1950s
Ouija Board Inheritance
A follow-up to my Ouija board post of last week. This may be the only case of a Ouija board involved in an inheritance dispute.When Mrs. Helen Dow Peck died in 1955, she left almost her entire estate to "John Gale Forbes," whom she met via Ouija board. Which is to say that John Gale Forbes was not a corporeal entity. Mrs. Peck's surviving (flesh-and-blood) relatives sued, arguing, in essence, that Mrs. Peck was clearly nuts. The court eventually agreed and voided her will. This has established the legal precedent that ghosts can't inherit money. Read more about the case here.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Mar 13, 1956
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 24, 2015 -
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Category: Law, 1950s
Gene Vincent’s FLEA BRAIN
"If she wasn't good-looking, she'd be better off dead."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 23, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Insects and Spiders, Music, 1950s, Brain Damage
Ed Wood’s JAILBAIT
Full movie below.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 17, 2015 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Stupid Criminals, Outsider Art, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #241
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 12, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Asia
Oog Bongo Walsco Fringo
Crazy eyes!
Source: Radio Electronics magazine - April 1952
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 08, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s
Jail-Jamas
Original ad here. (Page 2)
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 08, 2015 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Fashion, Stupid Criminals, Marriage, 1950s
The Fun That Builds Good Health
From an incredibly weird pre-internet, pre-cellphone, pre-cable-TV world! Limbs in actual motion--outdoors! Witness the horror of "free-range children!"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 30, 2015 -
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Category: Family, Children, Parents, Sports, 1950s
Tarco Space Pilot Helmet, 1952
The sound of whizzing in space.
[via bifurcated rivets]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 13, 2015 -
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Category: Toys, Space Travel, Headgear, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #239
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"Droodles" sounds ugly, like "drool." And these jokes are fit only to entertain an eight-year-old. Excellent campaign to indicate quality of product and sophistication of audience.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 08, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Games, Tobacco and Smoking, 1950s
Malfunction
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 06, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Domestic, Surrealism, Psychedelic, 1950s
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