1940s
The Powers of Congress
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 17, 2009 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Politics, 1940s
A Case of Spring Fever
The MST3K crew tackled this one years ago, but here's the raw original so you can insert your own funny talkback.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 16, 2009 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Technology, 1940s
How To Yodel
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 14, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Regionalism, 1940s
Heaven Help A Sailor
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 12, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Sexuality, 1940s, South Pacific, Tattoos
Who’s Yehudi?
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 07, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Sexuality, Surrealism, 1940s, Dance
I’m My Own Grandpa
This is a 1987 cover of the 1947 original.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 06, 2009 -
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Category: Family, Humor, Music, 1940s
Mexican Hat Dance
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 30, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, 1940s, Dance
Zig Me Baby With A Gentle Zag
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 27, 2009 -
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Category: Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Movies, Music, 1940s, Dance
Transparent Face Mask
From Popular Science, March 1940:
Maybe it didn't interfere with vision, but the interfering with breathing probably posed a problem.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 16, 2009 -
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Category: Inventions, Products, 1940s
Mugshots of Moonshiners
Mugshots of Southern moonshiners, from Life Magazine (Jan 1, 1940):
Of the convicted moonshiners above, most famous is Theressa Brown (fourth row, center). Known to agents as "Queen of the Bootleggers," she has been arrested 22 times, mostly for liquor-law violation, but once for arson, once for shooting her husband.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 26, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Inebriation and Intoxicants, 1940s
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