May 2023
May 11, 2023
LaBoata
The LaBoata was created in Spokane, but it's recently been spotted around Phoenix, which is my neck of the woods.More info: auto evolution
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 11, 2023 -
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Category: Boats, Cars
Robot Man
Early endorsement of cyborg sex.The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 11, 2023 -
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Category: Music, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Fetishes, 1960s, Sex
May 10, 2023
Lying Start
I've never seen a race start like this. I'm assuming the "lying start" must no longer be practiced.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 10, 2023 -
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Category: Sports, 1930s
Li’l Abner Lookalike Contest
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 10, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Movies, Regionalism, 1950s
May 9, 2023
Milk-Drinking Contest
1928: Manly competition at the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Company's employee picnic
Omaha Evening Bee-News - May 28, 1928
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 09, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Sports, 1920s
Questo/Touch Fabric from Allied Chemicals
I'd love to know exactly what this miracle fabric was made of, but can't find any description of it.The ad reminds me of the famous Monty Python skit where a man is executed by a running pack of topless women. See beyond the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue May 09, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1960s, Women
May 8, 2023
Device for attracting submarines and the like
Submarines were a new menace during World War I, but Louis Schramm figured he had a way to defeat them. His invention (Patent No. 1,143,233) involved powerful electromagnets that would pull submarines to the sides of a ship where they could be electrified, killing their crew.Critics pointed out that the magnets would attract anything metallic to the side of the ship, including mines.
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 08, 2023 -
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Category: Boats, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, War, Patents, 1910s
The Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet’s Ball
The Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball was a yearly civic celebration in St. Louis, Missouri, over which a mythical figure called the Veiled Prophet presided. The first events were in 1878. The parade and ball were organized and funded by the Veiled Prophet Organization, an all-male, secret society[3][4][5] founded in 1878 by prominent St. Louisans.
The organization chooses one member to be a Veiled Prophet who conducts meetings and oversees activities but not necessarily for one year, spokesman Allyn Glaub said in 1991. They were a highly select group culled from the area's business, civic and governmental leaders, "the people who run St. Louis and St. Louis County."
See the 1938 Veiled Prophet below.
The Wikipedia article on the ball itself here.
A list of all queens.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 08, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
May 7, 2023
Legs that come alive in the Spring
Springtime at the Mojud body farm.
Cosmopolitan - Apr 1972
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 07, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Legs
Opti-onics, the Technology of the Future
I suppose this came true, if you can say your phone and tablet use something vaguely similar to Opti-onics!Go to source to enlarge the text for reading.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 07, 2023 -
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Category: Technology, Computers, 1940s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
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