1950s
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
What a fine joke! The gear-driven, proto-cybernetic hell world of 1958 now looks more like a paradise compared with our world of 2015. No digitization. Hardly any cars on the highway. Children interacting unsupervised with a living ice-cream man. A TV set that can be repaired with a home visit, rather than going straight to the landfill. Coffee perked at home instead of provided by Starbucks. Human interaction unmediated by screens....
Take me back there now!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 15, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Domestic, Marriage, Family, 1950s
Go Answer the Phone
Very creepy. If you were woken by a stranger telling you to answer the phone, would you do it?I'm a pretty deep sleeper. It usually takes me a few minutes after waking to achieve full consciousness. So I suspect this trick would work on me.
Ironwood Daily Globe - Nov 7, 1958
SEATTLE (AP)—Darwin Barker was awakened by a man at the foot of his bed who told him to "go answer the phone."
Groggy with sleep, Barker staggered into another room to the telephone. The ringing awoke him completely.
He rushed back into his bedroom but by that time the man was gone. So were Barker's trousers, wallet and $1.25.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 14, 2015 -
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Category: Sleep and Dreams, Scary Criminals, 1950s
10 Ways to Get a Mink Coat
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 09, 2015 -
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Category: Fashion, 1950s, Men, Women
Gene Vincent’s Cat Man
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 06, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Novel method of fixing car
Charles Shepherd. That name sounds familiar.
Mansfield News-Journal - Dec 21, 1956
DETROIT (UP) — Walter H. Hobbs was fined $10 for ramming Charles Shepherd's car in the rear despite a plea from Shepherd in his defense.
Shepherd said his car had been running better than it ever did since Hobbs rammed it.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 02, 2015 -
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Category: 1950s, Cars
Monark, the Wheely Boy King
How do the wheeled extremities of Monark permit the little monster to operate those other vehicles?
Original ad here. (Page 23)
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 02, 2015 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Garlic Toast Divorce
Some people take their garlic toast very seriously.
Corpus Christi Times - Jan 15, 1957
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 01, 2015 -
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Category: Divorce, 1950s
Sleeping Time
I like this guy's way of thinking. Too bad the judge didn't go for it.
Altoona Tribune - Jan 21, 1957
LONDON — Albert English, 70, went to court claiming 2,051 pounds—$5,742—in back pay.
He said he was paid 6 pounds, 7 shillings, sixpense—$17.05—a week for 30 hours work as a restaurant odd job man, but that he should be paid also for the 61 hours weekly he spent "asleep with an ear cocked" in a bedroom behind the restaurant provided free by the management. The judge threw out English's claim.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 30, 2015 -
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Category: Jobs and Occupations, 1950s
Great Moments in State Tourism Promotion
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 30, 2015 -
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Category: Racism, Slavery, Bondage and Indenture, Flags, Tourists and Tourism, 1950s
Pens for Men
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 21, 2015 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, Tools, Advertising, 1950s, Men
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