March 2015
March 28, 2015
The Gift of Prophecy
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 28, 2015 -
Comments (3)
Category: Predictions
March 27, 2015
Air Raid Apparel
It's important to continue to be a fashion leader, even when hiding in an air raid shelter.Source: The Valley Morning Star - Apr 30, 1941.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 27, 2015 -
Comments (8)
Category: Fashion, War, 1940s
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
"Multi-instrumentalist" was the term for Rahsaan Roland Kirk. But generally the term does not refer to simultaneous playing.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 27, 2015 -
Comments (9)
Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Music, 1960s
March 26, 2015
Heads Up
How would you like one of these guys to land on your head? People walking through a particular field in the Netherlands get the chance to find out what its like. The friendly owl likes to spend a minute or so on his human perches before flying off.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 26, 2015 -
Comments (5)
Category: Animals, Flight
Fresh Meat
Ad agency Mother New York has posted this recruitment video to let people know about its desire for "fresh meat" (new interns) in its office. Apply here.via Ad Week
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 26, 2015 -
Comments (9)
Category: Jobs and Occupations, Video
Miniature Menagerie
A portrait of the once-proud USA squeaky-toy industry in its glory days, before Asia kicked our squeaky butt.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 26, 2015 -
Comments (4)
Category: Business, Technology, Toys, 1950s
March 25, 2015
Minesweeping pig banned from drinking in a pub for headbutting customers
When I first saw it, I figured it must describe a pig used to help find landmines, that for some reason was no longer allowed to drink in a pub whose clientele enjoyed headbutting each other.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 25, 2015 -
Comments (3)
Category: Headlines
Woodrow Wilson on the Make
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No escape from the media, even in 1915, as President Wilson courts Edith Galt.
Original photo here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 25, 2015 -
Comments (0)
Category: Government, Politics, Husbands, Wives, 1910s, Cars
March 24, 2015
Bacon Rage
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 24, 2015 -
Comments (9)
Category: Bacon
The Little Foxes Club
I can't find too much information on the "Little Foxes Club," whose mission was to promote African-American female beauty. In 1958, they had a beauty contest in Detroit.
Original article here.
And they were mentioned in this 1966 cheesecake photo.
Original article here.
I can only imagine the loud controversy such an organization would bring down upon itself in these times.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 24, 2015 -
Comments (4)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, 1950s, 1960s, Women
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