1930s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 55
The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 24, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1930s
April Fool’s Day Prank Millionaire
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 03, 2024 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Holidays, Money, Friends, Partners, Co-Workers and Other Associates, 1930s
The Rival Miss Fairmonts
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 28, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Rivalries, Feuds and Grudges, 1930s
Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?
Some discussion of the ad from Paradoxes of Nostalgia by Penny Von Eschen:
It sounds like the ad inspired quite a few parodies, but I was only able to find one:
The ad also provided the name for a 1988 album by the punk rock group The Neurotics:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 16, 2024 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
The February 12 Dance
Interpretive dancer Gladys Bowen doing her February 12 dance.
The Hope Pioneer - Feb 13, 1936
Pittsburgh Press - Jan 19, 1936
Coos Bay Times - Jan 21, 1936
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 12, 2024 -
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Category: 1930s, Dance
Deranged Robot
A 'mentally disturbed' robot at the World Fair in San Diego, 1935/36. A robot provides entertainment at the California Pacific Exposition in San Diego, [but] instead of giving the planned speech, it suddenly began to speak in a boisterous cabaret voice and afterwards emitted the sounds of an orchestra. After a little bewilderment the cause for this 'mental confusion' was discovered: due to a circuit error, the robot had transmitted the program of the exhibition's broadcast station. The photo shows the robot during a thorough inspection of its speech organs and its circuits.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 02, 2024 -
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Category: Robots, Expositions, World Fairs, Celebrations, 1930s, Mental Health and Insanity
Saddle Cigarette Lighter
Perhaps it prevented fires caused by burning matches, but what about the fires caused by cigarette butts?
Popular Science - Apr 1936
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 24, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Smoking and Tobacco, 1930s
Every Day is Miracle Day
Man, that's a big claim to make for beauty parlors!Here's the source, where you can magnify the text.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 11, 2024 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, 1930s
Warning Device for Speeders
Drivers not paying attention to their speedometer will receive a blast of air on their accelerator foot at a preset MPH.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 10, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures, 1930s, Cars
The Murder of Vivian Gordon As Explained by Mystery Writers
You can read the true crime story details at The Smithsonian Magazine site. But for the explanations from fiction writers, see below. I think police in 2024 should adopt this tactic. "So, Stephen King, how would you solve the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft?"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 05, 2024 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Crime, Writers, 1930s
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