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Category / Time travel

The Guy who Built a 1970s Pan Am Airplane in his Garage

Here on MessyNessyChic, I think it’s safe to say we all enjoy the thought of traveling back in time now and again, but there are some people who take it just that little bit further. Self-confessed “airplane nerd” Anthony Toth has gone and spent nearly $100,000 on a partial replica 1970s Pan Am ‘747. He began building…

Kangaroo Bathtime at a New York City Madhouse

Anyone who has a pet knows that bathtime can be a rather tricky affair. But after discovering this photo story deep in the LIFE archives, giving a thorough scrub to my oversized pup now seems like a breeze, in fact, I’m rather looking forward to it! I found these photographs without any accompanying information other than…

Skating through an Abandoned Psych Ward (with a Hidden Bowling Alley)

Some of us like to poke around forgotten places to document and explore, some of us feel an insatiable need to revisit the past and some of us, just need a place to skate. The folks at Jenkem mag sent skater Rob Miceli and fellow skater/ filmographer Sean Colello down to an abandoned psychiatric hospital in…

Ballets Russes goes to the Beach! Inside the Private Photo Album of a Prima Ballerina

Imagine sunbathing at the beach next to your own impromptu performance by some of the most talented dancers that ever lived– in their ‘speedos’. These photographs are that day at the beach. Intimate snapshots from the private albums of Irena Baronova, the “baby ballerina” who was recruited by the Ballets Russes at just 13 years of age,…

Beauty School Dropout

Today, the internet bus driver is dropping us off at the Helena Rubinstein beauty school, circa 1940-something. This might sound like a lovely, pink and fluffy sort of place, but as you’ll soon realise, beauty school is anything but. Photographs by Nina Leen, fished out from one of my favourite places on the net, the…

Hitching a ride with Hell’s Angels & Friends

On a Friday afternoon, when the clock is ticking slower than you’ve ever seen it tick before (you’re absolutely sure of it), and all you want to do it burst out of the office and begin the weekend, there’s something about the idea of leaving behind all the week’s woes by riding away on a rad set of wheels with…

Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 8)

I haven’t done one of these for a while and I think it’s about time we got the series going again. Not much to it, just me having a bit of fun curating the sassiest old school pictures I can find on net or from my inbox of pictures you’ve kindly sent in of your sassy…

My Tin Can Tourism Club

I had my first tin can tourism experience this summer and ironically, I found it endlessly glamorous! You can read all about my experience here. Personally, I think tin can tourism needs a comeback in a big way. After all, once upon a time, it was considered a pretty cool way to spend your vacation– wasn’t it?! No?…

Life Never Gets Old on one of America’s Oldest Farms

On a traditional 70 acre farm in Marlboro, NY, the stone wall fences are a century old and the barns are more than 200 years old. Meet Howard Quimby, the 86 year-old farmer who keeps on farming and proving that life never gets old…

The Babes of Sydney’s Criminal Past

Femme Fatales and Devious Divas were the ruling forces of Sydney’s underbelly during the 1920’s. These convicted ladies knew how to get into trouble in the most fashionable ways possible. Posing for their mug shots, they came dressed to the nines in furs, pearls, stylish hats and sassy drop-waist frocks. Even if they were being…

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