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Norm Grabowski on his custom ’54 Panhead Harley with special high-torque cams on a ’38 H-D rigid frame. This was later equipped with a Steib sidecar frame adapted by Mike Parti. Read more…
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It was 54 yrs ago today that the music died… Waylon Jennings was travelling with Buddy Holly on that fateful tour, filling-in on bass. He was also originally scheduled on the plane headed from Clear Lake, Iowa to Moorhead, Minn. – but he gave up his seat to the Big Bopper, who was ill and wanted to find a doctor in Moorhead the next morning. Tommy Allsup also gave up his seat on that plane to “La Bamba” singer Ritchie Valens. Jenning’s last comment to Buddy Holly was “Hope your darn ole plane crashes.”  Ouch, man. I’m sure ol’ Waylon wishes he could take that one back. Holly was a good friend, and Waylon’s mentor – teaching him guitar licks, collaborating on songs, and producing Jennings’ first single - Jole Blon. Waylon recalls, ”Mainly what I learned from Buddy was an attitude.  He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.”
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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps.
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“HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, AND SPEAK NO EVIL.” 1958 - Chimpanzees at the Frankfurt, Germany zoo.
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hollyhocksandtulips: Betty Brosmer
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1950s pic of  Jeff, a member of the Bristol Tattoo Club. Every member was secretly inked somewhere on their body with the club insignia - a black bat.
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Bunny Yeager was Florida’s most stunning and sought after model. “I was never a pinup model,”she was quick to point out. “I did not pose for men individually like Bettie Page did.” Bunny made a name for herself as a fashion influencer as well– designing and donning her own two-piece bathing suits.  “All the other models were wearing one-piece Jantzen and Catalina suits. I made my own and am beginning to think I invented the bikini, after the French did it.”
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1952, Marilyn Monroe weight training – Photo by Philippe Halsman
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Bunny Yeager It was 1954 when Bunny Yeager, now married, decided to make the switch and get behind the camera. Her own formal modeling experience and creativity gave Bunny a sensitivity, insight and eye that no male photographer could touch. Female models instantly found themselves comfortable working with her, and appreciated the refreshingly caring and honest approach.  It was this same year that Bunny met the baby-banged beauty who will forever be hailed as the gold standard of saucy pin-ups– Bettie Page. Up until that time Bettie was working with the likes of Irving Klaw, and anyone else who would pay, posing for pictures that were exploitive and fetishist at best, and pornographic (by 1950′s puritanical standards) at worst. The union of Bettie & Bunny was short, but sweet. The famous Boca Raton-based Jungle Betty shoot, and Bettie Page’s 1955 January Playboy Playmate Christmas pic, are two notable highlights of their epic partnership. Bettie Page soon drifted away– posing periodically for a few more years here and there, before disappearing almost entirely from the limelight. The tabloids sizzled with sensational speculation on Page’s mysterious disappearance.  Bunny Yeager recalls the day she witnessed firsthand the shift in Bettie Page’s priorities– “It was in the Florida Keys that one night she saw a neon cross on top of a little church, and was drawn to it to go inside. From that day on, she got religious and decided to give up posing.”
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1960 Lime Rock Nationals– Denise McCluggage sits on the grid  while SCCA gets things straight. Back in 1955 or so, a young Denise McCluggage had a chance encounter with a then unknown Steve McQueen which led to a brief affair and a long-lasting friendship. They would be separated by their own career ambitions, and the many demands and erratic schedules that come with the territory. That said, McCluggage managed to stay in touch over the years. She herself would go on to become a legend in the world of auto racing– a renowned driver, writer, and photographer for over 50 yrs. McCluggage has won trophies around the world and raced for Porsche, Jaguar, Lotus, Mini Cooper, Alfa, Elva, OSCA, Volvo, among others. In 1961 she won the grand touring category at Sebring in a Ferrari 250 GT, and in 1964 McCluggage scored a class win in the Rallye de Monte Carlo for Ford. She recalls a young, lean McQueen who was already obsessed with cars and racing, who swept her off her feet with his searing looks, charm and well… incongruity, as she puts it.
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Shortly after our reunion he (Steve McQueen) had sidled up next to me and whispered in my ear: “I’m falling in love all over again,” and given my the full brunt of the smile. My response had been an instantaneous hoot of laughter. –Denise McLuggage Steve McQueen, 1955, by Ray Schatt
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Steve McQueen, 1955. By Roy Schatt
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theniftyfifties: Elvis Presley
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Marlon Brando (on the set of “The Wild One’) astride a British Matchless twin cylinder motorcycle— it’s ‘M’ logo badge is actually upside-down to resemble a ‘W’, which makes sense since it belonged to stunt rider “Wally” Allbright. Read more…
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Marilyn Monroe Read more…
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