1970s
Smoking Facts
Seemed odd to me that the ad would not only mention that they've got "a patent on flavor," but also give the patent number (3828800). So I had to look it up. Turned out to be a fairly boring patent for "an improved cigarette filter material... formed from the porous, granular salt of a weakly basic anion exchange resin."
Sports Illustrated - Nov 14, 1977
Coos Bay World - Nov 4, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 13, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Patents, Smoking and Tobacco, 1970s, Billboards
Ghost Evidence
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 12, 2024 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, 1970s
Environments 3
Join the Be-In with the embedded player below. Then experience bucolic raptures.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 04, 2024 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Parades and Festivals, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s, 1970s
“The Film-Flam Man” Episode of MULLIGAN STEW
Explanation here.IMDB entry for the episode here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food, Sleaze and Sleazeballs, Television, 1970s
Lullaby from the Womb
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 21, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Pregnancy, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Accidentally launched from cannon
This would qualify as a bad day at work.
Kenosha News - Oct 17, 1972
The best illustration I could coax out of Microsoft's AI image creator. It got the general idea of a mechanic and a human cannonball machine, but it positioned the guy wrong relative to the cannon.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 18, 2024 -
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Category: Accidents, 1970s, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
Instant “Boot-look”
1971 Sears Fall and Winter Catalog
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 09, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, 1970s
Debbie Merritt, the half-baked girl
It looks like Debbie Merritt didn't just burn. She got absolutely fried.When the ad says that this was a "medically supervised test," does that mean a doctor sat there and watched as she roasted herself?
Ladies' Home Journal - June 1970
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 26, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Skin and Skin Conditions
The Midnight Parasites
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 24, 2024 -
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Category: Aliens, Cryptozoology, Death, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
Raisin Pudding Cake
Family Circle Magazine - Jan 1976
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 22, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
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