Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 01, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Food, 1950s, Bodybuilding
Oakland, Calif.--A "Hot Rod" racing club here is believed to be the only organization of its kind in the country which combines auto racing with the practice of Christianity. Known as the Heaven Pacers of the East Bay, the club's 20 active members consider their racing fraternity as a missionary field. Members attend a brief non-denominational service before every race that is held on Sundays, in addition to praying individually during a race. Here. Don Marker, past president of the club, kneels in prayer before his "hot rod." The Heaven Pacers have as their motto this verse from I Corinthians: "Know ye not that they which run in the race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain." (9:24) To join the club, applicants must "know the lord as your own personal saviour," and own or be able to build a "hot rod."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 27, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Religion, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 21, 2018 -
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Category: Tobacco and Smoking, Chindogu, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 18, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Nature, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 14, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 08, 2018 -
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Category: Hollywood, 1950s, 1960s
Ricki Covette: World's Tallest Dancer, 1950s from Lost Time Media on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 03, 2018 -
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Category: Sex Symbols, 1940s, 1950s, Natural Wonders
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 02, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Death, Destruction, Domestic, Education, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Children, 1950s
Wisteria Princesses. L to R: Christine Dinwiddie, 15, Linda Nehls, 17, Janet Dickson, 15, Susan Glass, 15, and Meredith Mitchell, 17, princesses of the 1958 Wisteria Vine Festival, Sierra Madre.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 01, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 30, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Dogs, 1950s, 1980s
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