#1950's era

[tmuse-ac]

Drawtober, Day 10, Landline

I had these super old ocs that I wanted to redesign a third time. Imma make ref sheets for them later. If you scroll down my page enough you'll actually see them I think. It's really bad though. I don't think they have names still. and if they do, I'm re-naming them.

I wanted to give them the classic rubberhose-ish style because I miss drawing in that style. it used to be a part of my art-style because I sucked at drawing elbows, HA.

#drawtober #drawtober 2022 #ocs #old ocs #old original characters #original characters #rubberhose style #1950's era #i think? #i didn't use refs for clothes this time

[old-powwow-days]

Thunderbird Necklace

"For hundreds of years craftspeople at Santo Domingo Pueblo (now known by its traditional name, Kewa) were known for exquisite shell, turquoise, and jet jewelry that they made and traded throughout the Southwest. But by the 1920s these traditional materials were scarce. Motivated by circumstance, jewelers at Santo Domingo discovered an exciting new medium: abandoned automobile battery casings.

Manufactured from hard rubber, discarded car batteries made an admirable substitute for traditional jet, and with Route 66 bringing throngs of motorists into the West, they were abundant. Batteries were soon augmented with broken phonograph records and bright colored celluloid from combs and other household goods. By the 1930s Santo Domingo had developed a unique style of folk-art jewelry, made entirely of repurposed and found materials: sun-bleached animal bone, local gypsum, tiny chips of turquoise, and modern plastics.

Gathered in rangelands, trash dumps, salvage yards, and dime stores, these unlikely items formed the basis of a new economic enterprise for the pueblo. Whole families took part in the manufacture of whimsical, colorful necklaces whose signature motif was a Thunderbird with outstretched wings. Santa Fe’s art community dismissed these creations as “tourist junk,” but tourists couldn’t get enough. At roadside stands, on railroad platforms, and in curio shops, Thunderbird necklaces sold by the thousands.

-Wheelwright Museum

image source: x

#Kewa #Kewa Pueblo #santo domingo pueblo #santo domingo #Thunderbird Jewelry #Depression Era Jewelry #jewelry #1950's

[signalterminated]

i’m beginning to suspect that III is actually not of this earth and is instead some sort of cartoon infused hybrid that escaped a lab. this glorious fucker is doing the can can while strumming his guitar and moonwalking on his tippie toes. he moves like a gothic betty spaghetti. unbelievable. effervescent. i’ll take 10 more please and thank you

#sleep token #i am in hysterics #whoever III is i hope he only has the best life possible #at this rate i'm waiting for him to dodge anvils and go 'meep meep' #1950's era cartoon ass #rubberhose animation looking ass

[fauvester]

postwar cardassia :: postwar germany, after a few years of abject disaster they hit an economic miracle based on tech innovation and end up with a striking half rubble/half high rise postapocalyptic thing. ally with romulas and the klingons. get a very mod fashion reboot. i want romulan bobs to be the newest thing on cardassia prime

#dee s 9 #maybe im just spieling cause my family lived thru it #pic of oma serving looks in front of a bombed out berlin building #am always fascinated by the postempire experience #little jadzia bouffants and big clunky heels! and scandalously low necklines! #the romulan shoulder pads for young professional ladies pantsuits! #1950s communism era klingon romulan cardassian alliance propaganda art campaigning against federation cultural assimilation #oogh the seething shame of having to accept federation charity while also resenting that they dont get as much as actual federation planets #so much cultural guilt/resentment/hypercompensatory pride #castellan garak's aggressive campaign of friendship with the non federation aligned powerhouses #“I want to make enemies of no-one” he says. “at least to their faces” #is he playing the long game to establish a union to counterbalance the federation? or just desperately trying to stay relevant? #or does he really just want cardassians to have access to romulan ale that much. #big alpha quadrant youtube meme “my klingon pen pal tries kanar GENUINE REACTION 🤪😱” #i like 2 think that their leaders all try to sweep their beef with each other under the rug for the sake of politics. #sometimes you do shit during war. like take over someone else's colonies while theyre already down. it happens. #but vorta? it's on sight. vorta open season in the alpha quadrant

