April 2019
April 30, 2019
Strange Canadian Custom
Source. (Scroll down)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 30, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Hygiene, Foreign Customs, 1960s, North America
Anti-Selfies
Artist Stephanie Leigh takes “anti-selfies.” This involves pretending to be dead in front of tourist attractions around the world. She posts the resulting photos on Instagram, under the username STEFDIES. She explains:More info: thisisinsider.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 30, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Photography and Photographers
April 29, 2019
Follies of the Madmen #423
Flock of giant mutant kiwis in human shoes more disturbing than whimsical.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 29, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Fictional Monsters
Followed
This 1930 ad campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes featured people being followed by shadowy, fat versions of themselves. Could be the premise for a horror movie (like a mash-up of Us and It Follows).Source: tobacco.stanford.edu
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 29, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, 1930s
April 28, 2019
The Rotating-Disc Ornithopter
Major article here.
Second piece here.
Inventor's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 28, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Technology, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
Donut Prune Salad
“Place two donuts on a lettuce leaf, fill the donut centers with cottage cheese and then top each donut with a stuffed prune. Place two whole pitted prunes beside the donuts. Serve with mayonnaise.”Source: 36 Delightful Recipes to Perk Up Your Meals, published by the Doughnut Corporation of America, 1947.
via Vintage Bug
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 28, 2019 -
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Category: Food, 1940s
April 27, 2019
The Suitcase Junket
Hipster musician features homemade instruments, such as in the video below: silverware and cooking pot percussion.His YouTube channel.
His homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 27, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Hobbies and DIY, Music
Granny Hulk
At the age of 69, Sharie Mobley recently broke the all-time world record in the deadlift for her class/division by lifting 305 pounds. This has earned her the nickname Granny Hulk.She only started weight training when she was 60, saying that she “couldn’t sit around and do normal granny things.”
She reminds me of Betty Goedhart, the 86-year-old trapeze artist.
More details: kark.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 27, 2019 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Sports
April 26, 2019
Truckers’ Wives United Against Female Truckers
As one of the first female truckers, Edna Ruth Lievsay was a social pioneer. One of her biggest obstacles, however, turned out not to be the trucking company, or the other drivers, but the wives of the other drivers, who refused to let their husbands drive with her, claiming she represented ‘temptation’.In 1977, 200 of the wives joined together to form a group called “Truckers Families United Unlimited, Inc.” and sued to try to force the company to allow their husbands to refuse to drive with Lievsay. The judge ruled that they had failed to state a valid complaint.
El Paso Times - May 14, 1977
The Tennessean - May 6, 1977
Washington Court House Record-Herald - May 16, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 26, 2019 -
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Category: Jobs and Occupations, Gender, 1970s
Unauthorized Dwellings 9
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 26, 2019 -
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, United Kingdom
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