1910s
The Climax Couch
Surely even in 1910 the name must have been suggestive.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 20, 2021 -
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Category: Furniture, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, 1910s
Mystery Illustration 103
What job necessitates this woman's outfit?The answer is here. (Scroll up a tad.)
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 05, 2021 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, 1900s, 1910s
The Toto Brothers
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 01, 2021 -
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Category: Entertainment, Human Marvels, 1910s
Mask for smokers
Back in 1919, Edward T. Duncan solved the problem of how to smoke and wear a mask at the same time.
Popular Science Monthly - May 1919
The only modern near-equivalent I can find is a mask that jokes about having a "smoke hole," without actually having one.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 20, 2021 -
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Category: Health, Smoking and Tobacco, 1910s
He’d Have To Get Out And Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)
"I have a daughter who's hungry for love. She likes to ride every day."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 23, 2021 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, 1910s, Cars, Love & Romance
The Boy Fancier
Published in 1912, the title of this book really hasn't aged well. Although even in 1912 I imagine the title could easily have been misconstrued.Looking up the word 'fancier' in the dictionary, I found that it means: "a connoisseur or enthusiast of something, especially someone who has a special interest in or breeds a particular animal." I hadn't known that the word had this association with animal breeding.
Nature offered this review of the book:
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 26, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Books, 1910s
Seleno, the Electric Dog
Read the amazing story of cyber-pup here!ADDENDUM: the link is down as of mid-day May 20, but since the site is a longstanding page, I assume the outage is temporary and am leaving the link in place.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 20, 2021 -
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Category: Inventions, Robots, 1910s
Escaped Tiger, 1915 Version
The tale of the Houston Tiger is okay, but not a patch on the 1915 event.
Source: The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 03 Oct 1915, Sun Page 11
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 13, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Hollywood, 1910s
The Ettl Enlarging Machine
I would love to see a picture of this gadget, but cannot find one online. I assume all such work today is done easily on computers.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 22, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Statues and Monuments, Inventions, 1910s
“Oh! How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo”
Not a song about Wikipedia.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 03, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, Regionalism, Foreign Customs, 1910s, Slang
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