1930s
Giant Golf Bag at Miniature Golf Course
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 24, 2014 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Pop Art, Golf, 1930s
Knox Gelatine
Odd choice of photo to advertise their product, since this Big Red team member seems to be suffering from some kind of intestinal distress. From the Cornell Alumni News - Oct 19, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 07, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s
The Nicotine Fairies
Unless he was smoking something else.....
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 29, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Tobacco and Smoking, Cartoons, 1930s, Europe
How much paint?
This story ran in the Washington Post on June 26, 1933. It describes how a dispute over how many coats of paint is required to paint a car resulted in tragedy.But it leaves unanswered the question of how much paint is needed to paint a car. My hunch would be that paint is better nowadays than it was in 1933, so fewer coats are needed. But I'd say it has to be three coats minimum (including the primer). Nine coats (even back in 1933) sounds like too much.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 27, 2014 -
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Category: 1930s, Cars
The Cackle Sisters
Listen to just the first three minutes at least of the Cackle Sisters, and then tell me if you don't agree that contemporary C&W music needs more bird imitations and yodeling.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 18, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Music, 1930s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Collecting Dirt
Back in 1936, Patricia Salter had an unusual hobby for a 12-year-old girl. She collected dirt. Whenever I come across stories like this, it always makes me wonder what became of the collection. I'm guessing that at some point it must have been tossed in the trash, or dumped outside.But it looks like there are some like-minded dirt enthusiasts in the present day, over at the Museum of Dirt.
Source: The Washington Post - Feb 9, 1936
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 16, 2014 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Collectors, 1930s
Dirigible Hanging
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 16, 2014 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Air Travel and Airlines, Sightseeing, 1930s
Okay-Doke!
This was a great moment in American law. From the New York Times - Feb 7, 1935:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 11, 2014 -
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Category: Law, Judges, 1930s
The Secret Museum of Mankind
What did you receive if you answered this ad and paid their fee?
Five books of odd photos. All now digitized and awaiting your perusal here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 11, 2014 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Books, 1930s
Crucified himself to win her heart back
This guy would have qualified as someone whose love life is worse than yours (to paraphrase Chuck's term). I wonder how many years of counseling the son needed after this.From the LA Times - Jun 2, 1935.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 07, 2014 -
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Category: 1930s
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