[tastydelight]

#pin ups #pin up model #pin up photography #1950's #1950's housewife #1950's housewives #satire #if you cant beat them fuck them #love is love #sex sells #naughty books #1960's #samson pollen #looks #eras #films #vintage #vintage pin up #a doctor and his mistress #gay interlude #the golden girls #ladybird books

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#kiss #eric carr #tribute #drummer #80's #creatures of the night #lick it up #crazy nights #revenge #unmasked era #hard rock #hard n heavy #usa #deceased #Eric Carr #R.I.P. #(1950-1991)

[saturnstrawberry]

1950’s Hogwarts Era

Rufus Scrimgeour

House: Gryffindor

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Wales

Blood Status: Pure

Quidditch Role: Beater

Best Friend: Alastor Moody

Friends: Tiberius McLaggen and Bertie Higgs

Parents: Gertrude and Stephen Scrimgeour

Hair Color: Dark Tawny

Eye Color: Yellow

Height: 5’9

Personality: Outgoing, confident, outspoken

Alastor Moody

House: Hufflepuff

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Scottish

Blood Status: Pure

Quidditch Role: Chaser

Best Friend: Rufus Scrimgeour

Friends: Mundungus Fletcher

Parents: Julia and Victor Moody

Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde

Eye Color: Black

Height: 5’8

Personality: Tough, nonchalant, kind

#harry potter #alastor moody #rufus scrimgeour #1950’s hogwarts #character sheets #their parents are just original characters #their birthyears were originally 1944 but i wanted to push for the whole 50s era thing going on #also have character backgrounds for tiberius and bertie but they’ll be in a separate post soon idk #DISCLAIMER THESE ARE ALL MADE UP AND NOT CANON BTW #jkr left little to no bg info on them so why not make them myself

[tokuherosuits]

Moonlight Mask.

#showa era tokusatsu #moonlight mask #gekko kamen #toei #kohan kawauchi #1950's tokusatsu #1970's anime #1980's tokusatsu

[agency-unofficial]

Do you know what happened?

(I think so…? My memory is hazy…)

(maybe a quick walk will he-)

(Oh.)

(…I think I remember now.)

#[Agent-Phoenix] #WOAH CHARACTER TAG SO I DON'T FLOOD THEIR TAG #ask blog #AgencyUnoffical #nvm the tag isnt spelt wrong #anyways im not too familiar with how amputations went around the 1950's-60's era so if i get something wrong i am so sorry #amputation #<<< cw jic #[Chpt1; AtADtD]

[super-heroinecomparisons]

Gender flipped Gekko Kamen (1958).

#moonlight mask #gekko kamen #showa era tokusatsu #gender flip #giga #senkosha #kohan kawauchi #1950's tokusatsu

[mossadegh]

The Mossadegh Project

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1951-1979

#iran #iranian #soviet union #russian #oil #russia #cold war #foreign policy #middle east #tehran #1950's #USSR #soviet era #central intelligence agency #CIA #russian aggression #russian history #history

[vintagevamp876]

Jimmy & Marilyn 💋💋💋

#james dean #marilyn monroe #classic hollywood #vintage cool #1950s style #50's era hollywood

[vinceaddams]

I found a nice vintage laundry hamper at the thrift store today! And then I walked home with it for an hour and my arms are very tired and will probably be so so sore tomorrow. Worth it for 1950's hamper though!

It's metal with an embossed vinyl covering and a padded lid. The lid's a bit grimy and needs a good scrub with a toothbrush, and there are some rust spots on the gold trim, but otherwise it's in great shape!

When I got home I looked online out of curiosity and I found multiple nearly identical ones listed for over $200, and even some over 300??? This one's the exact same design but in blue and it's 220 plus shipping and that's the sale price??

Mine was six entire dollars and I'm going to keep my unfinished projects in it, but it's nice knowing that if I ever don't want it I could have a lot of dollars instead.

I also found this thing and I have no clue what the heck it is. Can anyone tell me what this thingy holder was meant to hold? It looks like it would hold 2 sheets of stiff paper, but why the big brass chunk in the middle? Edit: Huh, turns outs it's for holding matchboxes, and the bottom part is an ashtray. I never would have guessed that. It seems silly to put a matchbox in a holder. (But then I'm not living in an era where everyone is smoking all day every day, thank goodness.)

