1960s
Miss Medic Alert Followup
I do not necessarily wish to claim a Google-fu superior to Alex's, but I did find an image of the 1965 Miss Medic Alert.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 06, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Health, 1960s
The Solarnauts
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 04, 2016 -
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Category: Television, Science Fiction, 1960s
Herman the Hippo’s Big Adventure
March 24, 1967: Herman the Hippo disappeared from his pen at an animal show in Huntington Beach, California. For three days, no one could find him, despite a massive manhunt, and despite the fact that one would think it would be easy to spot a 1500-pound hippopotamus wandering around Orange County.Three days later he was found, 15 miles away, relaxing in a swimming pool at a horse ranch near Laguna Beach. The most likely explanation was that he had swum the 15 miles in the ocean.
Herman was lured out of the pool by bringing down his best friend, Lisa the elephant, whom he followed into their transport van.
Alton Evening Telegraph - Mar 28, 1967
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 02, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, 1960s
Be a mindsticker
1969 ad campaign for Tab.Other possibilities they might have gone with: Be a brain-adhesive. Be a thought-glue.
via: Modern Mechanix, reddit
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 27, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #278
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 26, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Religion, 1960s, Cars
Canada Dry Liquors
The complicated story of how a soda company came to market its own brand of booze is entertainingly told here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Alcohol
Miss Tan America
Original image here.
Original text here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 20, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Ethnic Groupings, 1960s, Skin and Skin Conditions
Dormitory Escape Plan
April 1967: Unable to stand living in an all-female University of Pennsylvania dorm with "150 screaming girls," but prevented from moving out by campus regulations, Elizabeth Freedman, 19, hatched a plan for escape.Because married students could live off-campus with their spouse, she took out an ad in the school paper seeking a husband willing to have a 1-year "platonic" marriage. She received over
Cincinnati Enquirer - Apr 15, 1967
Update: Here's the actual ad she ran, in The Daily Pennsylvanian - Apr 13, 1967. Also, she was eventually interviewed on Johnny Carson. However, she refused to ever pose for a photograph, saying, "I hate publicity."
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 19, 2016 -
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Category: 1960s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
Marlowe
Archie Bunker, Rockford and Kato try to update 1940s noir.
Full movie behind a paywall, alas.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 19, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Martial Arts, 1940s, 1960s
Are priests with it?
The recurring theme of Catholic orders doing youth outreach by insisting that, despite all appearances being to the contrary, they're really "hip" and "with it." See also: Jesus, the Original Hipster.
Catholic Digest - Dec 1965
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 08, 2016 -
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Category: Religion, 1960s
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