1950s
Let’s All Go To The Lobby
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 30, 2009 -
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Category: Food, Candy, Movies, Advertising, 1950s
The Past is Another Country #3
Just let your filthy mind from the year 2009 have its evil way with this innocent story.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 22, 2009 -
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Category: Domestic, Marriage, Sexuality, 1950s
Boris Artzybasheff
Or, you can admire some of his covers for Time magazine.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 19, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Magazines, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #69
This campaign uses what I like to call "the artificial linkage" method. You take something natural and inevitable and try to tie your product to it. In this case, the entire grand eternal season of Spring means nothing more than digging out your paintbrush and ladders and tackling your peeling house.
You gotta love the name of the paint, though: "Barreled Sunlight."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 12, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, 1950s
Man and His Culture
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 05, 2009 -
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Category: Aliens, Movies, Documentaries, Anthropology, 1950s
Fright From Wrong
Was Casper the Friendly Ghost ever mean? Funny you should ask.....
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 02, 2009 -
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Category: Drugs, Superstition, Cartoons, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #68
Yes, yes, this is precisely how we are all living, here in 2009!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 02, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Family, Technology, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Toothbrush Brigade
"The Toothbrush Brigade of Long Beach, California, promote dental hygiene with their three-foot toothbrushes, circa 1950. They are rehearsing for the Tenth Annual 'Brownie Button' party which will be held under the auspices of the Long Beach Dental Society as a climax to the city's Save The Teeth movement."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 01, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Hygiene, 1950s
Monorail!
Or listen to this:
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 27, 2009 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Futurism, Music, Technology, Cartoons, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Iran: Between Two Worlds
Peaceful, Western-loving, totalitarian Iran! How we miss you!
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 26, 2009 -
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Category: Documentaries, 1950s, Middle East
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