#thrifting #decor #1950's

[sovietpostcards]

Russian State Library

The biggest library in Russia and one of the biggest in the world. It was designed in late 1920s, soon after the birth of the new Soviet state, and fully finished in the 1950s. In includes 4 buildings and one 19-floor book repository. There are several reading halls, a cafe, and a whole bunch of book-filled nooks and crannies.

I'm writing this post sitting in the library's biggest reading hall - Reading Hall No. 3. It was opened in 1957 and still retains most of the original furniture and design (only there are now individual power sockets in every desk). Most of the tables are occupied by people with books and laptops. It's very quiet.

The book depository is a huge building that rises high above everything else in this historical area. It had 10 floors originally, each 5m high, but later it was divided into 19 smaller floors. We visited one of the floors. I was impressed to see that the windows are made out of Falconnier glass blocks (made specially for the library in Gus Khrustalny).

There are two automated delivery systems in the library: one delivers readers' orders into the depository (pneumatic tubes) and the other delivers books back to the reader (monorail). We had a chance to see both of them in action, very impressive! They also kept a bit of the old book delivery system that worked from 1953 until 2015. I saw it on pictures before, and it was great to see the granny in real life. :) There are a lot of "grannies" in the library, from the green lamps to rotary phones to wall clocks. The pneumatic tube system has been in place since 1975. People whose job is to preserve books are very likely to preserve everything else.

I loved this anecdote. In one of the reading halls, there's a big painting of Lenin (pictured below). Apparently it was put in place in mid-1950s to cover the bas-relief that was there originally. On the bas-relief there are Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. After Stalin's death in 1953 and debunking the cult of personality, images of him were quickly removed from everywhere. The library, being true preservers of history, kept theirs but covered it up. It just shows what kind of people librarians are. :)

Although the library is working on running a full digital catalogue of all their 48 million items, if you want access to older editions you'll probably need to use the old paper card catalogue. The room gave me major nostalgy - I remember using this kind of catalogue in my local library when I was a kid. The sound of pulling out a narrow box, then the little built-in table, going through the cards one by one, writing down what you need on library cards. It was a whole process! Of course, the local library's catalogue was WAY smaller.

A few more shots of interiors. Although the building itself was designed in 1920s (during the era of avantgarde and art deco), the interiors were mostly done in 1950s when the main design style was neo classicism.

I enjoyed this tour immensely, so much so that I had to go back and get a library card so I can see more of it, sit in every reading hall and drink a cup of tea in the marble hall cafeteria. Also, the idea of 48 million books at the tip of my fingers makes me giddy. Thank you to my followers for the monetary support and making this real for me: K. T., H. W., T. B., m., @depetium, @transarkadydzyubin, S. R.

#it's a great place to work #i wrote this post finally #libraries #russia

[cobragardens]

Aziraphale's Ring Is a Queer Symbol

In a previous post I hold forth about the symbolism of the lion rampant on the escutcheon of Aziraphale's signet ring. The upshot is that the golden lion is used by Heaven as a symbol of its threat and its merciless, murderous corporate culture, and I argue that in S3 Aziraphale must subvert this stamp of Heavenly ownership and symbolically redefine the golden lion by summoning the courage to be soft.

Now I've learned some new stuff about how signet rings are worn. Come, sistren, and get nerdy with me.

Aziraphale's ring is one of several we see angels wearing in Good Omens. Here in an indispensably useful post, @indigovigilance lists the known rings of Show Omens angels and those rings' qualities and placement. Note how of the angels who have rings, everyone except Saraqael and Aziraphale wear their rings on their LEFT pinky fingers. There's a reason for this.

Since the medieval period in Britain and Germany, and from there in the U.S., signet rings have been bestowed by professional associations as a sign of membership, particularly at the upper end of society: trade guilds, colleges, hospitals, the Church(es), noble families, and societies like the Freemasons all issue(d) signet rings to some of their members. The traditional placement for signet rings of show professional affiliation is the left pinky finger.

