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Wendy O'Rourke
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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · Oct 15
I cherish these photos taken by my dad in the early 1970s
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Brian Auger & The Trinity w/Julie Driscoll - Season of the Witch (1967) #octobersounds
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Concert poster for Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, and the Trinity with Blossom Toes at London Polytechnic, October 1968. The poster is printed in black, lavender, peach, and yellow, and it features a high contrast image of Julie Driscoll wearing a feathered hat. The poster design is uncredited, but I read that it was either designed by students at London Polytechnic or Brian Auger himself.
October 30, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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Music For Longhairs - Various Artists, Design Records (1966)

Cover art by Barbara Soloff Levy

Lou Rawls - Kiddio (1961)
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Colorful album cover art features caricatures of 1960s hipsters
October 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Arnold Varga for Joseph Horne Co. (1965)
The scent of nature uncorked, bursting out of a bottle of tonic. Flowers, birds and butterflies in multiple colors.
February 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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P.P. Arnold is 80 years old today 🎂 #botd
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P.P. Arnold in London by Tony Gale, June 1967
The singer is sitting on steps in front of an open window. She's wearing a multi colored floral mini-dress and green pumps
October 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy (1967)
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Written and arranged by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of Small Faces
Immediate – IM 061 Belgian 45 rpm single
May 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Hanatsubaki (花椿) Magazine, October 1967 #japanesemagazine
Magazine cover of a model looking up, she has 1960s exaggerated eyeliner eyelashes and pale lips. This art and culture magazine was launched in 1937 by Shiseido cosmetics.
October 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Happy #Caturday 🐾

Sleeping Tabby by Harry Wysocki (1970)
Orange vacuform space age relief sculpture of a curled up sleeping cat
October 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Cat & Bird printed linen tapestry design by Helen Webber for Tom Tru/Raymor (1970) #textileart #tapestryart #happycaturday
Two stylized cats, one striped and the other with polka dots both have a bird hovering over them. Printed on linen, mostly in shades of blue and purple, with pops of bright green.
September 20, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Czech cinema poster by Zdeněk Kaplan for the British film All Neat in Black Stockings directed by Christopher Morahan (1969)
Typography in red and pink, with stylized art nouveau revival legs wearing black knee-high stockings in colorful shoes on a white background
September 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Tea towel design by Evalisa Agathon, 1960s #swedishtextiles #teatowelart #happycaturday
Linen tea towel design features two white kittens on each side of a smiling girl with black hair wearing a pink dress. There are two pink roses with green stems above each kitten. The background is grey.
August 30, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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Cuban cinema poster for Peppermint Frappé designed by Antonio Fernández Reboiro (1969)
Psychedelic poster features a profile of a woman with graphic waves of multi colored hair surrounding a man's eye.
July 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Geraldine Chaplin in Peppermint Frappé (1967)
The actress wearing magnifying eyeglasses, with one lens flipped up
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Bernard Kliban (1977) #happycaturday #klibancat #loveacat
An illustration of the black and white Kliban tabby cat with a red kiss mark on his cheek.
August 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Blue Silver by Peter Green (1969) #woodcutprint
Abstract modernist woodcut and stencil print in overlapping shades of muted blue, wheat, white and black. Peter Green (1933-2023) was a British artist/printmaker and art educator.
July 21, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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The Smoke – You Can't Catch Me (1967) musicmonday
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The Smoke – ...It's Smoke Time, Metronome, Germany LP (1967) Cover design by Atelier Paul & Ruth The Smoke was a British pop, freakbeat, and psych group formed in York in 1965, originally performing under the name The Shots. Their 1967 track, "My Friend Jack," became a major hit in Germany, reaching No.2 on the chart, but it was banned from airplay in the UK by the BBC for the drug references in the lyrics. Because of the heavy UK censorship, The Smoke focused on the European market, especially Germany, where they achieved massive success and toured extensively. The group continued to perform and release singles until they officially disbanded in 1976. Drummer Geoff Gill later found success as a songwriter and producer for the disco group Boney M.
July 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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The Smoke - My Friend Jack (1967) #BeatClub youtube.com/watch?v=t1-r...
The Smoke - My Friend Jack (1967)
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July 21, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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The Smoke - Wake Up Cherylina (1967) #musicmonday
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The Impact France sleeve design by Maurice Apelbaum features a graphic illustration of a multicolored psychedelic smoking pipe with a color photo of the group spliced onto the bowl of the pipe.
July 21, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Ty I Ja (You and Me) Magazine No. 9, Poland (1967) Cover by Waldemar Świerzy #easternblocdesign #magazinecoverart
Pop art style illustration of a bouncing female crossed leg wearing long white socks and lavender mary jane shoes, and a comic "au!!!" speech bubble. The background is a rosy red.
July 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Communication Arts magazine, March/April 1966 #typographicart

Founded by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard in 1959, Communication Arts (CA) covers graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, typography, and interactive media.
Bold psychedelic typography repeating the phone number 326-6040. The number sequence 326-6040 in the cover art was the phone number for the magazine's Palo Alto headquarters office during that time. CA is the largest international trade journal dedicated to visual communication, serving as a premier source of inspiration for creative professionals since 1959.
July 21, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Flower Kat (1973) by David Weidman
May 18, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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Avon Honey Cat Make-Up Compact (1973) #HappyCaturday
A compact shaped like a curled-up cat in a glossy, faux-tortoiseshell plastic finish with gold-toned eyes. The top flips open to reveal an internal mirror, lip gloss compartments, and eyeshadow wells with a small applicator brush.
July 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Signs of the Zodiac Tea Towel by Ulster, Ireland (1970) #cancerseason #textiledesign
Stylized designs of zodiac signs in a colorway of purple, pink, and red printed on white linen
June 30, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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The Fabulous Wailers At The Castle featuring Rockin' Robin and Gail Harris, Etiquette Records (1961) #musicmonday

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The cover features a red and white illustration of a castle on a black background. This live album was recorded in 1961 at the famous Spanish Castle Ballroom between Seattle and Tacoma. "I Idolize You," a cover of the 1961 Ike & Tina Turner song, was performed by vocalist "Little" Gail Harris, who was only 15 years old at the time of the recording. The Fabulous Wailers (originally The Nightcaps) were a rock and roll band from Tacoma, Washington, formed in late 1958 and active until the late 1960s. They are widely considered the first successful garage band to emerge from the Pacific Northwest, paving the way for groups like The Sonics, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Bards, The Lollipop Shoppe, The Kingsmen and many others.
June 30, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Two old / two reissues that were on the Dansette last night. Caroline Carter sings my favourite Jackie De Shannon song ⭐️
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Caroline carter, the ballad of possibilities/ the Attack try it/ the Belles, Melvin / the Poets now we’re thru
June 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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El Gato Gomez (2011) #HappyCaturday
A framed set of MCM style geometric cat paintings in earth tones. Based on the 1950s-60s gravel art kit designs.
June 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM