1960s
Airline Shirt
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Yes, all my clothes are styled by airline companies.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 08, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
Swinging Britain
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 06, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Avant Garde, Teenagers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Clive Way’s Motorcycle Dragster
A VW engine on a two-wheeled frame? I would not ride this for one million dollars.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 03, 2016 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Inventions, 1960s, Motorcycles
The Republic of New Africa
As a science fiction writer, I love alternate history novels, about timelines where things happened differently from what we know. Here's a scenario I had been unaware of, which is particularly timely today, in light of many controversies, sharing many parallels.A factual account of the possible historical turning point is appended below.
Someone did fictionalize it, and you can read the first 58 pages here.
Source of text.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 24, 2016 -
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Category: Government, Racism, Science Fiction, 1960s
Baby’s burps predict his future
Back in 1964, Dr. Milton Berger called attention to the predictive power of a baby's burps. A baby with "strong and clear" burps will grow up to be a leader. However, the majority of people are "dithering" burpers. They'll become your run-of-the-mill member of the faceless masses.Odd theory, but probably as good a predictor of future success as anything.
The Fresno Bee - Aug 21, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 20, 2016 -
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Category: Babies, Predictions, Babies and Toddlers, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #275
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 19, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Hermits, 1960s, 1970s
Buried Upright
April 1963: Rev. Andrew Stackhouse of Conway, South Carolina designed his own casket which allowed him to be buried sitting upright. After he died of a heart attack, at the age of 58, none of his friends or family could explain why he had built the special casket. The best answer they could come up with was that: "He just didn't want to lie down, and he liked to be different."
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 17, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1960s
Action Man
For what started as a GI Joe ripoff, this toy seems to have evolved its own complex mythology. Not sure about propriety of "Bulletman," since that was and is a DC Comics character.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 16, 2016 -
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Category: Toys, 1960s, Europe
Speed of aircraft carrier
Example from 1960 of the military's gift for stating the obvious.No luck in tracking down the referenced pamphlet. Doesn't seem that the Navy saved copies of all the thousands of pamphlets it published over the years.
The Sikeston Daily Standard - June 3, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 13, 2016 -
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Category: Military, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #274
Horny beach bunnies switch instantly from thoughts of lust to thoughts of dental hygiene.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Parents, 1960s, Teeth
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