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    Man Cave/Vintage Lounge - Thoughts, anyone? (Heavy with photos)

    Any room should cater to your interests. I would have a comfortable reading area, a conversation area with perhaps a screening area. Extensive bookshelves and display cases. Artwork. A cocktail cabinet or an actual small bar. A fireplace goes without saying. You are a very lucky guy. I'm hoping...
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    Preparing for the pompadore

    I used to use tres flores back in high school. I comb my hair straight back in a sort of mini pomp and I've been using a "sports" hair gel #10 plus ultra hold. I 've had my hair like this for almost thirty years. After the pomade I used hair spray for years but switched to gel about ten years...
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    Pencil Mustache

    Yes, At least with my Dad and Uncles.
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    The devolution of our society through fashion in just two pictures.

    Style of dress is always a symbol of self identification. Work wear reflects the needs of the particular occupation. Manual labor requires clothing that protects, coveralls, heavy boots, hard hats, sturdy pants and shirts. Uniforms etc. Professional and managerial work usually requires suits and...
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    Golden Era Grandparents Sayings and Recipes

    In the old days, before political correctness, or maybe just sensitivity ,adults clearly weren't afraid of making judgements on any subject. Nor were they afraid of speaking their mind. Their sentiments may seem a bit harsh to us today but they reflect the lives of people who worked hard and...
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    Rioting Across America - The Great Depression (video)

    An excellent book about what occurred during the Great Depression by those that lived it, is "Hard Times" by Studs Terkel. He interviews people from all walks of life and they share their stories with him. I was amazed by the social unrest and labor activities that I had never heard of before...
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    The devolution of our society through fashion in just two pictures.

    To be fair I have noticed that my son, age 23, and other young men are starting to dress up for certain occasions. And these occasions revolve around their peers. I think that a part of this is a rebellion of his dad's generations excessive casualness. I was mocked by my children for running...
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    What do our hats really say about us, and more importantly, are they right?

    For the rest of us, a fashionable hat makes a statement. Amongst fedora hat wearers you have attention seekers, trendy hipsters, nostalgists, social outcasts seeking an identity, Indy wannabes, "no one tells me what to do" curmudgeons, and even <gasp> people with fashion sense. Across all these...
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    Vintage music reworked, sampled or stolen!

    I recently bought a cd with a collection of 1941-42 popular Frank Sinatra hits to go along with my 1942 Silvertone radio console. While listening to the music I thought it was awful sleepy. Some of the songs I had heard in later Sinatra albums with the Nelson Riddle orchestra and there was no...
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    A Resurgence of Hats

    If hats seem old fashioned as an item of clothing is it because they are anachronistic? Are there no valid reasons for wearing them? Well the sun still shines, and it's still hot and it still burns. The widespread use and acceptance of baseball hats seems to indicate a valid purpose in covering...
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    Stacy Adams Fedoras

    After being on this site for a while I checked out "hats in the belfrey" and ordered a grey Gangster style fedora. While I was awaiting its arrival I found a fur felt Sacred feather "big time" at a vintage shop. I could tell that it was fur felt before I checked it out on their site, When the...
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    When does the "Golden Era" start and end for you?

    It seems that so many want to place the end of the "Golden Era" at the year of their birth some time in the mid 1950's to even the 70's. In my opinion the "Golden Age" begins after WW1 with the roaring 20's and ends at the beginning of the 50's. The 50's and 60's had their interesting and...
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    Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.

    This is not an uncommon occurrence. The cure is to buy up the consoles that you find at reasonable prices and preserve them. Encourage others to do so also. This also applies to other vintage items.
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    Two New Hats

    Welcome to the lounge. Nice hats and it's great to see young people interested.
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    RIP Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

    In the Silicon valley where I live interest in high tech is naturally very high and Jobs and Wozniack are local heroes. Jobs is an icon in many ways and is the Henry Ford of personal computing. And despite his numerous personal failings Ford was a genius and giant of American Industry.
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    What Are You Reading

    I've been reading all of Michael Connelly's novels and have worked my way up to his latest releases. I have read all of Raymond Chandler's novels and short stories which kind of rekindled the Golden Age interest. I have read that Connelly has been compared to Chandler as a modern author of "hard...
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    Show us your convertibles

    Here's a couple of shots of my not golden age convertible my 96 Mustang GT. I bought this car last year so my wife and I could have a fun little car to ride around in. I've put on 10,000 miles in less than a year. These photos were taken in Pacific Grove, near Monterrey Ca. in February! Yes...
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    Cocktail Cabinets

    I will try to post these two photos
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    Cocktail Cabinets

    Some of these cabinets are really fantastic, but usually with a price to match. I have decided to build my own, by modifying a pretty nice 40's era drop leaf secretaries desk. It has two glass door uprights on each side. It measures approx. 4ft. by 4 ft. One side will be to display the spirits...
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    Castle

    Good fun show.

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