1940s
Man Stabbed with a Sword!
Read more here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 16, 2013 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Human Marvels, 1940s, 1950s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Red Seal Comics
Look at the characters featured in this single issue, and ask yourself if this is not the best comic in the history of the universe.
Read the whole issue here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 13, 2013 -
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Category: Detectives, Private Eyes and Other Investigators, Eccentrics, Literature, Superheroes, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Comics, 1940s
Santa Claus’s Punch & Judy
Santa Claus finally brings the puppet ultra-violence to Xmas that the holiday has traditionally lacked.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 07, 2013 -
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Category: Holidays, Puppets and Automatons, Toys, 1940s
Something for Nothing
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 01, 2013 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Rube Goldberg Devices, 1940s
Mono-Ski
Not quite an explanation for the famous Charles Addams ski cartoon.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 17, 2013 -
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Category: Disabilities, Sports, 1940s
Life in America: 1947
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 10, 2013 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Customs, 1940s, North America
Patrick Rizzo’s Dancing Robot
When Patrick Rizzo built his "walking and dancing" robot back in 1948, he said it was the only robot in the world able to perform such feats without wires and cables trailing behind it. It could walk unaccompanied into a room and then dance a jig. He valued it at $100,000. [Telegraph-Herald - Oct 22 1948]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 29, 2013 -
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Category: Robots, 1940s
All Over Rain Cover
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Air holes? Who need to breath so long as you're dry?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 14, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1940s, Weather
Human Fishing Contest
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 12, 2013 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Surrealism, Fish, 1940s
Grape Nuts Flakes Promotes Magnetism
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You saw the effect this cereal had on Roy Rogers in an earlier post. Its powers were manifold and awesome.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 02, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Comics, 1940s
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