Cassandra Gay Peterson, better known by her stage persona Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is an American actress and cultural icon whose mix of gothic glamour, quick wit, and camp humor defined a generation of horror entertainment. Her rise to fame began on L…
These cheesy (and sexy) vintage arcade ads from the 1970s and 1980s offered consumers a sense they were hot, sexy, in control, and (apparently) tough as nails. Video games started as kids’ play in the minds of consumer groups and rating boards, but back in …
In the days before video games, amusement arcades were filled with a panoply of analog entertainment, from shooting galleries to skeeball to mechanical fortune tellers to endless varieties of pinball. These photographs of a conspicuously empty Wonderlan…