Vintage Photos of the First Columbus Mounted Police Unit in 1922

The first mounted police unit in Columbus, Ohio was formed in 1922. The horses were purchased using donations and the donors were allowed to name the horses. The Columbus Automobile Club facilitated the donations and purchase of the horses.

The primary task of the mounted unit was to assist with downtown traffic. The Ohio State Journal noted at the time that: “Mounted officers are more efficient in handling traffic, in the opinion of Auto Club officials, because the mounted defenders are able to see traffic.”

These photo were taken around 423 Short St. in the Brewery District of Columbus, Ohio in 1922.

Apr. 28, 1941: The First Electric Animated Sign Was Placed on Broadway at 44th in New York City

Apr. 28, 1941: The first electric animated sign, designed by American advertising executive Douglas Leigh, was placed on Broadway at 44th in New York City. The Camel cigarette ad puffed out five-foot-wide smoke rings of steam every four seconds. Over time, especially during wartime, the image was switched from soldiers to sailors to airmen. The sign remained on the Claridge Hotel until 1966, when the building was replaced. This photo is from the early 1950s.

30 Vintage Photos of a Beautiful Carolyn Jones in the 1950s and 1960s

Carolyn Jones was an American film and television actress. She began her career in the early 1950s and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. In 1964 she began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family.

Born in Amarillo, Texas on April 28, 1929, glamorous Carolyn Jones had a difficult life before finding fame in films and television. Abandoned by her father at age 5 during the depths of the Depression, Jones was an asthmatic, sickly child who was raised by her grandparents. From an early age Jones loved films and harbored a great desire to be an actress. Soon after graduating from high school in 1947, Jones grandfather paid for her to go to Hollywood and study at the Pasadena Playhouse.

After toiling in small stage productions for a few years, Jones landed roles in early television, including two appearances in the anthology series Chevron Theatre (1952-1953) and several appearances on the CBS mystery series Mr. and Mrs. North (1952-1954). She was spotted by a talent scout and signed with Paramount; however, after a few bit parts Paramount dropped her option.

Jones then landed her breakthrough role as Cathy Gray in the Warner Bros. 3-D horror film House of Wax (1953). More films roles came her way, including the noir thrillers The Big Heat (1953) and Shield for Murder (1954). During this period, Jones married and divorced her first husband, Donald, in 1950 and married then-struggling actor and future producer Aaron Spelling in 1953.

From the mid 1950s through the early 1960s, Jones’ career was hot, with supporting roles in ‘A’ pictures such as The Tender Trap (1955), The Opposite Sex (1956), and Marjorie Morningstar (1958). However, ‘B’ movies let her shine, including her great performances in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Baby Face Nelson (1957), and Johnny Trouble (1957). Following her outstanding performance in King Creole (1958; with Elvis Presley), Jones won a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959.

In the early 1960s, Jones began doing more television work, with fewer films coming her way. Jones and Spelling parted company as friends in 1964, just as Jones was cast in her most memorable role as Morticia Addams in the ABC series The Addams Family (1964-1966).

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Fascinating Photographs Capture Daily Life of the Young Starlet Ann-Margret in 1961

Ann-Margret Olsson was born on April 28, 1941, in Valsjobyn, Sweden. She was born into a tightly knit family in a small fishing village near the Arctic Circle. Her parents, Gustav and Anna, migrated to America after World War II, and settled in the Chicago suburb of Fox Lake. The Olsson’s eventually relocated to Wilmette, Illinois, where they lived in the funeral parlor that employed Anna.

Ann-Margret was an introverted child, who found it difficult adjusting to American culture. In her early years, she used her love for song and dance as a means of expressing herself. She began to sing at weddings, private parties and church socials. By the time she was 14, she had appeared in a number of school revues and drama productions, and was a frequent winner at local talent contests.

After graduating high school in 1959, Ann-Margret enrolled at Northwestern University as a speech major. Within her first few months at college, she teamed up with three male students to form a jazz combo — The Suttletones. After her freshman year, she withdrew from school, and headed for the West Coast with her newly formed band. They spent most of their time performing at various cabaret clubs in Reno, Las Vegas, and Southern California.

While performing in the lounge of the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Ann-Margret was given the opportunity to audition for Hollywood veteran George Burns. Immediately after, he invited her to perform for a 10-night engagement at the Sahara Hotel, where the 18-year-old earned rave reviews. A succession of offers followed, including a record contract from RCA, and a seven-year film contract from 20th Century Fox.