In fact, as it was not socially acceptable in or past the Victorian era for men to wear rings on more than one finger, men who wore signet rings and wedding rings both would have their wedding rings sized to fit the pinky finger below the signet. If a ring had to be moved to preserve masculinity, it wasn't the pinky ring that was going anywhere. Family signets can be worn on any of a number of fingers, but since the Victorian period the men of the British Royal Family (who are from Germany) have been especial sticklers about wearing their signets on their left pinky fingers as well.

So. If you're British and you have a signet ring that's meant to indicate professional affiliation, you wear it on your left pinky.

But Aziraphale wears his signet ring on his RIGHT hand.

Before I offer my opinion on what that means, here's some more fun background on the history and significance of pinky rings in Anglo-American culture:

The Victorian period was when pinky rings started to become associated with queerness.

As fellow members of the Hundred Guineas Club, Oscar Wilde and Aziraphale would likely have been acquaintances.

According to Wikipedia (ibid.):

"During the Victorian era, both single men and women uninterested in pursuing marriage could wear a ring on the little finger of their left hand."

This quickly expanded to a pinky ring on either hand. Here's Wikipedia's picture of farmer and philanthropist Caroline Rose Foster in 1917, the Edwardian era, wearing a pinky ring on her right hand:

Do you smell a euphemism in "uninterested in pursuing marriage"? I do!

By midcentury--so only 30 years after Ms Foster up there--American and British queers, both men and women, were using signet pinky rings specifically to signal queerness to each other.

"For gay men in the 1950’s and 60’s, a way of signaling to others was through the wearing of a signet ring on the pinkie finger."

"During the 1950’s and 60’s signet rings were worn to signify membership of the gay community; both lesbians and homosexual men wore such rings."

The pinky rings @indigovigilance points out Maggie wears may mean she's an angel; they also match her midcentury lesbian style. Devious of the costumers to give her pinky rings on both hands rather than commit to one or the other.

Screenshot by @indigovigilance

To review, there are three reasons a person in Anglo-American culture might wear a pinky ring:

They just feel like it--This can be any kind of ring and can be worn on either hand or both

Professional affiliation--This is a signet ring worn on the left pinky finger

To signal queerness--This is a signet ring and can be worn on either pinky finger

Aziraphale has worn a signet ring on his RIGHT pinky finger at least since he repaired the Eastern "Gate" in the Wall of Eden, so I'm not suggesting that he adopted the 20th-century pinky signet trend to signal his queerness (although as a clockably 'gay' 'man,' Soho fixture, and member of the Hundred Guineas Club, he may well have started it). What I am suggesting is that Aziraphale has been given a ring by Heaven that Heaven intends him to use to show his professional affiliation, but as with the flaming sword he gives away, Aziraphale doesn't use the ring for its intended purpose. By wearing the ring on his right hand, Aziraphale removes the option of interpreting it as a symbol of his professional affiliation with Heaven and renders it strictly a personal ornament. He subverts a symbol of Heavenly menace into an object of beauty and queerness.

I mean queerness in both senses. If a human takes any symbolic notice of his ring, they'll note the signet is on his right hand and conclude Aziraphale is gay. If another angel takes any notice of it, they'll conclude Aziraphale is a bit odd--that he doesn't pay attention to the finer points of how to fit in with the archangels, doesn't do things like other angels do.

In conclusion, pinky signet rings as a queer signal are just the fucking coolest and I vote we bring them back immediately.

#good omens #good omens s2 #good omens 2 #aziraphale #aziraphale's ring #good omens lgbtq #pinky rings lgbtq #pinky rings as queer flagging #good omens angel rings #saraqael #michael #uriel #sandalphon

[matrixbearer2024]

Hey, this might require a little research. I’m just curious if Vox sometimes gets nostalgic for his own time (1940s-1950s) and if collegestudent!Reader would sometimes appeal to his “old man” interests? Like playing music that was popular during that time, or wearing fashion from then, or going to a drive-in movie theater (I’m assuming there are places that cater to certain decades in hell since cannibal town is so 1930s it’s insane)?

