I also used to have cap guns. I'm from the days when the caps were made of paper not plastic. The truth of the matter is that his parents probably didn't show him the right way to use the cap gun, was because they didn't know themselves. Guns, and toy guns in particular have become so...
We had this set when I was a kid. I don't remember anyone ever burning themselves, or choking on anything. Don't parents teach kids not to put things in their mouths anymore?
Doug
I for one feel that the safety legislation, particularly when it comes to children's, toys isn't doing them any favors. I jokingly say that a child will never learn not to play in the traffic if he isn't ever hit by a car. As I said its a joke, but if a child is never taught the responsibility...
My brother got the mini steam engine for Christmas one year. I played with it a lot too. You put sterno in a little tray under the pressure vessel.
I think something a lot of people today don't realize, is this was a time before parents expected their kids toys to babysit for them. All of the...
The 4th and 8th photographs are clearly 70's not 50's. Look at the cars in the background. I have my doubts about some of the others as well. Cool stuff though.
Doug
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAIpI8IxgFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqkDTACCAIM
The Thing From Another World (1951)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xcVxkTZzM
The Uninvited (1944)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqSUaML-Ig
I Married A...
No I don't think it was cobbled together in photoshop. Its a reproduction, not a recreation. Its likely from a turn of the century photograph of the original paper, that was then reprinted and then scanned for the web.
Doug
Here are a few from our latest shoot. These were shot for the maker of the bathing suit.
Papago Park Pinup by Atomic Age Pictures, on Flickr
Papago Park Pinup by Atomic Age Pictures, on Flickr
Papago Park Pinup by Atomic Age Pictures, on Flickr
Papago Park Pinup by...
I just found it on line. It actually not the head line from the next day, but rather a memorial edition from the one year anniversary of Lincoln's death. It maybe a reproduction, but I believe its a copy of the actual original paper from the one year anniversary.
Doug
Thank you Steven. We were trying as much as possible to give it the feel of a vintage war time short. Glad to hear that people think we got close.
And thanks so much for the comments on the Veterans Day video. That one means a lot to me because several of the photos are of my own family...
Thanks C-dot. I'm glad you are enjoying the films. The "house" location is actually my apartment. There are actually some anachronistic things that appear in the film, but I did my best to keep them out. I do wish that I had a genuine vintage fan. The butcher shop and the market are both local...
Thank you for the very kind comments. Amanda and I have had a great deal of fun creating these images, and have been producing videos as well. I'm glad you guys are enjoying them.
Doug
I would suggest "Klute"(1971) and "The Parallax View" (1974), both by the director of "All The President's Men" Also...
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974)
"Dirty Harry" (1971)
"The Sugarland Express" (1974)
"Marathon Man" (1976)
"Coma" (1978)
"The French Connection" (1971)...
The old Chuck Wagon dog food commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BBqgMQluDM
This is a classic....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK2qBbDn5W0
I wanted one of these!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqd5EQXD-g
Everyone remembers this song...
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