1960s
Wrapped in coil
Problem: how could advertisers make a new cooling line for an air conditioner interesting?Solution: wrap the cooling line around a young model, take a photo, and then distribute the photo to newspapers, which dutifully ran the image back in September 1966.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 03, 2014 -
Comments (12)
Category: Advertising, 1960s
Group Photo Mystery
Why are these lads all assembled for this photo opportunity?
Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 03, 2014 -
Comments (7)
Category: Photography and Photographers, Teenagers, 1960s
Raincoat Respirator
Another example of an attractive woman (Gail Andrews) modeling a strange piece of equipment.In this case, the equipment was a "raincoat respirator" invented by John Emerson of Cambridge, Mass. and displayed at a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in October 1960. It was an oversive plastic bag "much like a huge raincoat" attached to a modified vacuum cleaner motor. It helped patients breathe.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 31, 2013 -
Comments (3)
Category: Medicine, 1960s
Giant foot on wheels
Rolled through the streets of Stockholm in 1966 to advertise an art exhibit. Source: The Toledo Blade - Oct 3, 1966.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 29, 2013 -
Comments (6)
Category: Art, 1960s
Do the President Twist
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 19, 2013 -
Comments (9)
Category: Music, Politics, 1960s
Hot Rod Hootenanny
Surely any band named "The Weirdos" deserves a place on WU.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 22, 2013 -
Comments (5)
Category: Motor Vehicles, Music, 1960s
Major Mudd
Major Mudd, one of the TV heroes of my youth.
Any WU-vies want to share memories of their own lesser-known regional TV icons?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 20, 2013 -
Comments (11)
Category: Regionalism, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Television, Children, 1960s, 1970s
Styling on the slopes
Ski mask by Emilio Pucci. From Life - Dec 7, 1962.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 19, 2013 -
Comments (9)
Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1960s
Johnny Seven O.M.A. Gun
Wow. Able to give the parents of 2013 seven kinds of frenzied PC headaches with one toy!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 14, 2013 -
Comments (6)
Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Guns, Toys, Advertising, Children, 1960s
Abstract Controversy
This painting was commissioned and displayed in a public building in the 1960s. It immediately aroused ire and controversy and disgust. Can you guess why?
Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 20, 2013 -
Comments (7)
Category: Art, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Death, Politics, 1960s
| Who We Are |
|---|
| Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1. Contact Us |