A Car That has Everything, 1952
Louie Mattar, who turned his 1947 Cadillac into a how-to guide for four-wheeled DIYers everywhere. As LIFEtold its readers in a March 1952 article, “A Car That has Everything,” Mattar was “a San Diego garage owner with a big imagination.”
“When he bought a brand new Cadillac four years ago, the extra equipment his dealer offered was not enough and Mattar started to add a weird assortment of things that other motorists can only dream of.
Doing most of the work himself, he put in a shower, coiling the pipes from his 50-gallon water tanks around the exhaust manifold for the hot water. A pumping system was crammed under the hood. Next to the taillight went a drinking fountain and under the dashboard a tape recorder and a bar with spigots for whisky, water and soda. In the back seat he put a washing machine, a stove and even included a kitchen sink. All this took four years to do and cost Mattar better than $14,000.”
One additional note: Later that year, in Sept. 1952, Mattar’s ultra-tricked-out Caddy set a world endurance non-stop record (since eclipsed) when three drivers, working in shifts, traveled round-trip from San Diego to New York and back — 6,300 miles — in one week. It later traveled — virtually non-stop, due to Mattar’s innovations that allowed it to refuel while driving, etc. — from Anchorage, Alaska, to Mexico City. Today, Mattar’s wild ride is on display at the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park.
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Interesting Old Portraits of People Posing With Their Vintage Cameras
The quality and portability of cameras these days would be quite astonishing to photographers from back in the earlier days of photography — the days in which you needed both hands and a strong back to work as a photojournalist. Here, an interesting collection of old photographs of people posing with their vintage cameras.
- Photograph shows boy with homemade “Kodack” camera pretending to photograph little girl with doll, 1907.
- Unidentified photographer with camera from the early 1900s.
- In 1939, when star college quarterback Davy O’Brien visited Washington to receive a prestigious award, he paid a visit to Presidential Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre at the White House. To demonstrate his passing technique to McIntyre, O’Brien grabbed a camera from a news photographer nearby and pretended to use it as a football.
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Aging Captain America by Paul Armstrong
In the series entitled Everyday Occurrences of an Aging Superhero by photographer Paul Armstrong, you can see some shots of what daily life would be like for a super hero. It brings you closer to the reality that would face anybody that actually had super powers. Check out these photos which showcase an aging Captain America in everyday situations.
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The series of “Shortology” from the studio H-57
Design studio H-57 – based in Milan, has created an ingenious series of posters, icons of well-known films. Series entitled Shortology which consists illustrations of the content of cult films.
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Famous Movies Locations
The project created by the journalist Christopher Moloney who is filming locations of the most famous movies. Try to guess which movies are those! We’ll publish the answers on comments so soon – GUESS THE MOVIES HERE
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Top 18 Worst Newspaper And Magazine Layout Disasters
Top 18 Worst Newspaper And Magazine Layout Disasters – How not to edit a publication.
The Streets of Cairo in Coney Island from 1890s-1900s
Although many know this tune (there are surely hundreds of regional interpretations), few know of its origin and its importance to the New York City midway and sideshows of the early nineteenth century. Best known as “The Streets of Cairo,” it is oftentimes connected to visions of Arabia and Egypt, to snake charmers, belly dancers, and other mysterious notions of Near East mysticism.
Although not quite “a place in France,” there were certain locations in New York where the fabled song came to life. “The Streets of Cairo” sideshow was constructed on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, after the success of the Algerian Village at the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893.
- Show at Coney Island with a man “levitating” a woman on stage, ca. 1908.
- Crowd wandering through the “Streets of Cairo” show with camels at Coney Island, ca 1896.
- Arabian Acrobats demonstrating acrobatic feats on the roof of Hammerstein’s Victoria Theatre, ca 1908.
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Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
A funny and interesting collection of manipulated photography before photoshop
- Nude Woman on Man’s Necktie, 1911
- Man Daydreaming about Love, 1910s
- Group of Thirteen Decapitated Soldiers, 1910
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Great Ideas for The Best Kid’s Birthday Party
This infographic, created by just4baby, gives tips on arranging an exciting kid’s birthday party. Loads of great ideas to help every parent plan a party with maximum fun and enjoyment for their little one’s biggest day.
