 Dispatch, this is truck 9. I'm stopping to help a stranded driver. And she's got a furry little animal that's loose too. 
This print is called “Unexpected Letdown,” and the title reflects the idea that the car slipped off the jack, the woman was startled, and her panties fell down. This concept is most associated with paintings by artists like Art Frahm and Jay Scott Pike, though others did it too. The idea apparently was so popular that the always opportunistic A. Fox Corporation (here credited as Copr. A Fox) produced the photographic variation you see here, starring a mortified (and unidentified) model losing her unmentionables. Luckily for her a tow truck driver is on the scene to help her jack her car back up—and her panties too, if she'll let him. This dates from 1966.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1938—Alicante Is Bombed
During the Spanish Civil War, a squadron of Italian bombers sent by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to support the insurgent Spanish Nationalists, bombs the town of Alicante, killing more than three-hundred people. Although less remembered internationally than the infamous Nazi bombing of Guernica the previous year, the death toll in Alicante is similar, if not higher. 1977—Star Wars Opens
George Lucas's sci-fi epic Star Wars premiers in the Unites States to rave reviews and packed movie houses. Produced on a budget of $11 million, the film goes on to earn $460 million in the U.S. and $337 million overseas, while spawning a franchise that would eventually earn billions and make Lucas a Hollywood icon. 1930—Amy Johnson Flies from England to Australia
English aviatrix Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia. She had departed from Croydon on May 5 and flown 11,000 miles to complete the feat. Her storied career ends in January 1941 when, while flying a secret mission for Britain, she either bails out into the Thames estuary and drowns, or is mistakenly shot down by British fighter planes. The facts of her death remain clouded today.
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