1960s
Fallout Filly
"Nobody likes my baby, cuz she shoots out gamma rays."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 06, 2017 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Body Modifications, Music, 1960s, Parody
1960s Marx Presidents Set
Gee, I wonder why they quit adding new presidents after LBJ?
More info here.
Original ad here.
ADDENDUM: WU-vie GES seems to have found a Nixon figure from the final incarnations of this set.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 05, 2017 -
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Category: Politics, Toys, 1960s
The Dobson Air Dart
I wonder if any plans still exist, to allow someone to build this craft today.
Original ad here.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 03, 2017 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Motor Vehicles, Technology, 1960s
Atomic Seeds
From the American Legion magazine for May 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 31, 2017 -
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Category: Nature, Technology, 1960s
THE WAY OUT RECORD by Bruce Haack
Wikipedia page here.
Thanks to pal Lawrence Person.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 29, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Hey, Let’s Twist!
The movie so great it inspired its own line of Ivey, Jivey suits for Cats!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 24, 2017 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, Movies, Music, Teenagers, 1960s, Dance
The Bubble
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 13, 2017 -
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Category: Aliens, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s
Bowling is for Bored Teens!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 06, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Sports, Teenagers, 1960s
Niki de Saint Phalle Gun Art
We've discussed much gun-based art here before--artists shooting themselves or other objects--but I do not believe we have yet covered this instance by Niki de Saint Phalle.
A white canvas with bags of paint concealed beneath was to be fired upon, releasing the paint in random patterns. But the project proved more intractable than anticipated.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 31, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Guns, 1960s
Zip Code Hootenanny
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 23, 2016 -
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Category: Music, PSA’s, 1960s, Postal Services
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