November 2020
November 16, 2020
Martha Graham’s “Heretic”
Early visual representation of social-media shaming. The two clips are different sections of the whole.The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 16, 2020 -
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Category: Religion, 1920s, Dance
November 15, 2020
Beauty Pillow
Patent No. 2,533,526 was granted to Yvonne Bersia Snyder of Forest Hills, NY for a "Beauty Pillow":During sleep the tissues of the face are usually crushed or folded in the same position for hours at a time. For example, the flesh of the cheeks or face when flattened against the pillow during the sleeping hours pushes the skin forwards and settles in the hollows of the eyes where it produces wrinkles.
It is an object of this invention to prevent wrinkles or damaging of the skin tissues during rest.
Looks like it could also double as headgear for full-contact sports.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 15, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patents, Sleep and Dreams, 1950s
To Be Alive
Moments of surreal or bizarre imagery in a nice little film about enjoying life.
One weird addendum: you are seeing only one-third of the film. The film was meant to run on three screens simultaneously, with different imagery on each screen, although sometimes, I think, they synchronized.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 15, 2020 -
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Category: Movies, Documentaries, Philosophy, Surrealism, 1960s
November 14, 2020
Trim Reducing-Aid Cigarettes
The Cornell Drug Corporation came out with Trim Cigarettes in 1958, claiming that smoking three of them a day would reduce appetite and thereby help with weight loss:The FDA promptly banned them. More info: wikipedia
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Miami News - May 16, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 14, 2020 -
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Category: Smoking and Tobacco, 1950s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 30
The Wikipedia page of the artist.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 14, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
November 13, 2020
Corkhill Meat Loaf Monster
Was Corkhill's spokes-creature supposed to be a snowman, or some kind of living, talking meatloaf? The body seems all wrong for a snowman. So I have a suspicion it was a meatloaf monster.
Wilmington News Journal - Aug 4, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 13, 2020 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1930s
The Trance
Everything you need to know about religious trances.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 13, 2020 -
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Category: Religion, Science, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Books, Nineteenth Century
November 12, 2020
Hot Chocolate Effect
As defined by Wikipedia:via TYWKIWDBI
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 12, 2020 -
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Category: Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, Science
The Klaudt Indian Family
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 12, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Twentieth Century, Native Americans
November 11, 2020
Hurff Foods
Hurff... It's not a name, one would think, that would lend itself to selling food. Though it didn't seem to hurt Edgar Hurff's food business, which flourished until 1948. It was then sold to Del Monte, which evidently opted not to keep the Hurff name.
Source: Swedesboro and Woolwich Township
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 11, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Odd Names
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