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"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #4
Link - by Avi Abrams


      Some joyful and/or interesting stuff to brighten up your day

      Welcome to the new issue of Dark Roasted Blend's "Feel-Good" series:
      mostly bright and sweet collection of images designed to propel you along
      your day with a smile on your face and a spring in your gait. 
      
      This is a kind of Tumbler-substitute for the caffeinated, busy crowd with
      deeply-felt and sophisticated sensibilities, somewhat nostalgic about more
      glamorous times (you know who you are), or just looking for that extra bit
      of sunshine.

      
      (The Leduc 0.22-01, fitted with a Turbomeca Atar D.3 turbojet, 1956 -
        by Rene Leduc, more  info)
      
      (vintage box cover for "American Flyer Trains" model)

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      FEEL-GOOD CARS

      
      


      Pontiac, 1956 - complete with a hanging fish:

      


      A huge Imperial, 1973:

      


      Details of various Imperial models from the 1950s:

      
      


      Some epic trucks: here's an awesome Alaska road train:

      
      (image via)


      1939 International D-300 delivery truck, and more:

      
      
      (images via)

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      FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

      
      
      


      English actress Jenny Agutter in "Logan's Run", 1976:

      


      Swedish actress Britt Ekland:

      


      Hayley Mills in "Truth About Spring":

      


      American "welcome home, sweetheart!" - meanwhile in Soviet Russia a family
      gathered around one of the first TV sets to enjoy a quality time:

      

      ... still better than trying to peer into this "magnifying lense" (Leningrad T-2 model from 1948):

      
      (original unknown)


      Great photography from Russia:

      
      
      (originals unknown)


      High fashion (literally "high", as in "hanging up high"):

      

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      HAPPY KIDS

      Beautiful portrait of a Russian girl; will make a great
      Pippi Longstocking! -

      
      (image credit: Tzetzka)

      Creepy communist propaganda: "The Whole World will be Ours!" -

      

      Perhaps not-so-happy Russian kid:

      

      (or maybe it's an Ewok, like somebody suggested in our Facebook stream...)
      Great idea for a Halloween costume "on the cheap":

      
      (original unknown)

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      FUN ANIMAL KINGDOM


      Baby sloth, found and happy:

      
      (image credit:
        Caroline Castendijk)

      Not-so-happy dog:

      
      (image
        via)

      This is how owls actually sleep.. who knew? -

      
      (image via)

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      FEEL-GOOD ART

      Landscape art by John Lowrie Morrison, depicting Loch Fyne area in
      Scotland:

      


      Great innocent-looking manga girls, by Meago / Magda from Poland:

      
      (images credit: Meago)

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      Beautiful religious Sikh art from India, with a symbol saying "Ik Onkar",
      "Unity of God" - more info:

      


      Fantastic sunset photography:

      
      (original unknown)

      Spitz, Switzerland - and an Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau piece:

      

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      GREAT VINTAGE RADIOS

      High style from France and Russia (including SNR Excelsior from France,
      Zvezda from Russia, Spidola from Latvia):

      
      
      
      (images via)


      Happy Robots! Art from
      Talbotics:

      
      (image credit: Talbotics)


      Cool modern-day Japanese toys (Baikanfu and Bandai):

      
      
      (images credit: CollectionDX, Akum6n)

      That's "Blobpus Cyclopus" in the right image above - see a lot more
      here.
      
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      FEEL-GOOD DRINKS

      Coca-Cola: Ode to the end of Summer -

      


      Great use for a binder clip:

      


      Until next time! Keep the sunshine, folks.

      
      (Hiawatha "Dome" & observation car, at Chicago Railroad Fair)

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Martin said...

Very cool! I had a bunch of Bandai robots, I forgot about those!

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Anonymous Jeff said...

Jenny Agutter! I've loved her ever since "Walkabout."

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW!! Don't do that with the plastic clip...bottles are not meant to be stored horizontally, BEER comes in contact with the bottle cap (gross).

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Anonymous candice olson said...

Amazing fotos!

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