Super Swanky Site for Your Surfing Pleasure
 

If you love mid-century modern, prepare to swoon.

If you only have time for one, "He was only 8 years old but somehow people could tell.".

If you only have time for two, Prototype of internet shopping..

Enjoy!

Awesome!

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

Oh my, you've struck gold!

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! :)

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

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:

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?

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

I recall those. Does that mean I am vintage?

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"

My Brain went to Seinfeld and "Serenity Now!"

That IS super swanky!

Wonderful!

Let's get a new one going:

"Serendipity Then!"

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.

That aqua kitchen is going to give me nightmares.

SOOOOOO Tomorrowland!

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

Would you look at the dual-balloons on that gal!

I can't stop posting pics!

Broncos: Crispy, french-fried wieners | 1958 Barbecue Cookbook

I got gas just by looking at that picture.

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

If you liked that, then you must visit this site. :evil:

Still laughing.....

Whatever you do, don't click this link, Steph ...
 

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

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

It's just wrong I tell ya!!!

I want that candleholder.

Check this one out. Some of these are just... :eek:

Another use for Lysol?!?!?!

Surprisingly, we've actually discussed this use for Lysol once before.

Which brought this fun quote from CP:

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...

Do the computers block this image:

I see a red x.

You can see it when you get home.

I hope

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

This is why I love this group.

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

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

Feel free to cut the link if you want.