Nostalgic Memories

Vox x CollegeStudent!Reader

A/N: Funnily enough, it was briefly touched upon in one of the interludes that dear Reader actually took some time to research about some stuff around the era Vox was alive in just to understand him a little better. They personally don't like collecting antiques of a time they didn't live in- but they do appreciate the unique fashion style and trends of the time period. It's often a joke between them about how "old" Vox is because of when he died despite not actually being that far in age biologically to (Y/N). (Vox died in his 30's, Reader is in their mid to late 20's) My personal taste actually quite matches the TV man's time period(I have a stupid amount of blazers and vests it's kinda idiotic lmao) so my preferences slightly bled into Reader's view on the vintage style. Anyway, here's a quick drabble about this because I literally just want more content between these two.

"Hey Vox! Come over! I wanna show you something!"

It was just a simple vague text he saw from you during a meeting. You could've been talking about quite literally anything for all the overlord knew. Sometimes what you found interesting was just so unpredictable that Vox eventually stopped trying to guess what was in store.

He grabbed his phone and shot back a quick reply, they were merely discussing some boring statistics anyway. He could spare you a minute.

"I'm in a meeting right now doll."

"Then afterwards! I promise it won't take long!"

Vox slightly raised an eyebrow at that, what had you possibly planned to suddenly be so persistent with him? Actually- what kind of insanity did you want to drag him into this time?

The overlord contemplated about replying when you continued to send message after message asking him to visit the hotel because of something you wanted him to see. After a bit of you asking, curiosity got the better of him and reluctantly he agreed.

"Fine, since you asked so nicely. But I won't stay for long okay? I'm a busy guy dollface."

"YAY! Thank you! I promise you'll enjoy it!"

He smiled at the text you sent back. Of course you plastered a number of cute emojis and hearts at the end of it. Whether it was meant to simply be friendly or a joking show of affection was easily lost on the overlord- but it was more than evident that his mood had improved if anyone else in the meeting had anything to say about it.

By the time Vox dropped by the hotel at your request, the last thing he expected was your peculiar outfit choice. It was a little older than what he generally attributed to your style, dare he say it was more reminiscent of his own outfit even.

"Okay, what's with the style change? Any special occasion?"

"Nah, I just wanted to try something new. Whaddya think? I really like the vibe too, real classy!"

The overlord just playfully rolled his eyes when you twirled to give him a full look at the outfit, what were you seriously trying to achieve this time? Did you dress this way on purpose for him?

If the excited way you looked up at him was any indication, Vox was inclined to believe you had tried to score some nostalgia points with him. Ironically, your ridiculousness was actually somehow working too.

"You look swell dear, who fashioned you the outfit though?"

"Lucifer helped me, dude's kind of a natural at balancing comfort and style."

Ah, that made a lot of sense.

Had Velvette fashioned you these clothes- Vox wouldn't have needed to come all the way to the hotel. Why the king of hell even entertained your shenanigans still struck him as a little odd- but not really unwelcome.

The overlord snapped out of his thoughts when he saw your hand extended out to him, the smile on your face only served to add to his confusion. What were you doing?

"Dance with me? Come on, don't tell me you don't know how."

Oh you were playing this game now? Well, Vox wasn't ever one to back down from a challenge. Not from anybody, and especially not from you.

"Oh it's on darling! But do try to keep up."

Your companion flicked his wrist as a jolt of electricity came out of his hand and blasted to your phone. Which had predictably started to blast some 40's tunes when he suddenly grabbed your hand and pulled you to his chest.

"Oh please, as if you can even tire me."

You only returned his grin when you faced the overlord again, your hands intertwined with his claws as you both danced away happily engrossed in your own little world. Your laughs and banter echoing the hotel lobby accompanied by a vintage melody of songs long past their time.

Vox was supposed to be in and out of there in just an hour, but he lost track of time in his enjoyment with you that he'd accidentally socked his entire schedule that day.

Not that he could bring himself to care when you giggled and roped him back in for one more dance.

It was just one more, who was counting anyway?

#hazbin hotel #vox x reader #vox #get off my screen series #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin vox #vox x you #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin vox x reader #hazbin hotel vox x reader