1950s
6 1/2 Magic Hours
What's weird about this film? The fact that once upon a time, air travel was sexy, easy and fun!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 18, 2010 -
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Category: Travel, Documentaries, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #88
Promoting electricity consumption through the tale of a jailbait girl and a "book gook."
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 20, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Utilities, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Sexuality, Teenagers, 1950s
Just a Little Off the Muzzle
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 11, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Magazines, Dogs, 1950s
She Demons
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 24, 2010 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Superstition, 1950s, Women, Dance, Africa
Harold Lee’s Frog Farm
I'm not sure what frog-ranching today is like. But one of the first guys to do it successfully was a fellow named Harold Lee, pictured to the right.
You can read about ol' Harold here, in this 1951 POPULAR MECHANICS article.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 22, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, 1950s
Why Vandalism?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 13, 2010 -
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Category: Juvenile Delinquency, Documentaries, 1950s
How Much Affection?
When petting goes too far.....
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 10, 2010 -
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Category: Sexuality, Teenagers, Documentaries, 1950s
Be Bop Wino
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 08, 2010 -
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Category: Music, 1950s, Alcohol
Bicycle Tillie
Your challenge: decide if these lyrics accurately describe riding a two-wheeled object--or a two-legged one!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 04, 2010 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Music, Sexuality, 1950s
The Bells
At first one imagines that the weepy singer of this doo-wop song is lamenting his dead woman. But when he says that the bells are "ringing out for me," you begin to wonder if the lyrics are narrated by a corpse at its own funeral. In any case, it's a weird, over-the-top performance.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2010 -
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Category: Death, Music, 1950s
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