September 2017
September 15, 2017
Roadside America Miniature Village
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 15, 2017 -
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Category: Sightseeing, Tourists and Tourism, 1930s
September 14, 2017
More stolen lampposts
Phideaux draws our attention to yet another attempt at stealing lampposts by strapping them to the roof of a car. In Florida, this time. A month ago it was the Netherlands.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 14, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Cars
Burger Grease Artist
In 2009, Arby's commissioned artist Phil Hansen to paint a version of the Mona Lisa using grease from the burgers of 14 of their competitors. He called his creation Mona Greasa.
Another curious fact about Hansen. According to wikipedia, while in high school he managed to cause himself nerve damage because of his obsession with pointillism.
He's also written a book that sounds interesting: Tattoo a Banana: And Other Ways to Turn Anything and Everything Into Art
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 14, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Junk Food
Mystery Illustration 57
This complete kit equips you to...?
Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 14, 2017 -
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Category: Fashion, 1930s
September 13, 2017
Full Financial Disclosure
Back in the old days, when politicians still felt obliged to reveal their finances...October 1952: Mike Murphy, 12-year-old candidate for secretary of the student body at Madison high school in Phoenix, AZ, felt it would be the honest thing to do to release a full financial statement. He revealed that he earned a dollar a week allowance, and a dollar for every gopher he caught in the yard. Gophers from neighbors' yards didn't count. He won the election.
Kansas City Times - Oct 13, 1952
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 13, 2017 -
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Category: Politics, 1950s
Hippieland
This particular kind of alarmist article seems to have no current analogue.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 13, 2017 -
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Category: Teenagers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
September 12, 2017
Wraparound Headphones
The Jecklin Float electrostatic headphones. They were non-adjustable. So they either fit, or they didn't. But apparently the sound quality was pretty good.
via Stereophile.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 12, 2017 -
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Category: Headgear, 1970s
Showgirls With Hiccups
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 12, 2017 -
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Category: Health, 1960s, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
September 11, 2017
Parachute Plane
Apparently this thing did fly. It was designed by Steven Nemeth in the early 1930s. He boasted that it was so simple to fly that a person who had never been off the ground could learn to fly it in 30 minutes. Plus, it could be housed in a hangar not much larger than an average garage.There was only one prototype ever made, and it's not clear why the plane was never developed further. Disciples of Flight speculates that "the design’s low aspect ratio wing may have meant a lot of additional drag."
Newsweek - Mar 31, 1934
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 11, 2017 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
Punky Punkin
WU's contribution to the seasonal craze for all things pumpkin.
He's the happiest pumpkin--despite having his guts ripped out of him and doomed to rot more swiftly than his brothers in the field.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 11, 2017 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Death, Holidays, 1950s
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