Thought there would be much more of this sort of thing at the recent Met Ball

One’s gas tank explodes, the other’s engine block...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:27 -0400

One’s gas tank explodes, the other’s engine block melts. #Mad Men will have their work cut out: Pinto v. Vega, Popular Mechanics, 03/71

"The new models were so terrible that even 40 years later, some shoppers still won’t consider..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:34:47 -0400

“The new models were so terrible that even 40 years later, some shoppers still won’t consider...

The headlines from April 5 and 6, 1968 start to show the...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:36:39 -0400

The headlines from April 5 and 6, 1968 start to show the aftermath of MLK’s assassination. From the Milwaukee Sentinel, in the Google news archive.

Ad Club of New York confirms story of 1968 awards dinner from...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:25:59 -0400

Ad Club of New York confirms story of 1968 awards dinner from this week’s #MadMen

(via ‘Mad Men’ Recap: How the Ad Biz Reacted to MLK’s Death | Media - Advertising Age)

Caroline Smith Petticoat Magazine 1967

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:29:09 -0400

Caroline Smith Petticoat Magazine 1967