1920s
Mystery Gadget 73
What is the very utilitarian purpose of this handsome tower?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 22, 2019 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
Professor Burt, Endurance Pianist
"Lady nurse in attendance shaves him every day."
Source.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 16, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Human Marvels, Motor Vehicles, Music, 1920s
Porpoise Oil or Locust Oil: Your choice!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 29, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Insects and Spiders, Technology, 1920s
Killer Rat
Our beloved Chuck Shepherd had a category in NOTW that might even have been finally considered "no longer weird." DOG SHOOTS OWNER.
But so far as I know, he never had a rat pulling the trigger.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 19, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Children, 1920s, Weapons
Swat the Jinx Girl
Continuing our series of "Strange Beauty Queens.""Rose Cade, who has also been nominated Southern California's 'Swat the Jinx' girl, dressed in model of large lemon pointing to calendar dated Friday, February 13, 1920."
Original photo here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 28, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Superstition, 1920s
I’ve Never Wronged an Onion
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 14, 2018 -
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Category: Music, 1920s, Eyes and Vision
Follies of the Madmen #400
And just as lethal!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 10, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Death, Tools, 1920s, Weapons
GPS of the 1920s
I can think of one obvious problem with mounting the map in front of the windshield.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 26, 2018 -
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Category: Geography and Maps, 1920s, Cars
Abolish Women’s Fashions
The novelist W. L. George, deemed a feminist, wanted to abolish fashion and prescribe a universal uniform for all women, to save effort and money.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 02, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, Literature, 1920s, Women
Prize-winning robot costume from 1927
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 31, 2018 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Robots, 1920s
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