In the early 1960s, Ann-Margret’s burgeoning career was chronicled in LIFE magazine, who classified her as Hollywood’s next young starlet. She made her film debut as Bette Davis’ daughter in Frank Capra’s Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and released her first album And Here She Is, Ann-Margret.

These stunning photos made by Grey Villet for the 1961 LIFE article that introduced Ann-Margret as a hot Hollywood prospect while she auditioned for a role in the film, State Fair. “Oh, I loved him,” Ann-Margret says of the late LIFE photographer. “When you guys [at LIFE magazine] sent me all these photographs, what a rush. It all came back to me. It’s just ... I’m so blessed.”

Ann-Margret, 1961

Ann-Margret with costume designer Don Feld before a screen test, 1961.

Ann-Margret dining with actor Peter Brown at Har-Omar restaurant in Hollywood, 1961.

Ann-Margret with actor Peter Brown at Har-Omar restaurant in Hollywood, 1961.

Ann-Margret looking over a script with the screen test’s director, Robert Parrish, and the actor who would read opposite her, David Hedison.

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30 Gorgeous Photos of Dusty Anderson in the 1940s

Born 1916 or 1917 in Toledo, Ohio, American actress and model Dusty Anderson began her career as a model and made her film debut in a minor role as one of the cover girls in the 1944 Columbia Pictures production of Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth. Over the next three years, she appeared in another eight films, usually in secondary roles.

During World War II, Anderson was one of a number of actresses who became a pin-up girl, appearing in the October 27, 1944, issue of the United States Military’s YANK magazine. She was featured in the mystery films Crime Doctor’s Warning (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and The Phantom Thief (1946), from the Boston Blackie crime series films.

Anderson died in 2007 in Marbella, Spain, aged 90. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of a young Dusty Anderson in the 1940s.

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1958 Colt Economy 375cc, an Unsuccessful US Made Two-Seater Microcar

One of many unsuccessful attempts at producing a low-cost car for local transportation. This one is by Colt Motors Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts, offered with a 1 cylinder air-cooled engine for $995. Photo taken at an auto show, perhaps New York, 1958.

Not a whole lot is known about the Colt—it appears to have come and gone pretty quickly, although from the little we do know, it seems to have been an interesting concept. The product of Colt Motors of Boston, Massachusetts, the Colt was a tiny two passenger runabout with a folding cloth top. The plan was to have a local boatbuilder produce the fiberglass bodies in one piece, after which Colt Motors Corp. would cut out the doors and do the final assembly of the car in a hat factory owned by one of the officers of the corporation.

Overall construction was geared towards lightness, and the whole car reportedly weighed about 700 pounds. There was a very good reason for that lightness. According to online information, the little Colt was powered by a one-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine, in this case a 23-cu.in. Wisconsin. This was reportedly hooked up to an automatic transmission, though most likely it was a simple centrifugal clutch-type arrangement. The diminutive Colt was said to be able to travel as fast as 50 mph and achieve fuel economy up to 60 mpg. All parts used in its production were said to be American made.

At any rate, Colt Motors announced the new car with a retail price of just $995, which was higher than that year’s tiny King Midget, but appearance-wise, the Colt looked a lot more car-like, which would have justified the higher price. For comparison’s sake, the lowest-priced U.S. car in 1958 (aside from King Midget) was the Rambler American, tagged at $1,789. In the only Colt press photo above, a sign claims it was available for “immediate delivery.” That was stretching the truth quite a bit.

What happened, according to one researcher, was that Colt Motors was unable to reach a deal with Midget Motors to buy the needed chassis at a wholesale cost that would allow it to sell the car profitably at the hoped-for $995 retail price. That, in turn, killed its plan to produce the little car, because Colt didn’t have enough money to design and build its own chassis.

Beautiful Art Deco Illustration of Classic Beauties by Henry Clive

Henry Clive (1883–1960) was an Australian-born American graphic artist and illustrator who created illustrations for The American Weekly and cover series, which were posed for by screen celebrities.

Clive was born Henry O’Hara in Australia and spent his childhood on a sheep ranch outside Melbourne. In later years, he moved to Hollywood, acted in silent films and became an art director in Charlie Chaplin’s productions, where he starred as a villain in City Lights.

Clive’s 1925 Art Deco illustration Sultana for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company was once sold for $22,705. Housed in the Estate of Charles Martignette, in 2010 Sultana was put on sale again at Heritage Auctions. Sultana was reproduced in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel.

Take a look at these beautiful photos to see his work from between the 1920s and 1940s.

Cleopatra, circa 1920

Chinese princess, circa 1920s

Anna May Wong, circa 1920s

Dutch girl, circa 1920s

Girl with a butterfly, circa 1920s

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