1960s
Wisconsin Queens
A bevy of contest winners from Wisconsin, including "Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s
The Hero Thrill Show Queens
"Hero Scholarship Thrill Show Queen competitors [1969] Carolyn McNish and JoAnne Bream are crowned by Police Captain Philip Baumgardner, Fairmount Park Lt. Joseph Salamone and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Bowen."
"Northeast Regional finalists for Thrill Show queen [1974] are Denise Needham, nominated by the police department, and Sandra Hartman nominated by the fire department. Standing are John Craig, chief police inspector, and Martin Preite, deputy fire chief."
What is the "Hero Thrill Show?" Their Wikipedia page has the answer.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Law, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s
Go! Go! Go!
Speeded up stuff is inherently weird.Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 23, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Crowds, Groups, Mobs and Other Mass Movements, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Special Effects, 1960s
1968 Seatbelt PSA
Nice to see that despite being horribly scarred for life, she has maintained her mascara, eyeliner and lashes.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Motor Vehicles, PSA’s, 1960s, Face and Facial Expressions
The Great Toy Robbery
The Great Toy Robbery, Jeff Hale, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 18, 2019 -
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Category: Crime, Holidays, Cartoons, 1960s
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2019
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 17, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Europe, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Madmen #418
Nothing said about the quality of the men (or women) attracted by Colt 45.
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 16, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1960s, Alcohol
Emergency Life Pack
Debuted in 1961, from the Survival Life Pack Company.Looks like you can still pick one up on eBay for around $199.99. (Though just the food/water, not the suit).
El Paso Times - Sep 22, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 14, 2019 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s
Psychological warfare in Vietnam
February 1966: Congressman Craig Hosmer unveiled his strange plan for victory in Vietnam. He suggested air-dropping playing cards, plastic cutouts of women and dogs, and owl hoots onto the Vietcong. His idea was that these would trigger the superstitious nature of the Vietnamese and cause them to surrender — with no shots fired.Some of his suggestions may actually have been done. I’m not sure.
Hosmer also suggested dropping yellow dye on the Vietcong “to identify them upon infiltration into South Vietnam.” He noted, “Dyeing the Vietcong could, in the end, prove more effective than killing them.”
Sydney Morning Herald - Feb 7, 1966
Craig Hosmer (Esquire - Jan 1967)
Arizona Republic - Feb 9, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 10, 2019 -
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Category: Military, War, 1960s
Nippon Girls
How did the Japanese react to the Bossa Nova craze and other pop music trends of the Sixties?
I'm glad you asked!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2019 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, Asia
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