1950s
Follies of the Madmen #378
Cupid, traditionally the intermediary of erotic love, engenders a pea-based affection between mother and son.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 08, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Children, Parents, 1950s
Skipperette of the Fishermen’s Fiesta
The skipperette and her two mates will reign over Los Angeles Harbor fishermens fiesta during Oct. 1 & 2. L.R.: Mate Doris Spanje; Skipperette Amelia Nizetich and mate Deana Trutanich.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 03, 2018 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1950s
Queen of Long Beach
Queen Nannette Crawford -- 20 -- of 4917 Livingston Drive, Long Beach presiding at Long Beach Community Fair. Model Lois Sullivan, 20, of 3811 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, shows Queen the bathing suit which is one of Queen's prizes.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 29, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fashion, Regionalism, 1950s
A Forecast of Amazon?
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Retailing, Futurism, 1950s
VA Hospital Carnival Queen
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Hospitals, 1950s
Miss Interplanetary Space Queen of 1997
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 18, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1950s, 1990s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Debutante Soapbox Racing
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 16, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, 1950s, Women
Baby Jesus Doll
A legendary flop in the toy industry. It was brought out in 1958 by the Ideal Toy Company, which was the same company that invented the teddy bear in 1903 and introduced the Rubik's Cube in the 1980s.The story goes that the company president, Ben Michtom, got the idea for it after visiting the Pope. From the NY Post:
“What a bomb,” exclaimed [Paula] Michtom. “Being Jewish, [the family] didn’t understand that no one was going to buy the toy. No one was going to have their children playing with the Christ child.”
Even the kids in the ad for it look pretty disinterested in the thing.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 13, 2018 -
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Category: Religion, Toys, 1950s
Blake Reynolds, Early Overdubber
The studio processes of multitracking and overdubbing are commonplace now, a cinch with home digital tech. But in 1952, the notion that a single musician could create a recording where they played every single instrument--a la Prince--was rare and weird.Here's an early pioneer. Listen to his version of "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 13, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Technology, Computers, 1950s
Hot Rod Hop
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 10, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s, Cars
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