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Winter Carnival (1939) starring Ann Sheridan with Richard Carlson.

Government Girl (1944) starring Olivia de Havilland, with Sonny Tuffs and Agnes Moorehead.

The Las Vegas Story is a 1952 suspense film noir directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Robert Sparks and Howard Hughes with Samuel Bischoff as the executive producer. The film stars Jane Russell, Victor Mature and Vincent Price, with Hoagy Carmichael and Jay C. Flippen.

Sayonara (1957) is a film which tells the story of an American Air Force flier who was a fighter "Ace" during the Korean War. Starring Marlon Brando, Patrice Owens, James Garner and Miyoshi Umeki.

National Train Day - 2013

Amtrak will host the sixth annual National Train Day on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at historic L.A. Union Station from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This family friendly event is free to the public. National Train Day Link.

National Train Day is back to celebrate train travel and the ways trains touch the lives of people across America. May 11, 2013, will be the day where train stations and other venues across the country, host activities and exhibits that highlight the past, present and future of trains and travel. Amtrak will host major events in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles with free live entertainment and activities for both children and adults: interactive and educational exhibits, model train displays and tours of Amtrak equipment, and notable private railroad cars - just to name a few!

Amtrak California Zephyr near Truckee, California.

Photo by: Donald E. Jocelyn - Richard E. Cox Enterprises.

Trains take us where we need and want to go. They give us a glimpse into other people’s lives. They bring jobs to cities, help local businesses flourish, draw activity to sleepy towns and help fund improvements to roads and buildings around the stations. They bring us to school, to work, to visit a friend in need. They connect our towns together. They connect us to each other. They tell the American story.

Only on a train do we see more of the world around us

and live more of the experiences we have when we discover the 'rail way'.

LIFE With Jayne - Revisted

On April 19th of this year, Jayne Mansfield would have been 80 years old, had she not died a tragic death in 1967. Here we revisit a post I did a few years back of my all-time favorite beautiful lady... ENJOY!

Jayne Mansfield on the cover of LIFE, April 23, 1956.
Photographer: Peter Stackpole.

Jayne Mansfield posing with intensity, at home. Hollywood, CA March 1956.

Photographer: Peter Stackpole.

Bodacious actress Jane Mansfield clad in a revealing negligee as she looks over newspapers with her pet chihuahua dog in her lap, at home. Hollywood March 1956 - Photographer: Peter Stackpole.

Bikini clad actress Jayne Mansfield posing with shapely hot water bottle likenesses floating around her in her pool. Hollywood, CA 1957.
Photographer: Allan Grant.

Actress Jayne Mansfield, who won violin playing contest as a child, enjoying some eleventh hour fiddling in the company of her dogs on poolside terrace before her wedding in 1958 - Photographer: Ralph Crane.

Sex symbol actress Jayne Mansfield on the stairs of her Sunset Boulevard home, decorated with posters and magazine covers featuring her image. Los Angeles, CA 1960 - Photographer: Allan Grant.

Actress Jayne Mansfield, wearing bikini in Berlin, Germany 1961.
Photographer: Stan Wayman.

LINK: LIFE Magazine Photo Archive

Eastman Kodak

The Eastman Dry Plate Company was responsible for the first cameras suitable for non-expert use. The Kodak company attained its name from the first simple roll film cameras produced by Eastman Dry Plate Company, known as the "Kodak" in its product line. George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak on September 4, 1888 and the Eastman Kodak Company was founded in 1892.

1915 Time Magazine Illustration.

1916 Magazine Illustration.

1917 Country Gentleman Magazine Illustration.

1918 Magazine Illustration.

1922 Magazine Illustration.

These advertisements are part of the Advertising Ephemera Collection at the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

El Rancho Vegas

El Rancho Vegas was the very first hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip (US 91). It was located at 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard, at the southwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara and opened on April 3, 1941. Up until 1942, it was the largest hotel in Las Vegas with 110 rooms. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1960.

Las Vegas, Nevada, world famous as a resort area, is justly proud of El Rancho Vegas, its first and finest luxury hotel. One of the many attractions at El Rancho Vegas is the beautiful garden area pool where year round swimming is possible because of the temerate desert climate.

EL RANCHO VEGAS, (Americas's Finest Western Hotel) Las Vegas, Nevada... The fun and entertainment capital of the world... all daytime sports and brilliant night life to make Monte Carlo seem dull! "Stop at the Sign of the Windmill" for the time of your life!