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According to this 1950's cosmetics commercial, Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream removed radioactive dirt. As you can see, a small amount of radioactive dirt was splashed onto a model's face and a geiger counter was held up to her face to demonstrate the detection of the radioactive dirt.

Nothing says glamour like radioactive dirt and a geiger counter. Not only did the cold cream give women a young complexion, but it also removed radioactive dirt. Win-win!

As the commercial says, "A clean skin is a healthy skin."  read more...

Sometimes when we realize how old a song is that reminds us of a certain time period or moment in our lives, we think, "What?! The song is THAT old? It was THAT many years ago that I went on that vacation? I thought that vacation JUST happened." read more...

It's almost St. Patrick's Day - time to drink green beer, do an Irish jig, eat corned beef and cabbage, pinch people who aren't wearing green, and time to say the few Irish words and expressions we know. "Top o' the morning to you!" we hear all day (long after morning is over).  read more...

A friend of mine and I love when we accidentally find great voices on YouTube, and we send a link to each other when we find a voice that we love. He sent me a link to GutterDoll138 (Amy Lou) singing "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." What a beautiful voice she has!  Of course, I had to share this video at Retropolis because her voice has that rich vintage tone of the 1940's and 1950's, and her style suits that era perfectly too. Keep on singing, Amy Lou! read more...

Actor Corey Haim died today, allegedly of drug abuse. The first time I ever saw him was in the movie "Lucas". It's a movie that will give you tears and cheers. 

Corey Haim had a history of addiction. This YouTube video shows an interview where it was difficult to understand what Corey was saying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amB0c-PPUCs read more...

Who knew? Mr. Wizard. That's who knew!

In this video, Mr. Wizard shows us the future in electronics - the flat screen television. I had no idea that even back in the 1950's General Electric already predicted that there were would be flat screen TVs some day. Before that could happen, we had to go through giant floor model TVs in wooden cabinets.

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Riverdance was first introduced during the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. The video shows a performance from the next year in 1995. I remember how quickly this show became popular in America, and people couldn't get enough of this show. Little girls across America started taking Irish step dancing classes. The claddagh became popular in jewelry.  read more...

Have you ever heard of burning the ends of your hair? This video shows an original old vintage barbershop in Dublin, Ireland called "The Waldorf Barbershop" where they still practice "hair singeing". The barber holds a candle flame to the tips of the hair and burns the ends off. You can see in the video how the hair singeing is done. Hair singeing helps to prevent split ends.  

Don't try this at home. Leave it to the professionals at vintage barbershops.  read more...

Caroline was 103 years old when this video was recorded. In this video she discussed the difference between the world in her younger years and the world today. The number one issue she seemed to have is that she wished that people had more respect for each other like they used to when she was younger. I wish people would have more respect for each other too, Caroline.  read more...

The first Mercedes-Benz was also the first automobile in the world. This car was called the Benz  Motor-Wagen (first patented in 1886).  The Mercedes-Benz name didn't come around until later. As you can see, it was a convertible. ;-)

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