1950s
A Phantasy
A Phantasy, Norman McLaren, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 03, 2020 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, 1950s, North America
Mystery Illustration 96
What's going on here?The answer is at the link.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 18, 2020 -
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Category: 1950s
The science of removing bugs from windshields
When you clean bugs off your car's windshield, think of Detroit researcher Clark Wells who spent his career figuring out how best to do this.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Mar 22, 1953
The curious actions of Frederick Brownell (left) and Clark Wells at Detroit are in the interests of science. They are using pea-shooter and slingshot to shoot bugs against a windshield at squashing velocity so that Wells, a chemist, can then test fluids to be used in wiper spray to remove them. For his experiments, Wells buys such insects as bumble bees, June bugs, fish flies, deer flies and other of the more succulent species from collectors for amounts up to a dime each.
Huntsville Times - June 20, 1954
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 08, 2020 -
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Category: Insects and Spiders, Science, 1950s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #485
No infants were harmed in the making of this ad. Oh, wait a minute, they're not breathing...
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 08, 2020 -
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Category: Babies, Business, Advertising, Death, 1950s, Goofs and Screw-ups
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
According to wikipedia, Lonnie Donegan was "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before the Beatles." And yet, I'd never heard of him. Before my time, I guess. I wonder how many WU readers know of him?In 1959, his song below hit #3 on the UK charts and #5 in the US (making it his biggest US hit).
It was a cover of this song from the 1920s:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 07, 2020 -
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Category: Music, 1950s
Roy Rogers Heads West
Here's another addition to our slowly growing collection of giant people in ads. Plus, this one has some bonus phallic symbolism!
Dayton Daily News - Dec 11, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 02, 2020 -
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Category: Giant People in Ads, 1950s
Of course, unmarried girls can use them!
Davenport Quad-City Times - June 14, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 26, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, Gender, Body Fluids, 1950s
Telemeter: 1960s Pay TV
Pay TV in the 1950s and 1960s? Yes, it was a thing, as the article below explains.
Here is the Wikipedia entry on the topic.
Here's a good article on the Canadian version.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 24, 2020 -
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Category: Regionalism, Technology, Television, 1950s, 1960s
Mr. Drake’s Duck
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 18, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Movies, Science Fiction, 1950s
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
The Wikipedia page.
Anger is still with us, as of this writing, and looking pretty scary.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 13, 2020 -
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Category: Elderly and Seniors, Movies, Avant Garde, 1950s
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