 I don’t care what kind of bathing suit you paint—just make her look hot. 
 We’re guessing some underpaid artist was tasked with painting a bikini atop Diane Webber’s nude body, and after the acid kicked in he produced this concept that looks like all her naughty bits are on fire. Luckily it’s just an acetate overlay, and you lift the top layer to get original Webber in her altogether, at right. If it looks familiar that's because we showed you this exact print in August without the overlay as an A. Scheer pin-up, and as part of a drive-in calendar. So we've pretty much milked this image for all it's worth. We’ve also shown you a few other overlays, for instance here and here, and noted that we think the practice began with the déshabillables of the French magazine Paris-Hollywood. All those other examples are nice, but for pure weirdness this one wins.
 Vintage model MacGyvers herself a swimsuit. 
A wise old relative once explained that one of the many habits the new generation had rejected—to its detriment—was the practice of carrying a handkerchief. He told us we should carry one because aside from nasal hygiene (actually, he used his for touch-ups only after blowing his nose directly on the ground, but never mind) it had countless other uses. We were thinking he meant maybe using it as a bandana or wrapping sundries in it and tying it to a stick Huck Finn style, but this Technicolor lithograph of a model in an improvised bikini shows us just how limited our thinking was. Circa 1955 on this print.
 This is the second time a warm front like this has passed through. 
You may be thinking we already showed you this Diane Webber Technicolor lithograph, but nope. While it is almost identical at first glance, and Webber is even posing for the same company—A. Scheer—it's a completely different photo shot in a different place at a different time. Don't believe us? Compare and contrast here.
 A touch of velvet. 
Above is a Technicolor lithograph from Corp. A. Fox, aka A. Fox Corp., of an unknown model posing on a comfy looking velvet sofa. The image is titled “Captivating” and dates from 1969. As always, if you recognize the model drop us a line, because we don’t. See more Technicolor lithographs at this link.
 Wood nymph loses her seasonal concealment. 
Above, an unidentified model poses for an autumnal Technicolor print entitled “Woodland Nymph.” Though this could actually be a drought somewhere rather than autumn, we’re going with planetary tilt as the reason the normally secretive nymph has lost her cover of leaves and flowers. Recognize the model? Drop us a line if you do. As a hint, the copyright on this is 1959. Update: Marcos comes to the rescue again, and informs us: The woman in this picture is American actress and model Marilyn Hanold. She appeared in some films and TV shows throughout the 50's and 60's. She was also Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1959 and the model who posed for Gil Elvgren's iconic pin-up painting "Riding High."
 Phone for you—I think it’s your wife. 
Above, popular model Judy O’Day, who appeared in dozens of magazines during her career, seen here in a Technicolor lithograph entitled “A Good Connection.” O’Day, normally a flaming redhead, is said by various websites to have been a burlesque dancer. But among the scores of photos we’ve seen of her none have shown her onstage. We’ll dig and see if we can confirm some sort of dancing career. This print is from 1957.
 Diane Webber brings a bit of warmth to winter in Baltimore. 
 Today’s Technicolor lithograph features a recognizable figure for once—the much adored Diane Webber, a California born model, dancer, and actress who was also known as Marguerite Empey and became one of the most important fixtures of the 1950s and 1960s nudist magazine scene. You can see a few examples of those here. Webber was also a two-time Playboy centerfold under her Empey persona, in May 1955 and February 1956. We’ve mentioned before that the blank spaces at the tops of these Technicolor prints were made for the insertion of advertising, and at right you see how that worked with a calendar for a Baltimore, Maryland establishment called Stanley’s Drive-In. The original image came from the A. Scheer Company, was called Exclusively Yours, and appeared in 1955. The calendar came out in the winter of 1958.
 Unknown model reinvents the wheel. 
We’re back to unidentified models in our Technicolor lithograph series with this southwestern U.S-themed image from the mid-1950s. The shot is called “Forward Look.” You can see the rest of the collection by looking back—here.
 Golden Ekberg spruces up a patch of green. 
We haven’t had luck identifying the models in our last several Technicolor lithographs, so today we’re going with one we know—Swedish icon Anita Ekberg. This one comes from Champion Line, is entitled “Golden Siren,” and dates from around 1960. Are you good with obscure 1960s celebs? See if you recognize her, her, and her.
 Her motives are transparent. 
The last Technicolor lithograph we posted remains unidentified, so here’s another mystery we’re throwing to the readership—who is the above model? The print comes from A. Scheer and was produced around 1950. It’s entitled “Playmate,” but as it pre-dates Playboy it isn’t referring to that magazine. We’re stumped, as we often are with these items. However, a couple have been identified for us by readers, such as this one and this one. Okay, everybody—super identification powers... activate!
Edit: We figured it out all by ourselves. This is Virginia De Lee, who we first identified at this post containing two more lithos. Follow the link there and you can see another three. Or maybe we'll link you ourselves. Here you go.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1939—Batman Debuts
In Detective Comics #27, DC Comics publishes its second major superhero, Batman, who becomes one of the most popular comic book characters of all time, and then a popular camp television series starring Adam West, and lastly a multi-million dollar movie franchise starring Michael Keaton, then George Clooney, and finally Christian Bale. 1953—Crick and Watson Publish DNA Results
British scientists James D Watson and Francis Crick publish an article detailing their discovery of the existence and structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, in Nature magazine. Their findings answer one of the oldest and most fundamental questions of biology, that of how living things reproduce themselves. 1967—First Space Program Casualty Occurs
Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when, during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere after more than ten successful orbits, the capsule's main parachute fails to deploy properly, and the backup chute becomes entangled in the first. The capsule's descent is slowed, but it still hits the ground at about 90 mph, at which point it bursts into flames. Komarov is the first human to die during a space mission. 1986—Otto Preminger Dies
Austro–Hungarian film director Otto Preminger, who directed such eternal classics as Laura, Anatomy of a Murder, Carmen Jones, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Stalag 17, and for his efforts earned a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, dies in New York City, aged 80, from cancer and Alzheimer's disease. 1998—James Earl Ray Dies
The convicted assassin of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., petty criminal James Earl Ray, dies in prison of hepatitis aged 70, protesting his innocence as he had for decades. Members of the King family who supported Ray's fight to clear his name believed the U.S. Government had been involved in Dr. King's killing, but with Ray's death such questions became moot.
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