1950s
Follies of the Madmen #254
Having little mannikins of the performers standing on their records is a vivid metaphor about the living quality of the sound. But then to set those records and their passengers rafting down the river--well, the metaphor gets a little jumbled, to say the least.
Original advert here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 20, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Music, 1950s
Won’t happen again
Sources: The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri) - Feb 11, 1956; Bridgeport Telegram (Connecticut) - Apr 4, 1955.
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Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 19, 2015 -
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Category: Crime, Prisons, 1950s
Doomtown
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 19, 2015 -
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Category: Destruction, War, Weapons, 1950s, North America
Pin-Up Girl Pistol Lighter
This product really has everything: women, guns and smoking.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 13, 2015 -
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Category: Tobacco and Smoking, Sex Symbols, 1950s, Weapons
The Astounding She-Monster
Doesn't the narrator at the start of the full film sound like Troy McClure from THE SIMPSONS?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 11, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Movies, Sex Symbols, 1950s
DeSotos in Space!
This subject line will definitely be the title of my next SF novel.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 09, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Advertising, 1950s, Cars
Rampaging Bible Seller
A Bible salesman who wouldn't take no for an answer.
Source: The Massillon Evening Independent - Nov 6, 1957
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 07, 2015 -
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Category: Religion, Retailing, 1950s
Exploding Chickens
Spontaneously exploding chickens startle German farmer.
The Ogden Standard - Nov 17, 1950
LUNEBERG, Germany, Nov 17 (UP) — An excited farmer told police today that some of his chickens "exploded with a loud bang while running across the barnyard."
An investigation showed that the chickens ate bits of carbide left behind by allied soldiers during fall maneuvers, later drank some water and the resulting gas blew them to bits.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 01, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Explosives, 1950s
Sleep Learning
Learn to play the piano? In your sleep?
Source: The San Mateo Times - Aug 25, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 28, 2015 -
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Category: Education, Music, Sleep and Dreams, 1950s
1950s Magnifying TV
How the heck did that magnification stunt work with 1950s technology? A lens sliding across the cathode-ray tube?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 26, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, Television, 1950s
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