Super Swanky Site for Your Surfing Pleasure

[3894]

If you love mid-century modern, prepare to swoon. (http://www.plan59.com/main.htm)

If you only have time for one, "He was only 8 years old but somehow people could tell." (http://www.boxofapples.com/crate_labels/fruit_crate_art_0056.htm).

If you only have time for two, Prototype of internet shopping. (http://www.plan59.com/av/av016.htm).

Enjoy!

[Stan4dSteph]

Awesome!

[Not Afraid]

I'm coming back to this one. I need to look at everyone! Great stuff!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh my, you've struck gold!

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Based on the samples above, I must resist visiting until I have my work done today. I love this sort of thing.

Thanks for sharing! :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Uh-oh, did I just notice a "buy art" link under each of those images?

[Alex]

Not something that appeals to me (I demand more purple in art). I'm sure they must be legitmately able to sell these prints of other peoples works but at least some acknowledgment of the original artists, publications, etc. would be nice (and the lack is what makes me wonder; most of these prints would be from dates that are not yet in the public domain).

They also think their customers are stupid:

We started out in 1999 as EphemeraNow. (Pronounced "Ephema . . . wha?") After a few years our business manager, who's sharp as a tack, thought it might be good to have a name that the average person could say and spell (not to mention understand), so we became Plan59 in January 2006.

[3894]

It's 70 years on the copyright, n'est-ce pas, Alexandre?

Plan59 is a better business name than EphemeraNow. Do some of my fellow vintage swanksters recall those braindead Ecology Now! bumperstickers from the early 1970's?

[JWBear]

I've seen that site before. I think a couple of my avatars came from there.

[Kevy Baby]

Do some of my fellow vintage swanksters recall those braindead Ecology Now! bumperstickers from the early 1970's?I recall those. Does that mean I am vintage?

[Kevy Baby]

I knew I could find a new avatar from this site. And how appropriate is it that this photo can be found in the section titled "Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine (http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm)"

[€uroMeinke]

It's 70 years on the copyright, n'est-ce pas, Alexandre?

Plan59 is a better business name than EphemeraNow. Do some of my fellow vintage swanksters recall those braindead Ecology Now! bumperstickers from the early 1970's?

My Brain went to Seinfeld and "Serenity Now!"

[Morrigoon]

That IS super swanky!

[CoasterMatt]

Wonderful!

[Kevy Baby]

My Brain went to Seinfeld and "Serenity Now!"Let's get a new one going:

"Serendipity Then!"

[Alex]

It's 70 years on the copyright, n'est-ce pas, Alexandre?

Plan59 is a better business name than EphemeraNow. Do some of my fellow vintage swanksters recall those braindead Ecology Now! bumperstickers from the early 1970's?

Better at what? Being stylish or conveying what the business does? Is Plan 59 a reference to something I'm too clueless to recognize? With Ephemera Now I have an immediate (if vague) idea as to the area they're working in. But the "they think you're stupid" is to the idea that their average customer couldn't pronounce ephemera nor knew what it means. I'm sure they meant it jokily but it's an odd practice.

But then maybe I'm way too skewed on that word since I once spent a month learning how to catalog ephemera.

As for the copyright, potentially the period is 95 years. I looked into it a bit more and for the things shown on that site they were probably published during the period (pre-1964) when the term was only 28 years and required an explicit renewal. If they did renew they'd be swept up into the current 95 year term. But for advertising materials it is probably unlikely that many companies spent time on the renewals.

Trademark protections might still apply for living trademarks though.

But my concerns are позаботьтесь о и исключите, Челень.

[wendybeth]

That aqua kitchen is going to give me nightmares.

[Not Afraid]

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/landmark_1959_00.jpg

SOOOOOO Tomorrowland!

[€uroMeinke]

Where's the cool stuff - all I get are lots and lots of car pics

[Not Afraid]

Ham Shortcakes With Pea Sauce
I want some now.

[Not Afraid]

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/gen34club.jpg
Would you look at the dual-balloons on that gal!

[Not Afraid]

I can't stop posting pics!
http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/dawgs.jpg
Broncos: Crispy, french-fried wieners | 1958 Barbecue Cookbook

[Stan4dSteph]

I got gas just by looking at that picture.

[Not Afraid]

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/mot61pav.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

There really is no need to browse the site. Eventually, NA will have posted every picture.

[JWBear]

I can't stop posting pics!
http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/dawgs.jpg
Broncos: Crispy, french-fried wieners | 1958 Barbecue Cookbook

If you liked that, then you must visit this site (http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/). :evil:

[wendybeth]

Lol!!!!!

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/tenban3.jpg

[wendybeth]

Still laughing.....

[3894]

Mmmm, frankwiches benedict! (http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/4.html)

[JWBear]

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/9.html :eek:

[wendybeth]

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/crossdress.jpg

Sometimes meat likes to dress up and feel pretty. That doesn't mean ANYTHING. Lots of men like to wear nice frilly things, soft things, just for the way they feel. Some very masculine men were cross-dressers; is any surprise that the manliest of foodstuffs should sometimes feel the same way?

[Kevy Baby]

What kind of sick man would want to dress up in women's clothes?

It's just wrong I tell ya!!!

[JWBear]

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/crossdress.jpg

Sometimes meat likes to dress up and feel pretty. That doesn't mean ANYTHING. Lots of men like to wear nice frilly things, soft things, just for the way they feel. Some very masculine men were cross-dressers; is any surprise that the manliest of foodstuffs should sometimes feel the same way?





I want that candleholder.

[JWBear]

Check this one (http://eatliver.com/vintage-ads/#null) out. Some of these are just... :eek:

Another use for Lysol?!?!?! (http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=868)

[Kevy Baby]

Another use for Lysol?!?!?! (http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=868)Surprisingly, we've actually discussed this use for Lysol (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=2067)once before.

Which brought this fun quote from CP:
When I'm buying cleaner for my cooch, the first thing I look for is the words "non-caustic".

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Heh, whatever JW just linked to is blocked from the library computers, so it must be good.

ETA - Heehee! So that's what I was talking about...

[Kevy Baby]

Heh, whatever JW just linked to is blocked from the library computers, so it must be good.Do the computers block this image:

http://eatliver.com/img/2006/868.jpg

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Do the computers block this image:

http://eatliver.com/img/2006/868.jpgI see a red x.

[Kevy Baby]

You can see it when you get home.

I hope

[thecorndogwalker]

Every true Mac Daddy gets his HO to nibble on his leg!!!

[JWBear]

Surprisingly, we've actually discussed this use for Lysol (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=2067)once before.

Which brought this fun quote from CP:
This is why I love this group.

[Ghoulish Delight]

You can see it when you get home.

I hope
Nope. "Visit EatLiver.com to view this image". Shame on you for stealing bandwidth.

[Kevy Baby]

And now that I am home, it is what I see too.

Feel free to cut the link if you want.