1920s
The Amplifier, or Enunciator
Robert Linn theorized that a loudspeaker shaped like a human head, containing a mouth and nose cavity similar to that of a person, would produce sounds that were of a higher quality and more "pleasing and properly modulated" than a regular loudspeaker would. So he created (and patented in 1927) what he called the Amplifier or Enunciator.
The resemblance to a sex doll has to be coincidental, because they weren't invented until after World War II. (The claim that Hitler invented the first sex doll is apparently a hoax).
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 14, 2021 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Music, 1920s
Breath Deflector
In case your bed partner has bad breath.Patented in 1922 by Darwin Comings of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 07, 2021 -
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Category: Furniture, Inventions, Patents, Sleep and Dreams, 1920s, Smells and Odors
“Lazy,” by the Brox Sisters
I hope all WU-vies can enjoy a lazy weekend!Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 06, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s
How big is heaven?
A strange Christian controversy from the 1920s: how big exactly is Heaven?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Aug 8, 1927
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Category: Religion, 1920s
ISO Man who eats with knife
This sounds like a setup for a romcom. City girl advertises for a cowboy who eats his food with a knife. She gets 175 proposals in response.In a movie she would move out west and have all kinds of adventures with her knife-eating man. But I haven't been able to track down what became of Frances Beauvais.
Casper Star-Tribune - Mar 23, 1922
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer - Apr 6, 1922
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 01, 2021 -
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Category: 1920s, Love & Romance
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 33
Nude Woman with Upraised Arms ca. 1926
Gaston Lachaise American
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 20, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Statues and Monuments, Body Modifications, 1920s, North America
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 32
"Actress Germaine Dulac (1882-1942) as a worm at the Folies Bergere in Paris, France, photograph by Walery from The Tatler, No 1408, June 20, 1928, London."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 04, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, 1920s
Eating Mrs. Grote’s Sandwich
Rev. Jensen evidently thought Mrs. Grote's sandwich tasted pretty good. His wife, however, was not amused.
Los Angeles Evening Post-Record - Jul 28, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 22, 2021 -
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Category: Food, Divorce, Marriage, 1920s
The Traveling Candy Store
I must confess that the notion of a vehicle that brings candy directly to you had never occurred to me before. But what a great idea!Here's the tale of a modern incarnation.
Here's their website, with an itinerary.
And here's the tale of someone who had the idea 100 years ago! (Scroll up.)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 19, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Retailing, Motor Vehicles, Travel, Candy, 1920s
Anti-Barbecue Preacher
1929: Evangelist G.W. James, who preached against "barbecue sandwiches, cigarets, high-heeled shoes, short skirts, bobbed hair and other modern ideas," announced he was discontinuing his services due to low attendance. If the folks of Normalville wanted to hear him preach, he said, they would need to "indicate a desire for him to resume".
Connellsville Daily Courier - Oct 30, 1929
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Category: Food, Religion, 1920s
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