1950s
Follies of the Madmen #581
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 15, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, 1950s, Alcohol
Mystery Illustration 112
What Shakespeare play--one of the more famous--does this production with its bizarre costumes portray?The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 12, 2023 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Theater and Stage, Avant Garde, 1950s
Miss Tramp Steamer
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 10, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1950s
Miss Electronics of 1950 and Miss Microwave
The Institute of Radio Engineers chose 19-year-old Toy Palaske to be "Miss Electronics of 1950." She got to wear a swimsuit covered with electronics symbols and a crown topped with a television antenna.A few papers reported a different title for her, "Miss Microwave of 1950".
I assume she was both simultaneously.
(left) Pasadena Independent - Sep 15, 1950; (right) Los Angeles Mirror - Sep 14, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 07, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Technology, 1950s
Reassuring news in the event of a nuclear war
The reassuring news, according to Dr. G.D. Kersley, was that if you've had one nuclear bomb dropped on you, you're unlikely to have another.Kersley's article appeared in the Aug 9, 1958 issue of the British Medical Journal. You can read it here. The reassuring comments are on the final page, in the conclusions section.
Birmingham Post - Aug 8, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 06, 2023 -
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Category: War, Weapons, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
The Linden Springs Rocket Restaurant
The Linden Springs Rocket Restaurant, located in Staunton, Virginia, opened in 1959. A full-size, neon-lit rocket stood outside of it.Going along with the theme of being a restaurant of the future, it boasted that it served food "cooked by radar." By this it meant that the food was microwaved.
This has to be one of the few times that a restaurant has actually bragged about serving microwave-cooked food.
image source: hippostcard.com
The restaurant went out of business in the 1970s, and the rocket was taken down. I haven't been able to find out where it ended up.
Staunton Daily News Leader - Nov 20, 1959
Staunton Daily News Leader - Nov 2, 1959
Staunton Daily News Leader - July 31, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 02, 2023 -
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Category: Restaurants, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s
How to protect the home and family after a nuclear explosion
It'd be nice to think that it was the calm practicality of British housewives that saved the world from nuclear warfare.
Vancouver Sun - Nov 27, 1957
Westminster and Pimlico News - Feb 27, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 01, 2023 -
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Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
The Acme Barbecue College
Once upon a time, in Alhambra, CA, you could go to school just for BBQ. One presumes that this is where Wile E. Coyote learned how to cook a Road Runner--if one such could ever be caught!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 01, 2023 -
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Category: Education, Food, Regionalism, 1950s
The Association of Angry Young Women
Nov 1957: Anita Nock announced her intention to form an "Association of Angry Young Women."
Melbourne Age - Nov 26, 1957
Later reports indicated that her association didn't attract a lot of members.
Vancouver Sun - Feb 25, 1958
However, a news report from a few months later suggested that the Association did exist, in some form. The "Monaco incident" referred to involved Lady Docker tearing up a paper flag of Monaco after she learned that her son wasn't invited to attend the wedding of Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly. Hearing about this, Prince Rainer had her banned from the entire French Riviera.
London Sunday People - May 11, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 28, 2023 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, 1950s, Women
Flavettes
What were the miracle ingredients that could cure the tobacco habit?
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 24, 2023 -
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Category: Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, Tobacco and Smoking, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1950s
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