Children
2002: Child Life One Hundred Years from Now
We have a theme on WU of predictions of a future we have already reached. Some are way off, others more accurate. You may decide for yourself how this book fares. While we do not yet have personal winged flight for kids, we do have telephones with visuals.Read the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 20, 2024 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Children, Books, Science Fiction, 1900s
Irradiated Milk
This product was not subject to atomic radiation, but rather a different process. In the 1930s, to fight rickets, scientists sought to increase the Vitamin D content in milk through the application of ultraviolet rays.However, as this account relates:
Making matters worse, while experiments showed milk to be an ideal source for getting vitamin D into the diets of American children, prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light tended to give fluid milk a foul odor and an off-putting taste. On top of that, any excess heat had the counterproductive effect of destroying the milk’s vitamin A.
But finally, science found a way!
But, of course, for both political and nutritional reasons, finding a way to deliver vitamin D dairy products remained the ultimate prize. After years of testing, Steenbock, Scott and their collaborators finally determined a three-part scheme for fortifying milk. First, dairy cows could be fed with irradiated feed to produce higher levels of vitamin D. Second, industrial machines constructed by companies like Creamery Package Manufacturing and Hanovia Chemical allowed large-scale irradiation of fluids while minimizing the negative effects on taste and smell.12 Third, irradiated ergosterol could be mixed into the final product as a tasteless additive.13
Read the manufacturer's pamphlet here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 07, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Science, Children, 1930s, Diseases
Follies of the Madmen #601
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 22, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, Children, 1950s, Native Americans
The Smoking Baby of Trenton
Winfield Doran gained famed as the "smoking baby of Trenton." He started smoking a pipe when he was seven months old. Because his parents were worried about the health effects of this, they eventually persuaded him to smoke cigars instead. But he refused to smoke cigarettes.He died of diptheria when he was four years old.
Canton Independent Sentinel - Aug 14, 1890
Quincy Daily Ledger - Nov 11, 1890
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 11, 2024 -
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Category: Babies and Toddlers, Children, Smoking and Tobacco, Nineteenth Century
Satellite Queen
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 14, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Children, Space Travel, 1950s
Don’t sit on your kids
I have a feeling that the author didn't intend for the title to sound funny.
Pittsburgh Press - Jan 18, 1985
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 23, 2024 -
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Category: Children, Parents, Books
When Dogs Fly
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 07, 2024 -
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Category: Innocent Bystanders, Passersby, Witnesses and Accidental Victims, Children, Dogs, 1900s
Follies of the Madmen #591
It's hard to remember a time when Lambchop could serve as a role model. Certainly the puppet was abetted by Shari Lewis being so gorgeous.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 04, 2024 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Advertising, Children, Twentieth Century
Rancher Glen, the Christmas Seal Cowboy
I'm a little late with this seasonal entry, but I still hope all WU-vies can follow Rancher Glen's advice for a healthy 2024.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 07, 2024 -
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Category: Health, PSA’s, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Children, Wild West and US Frontier, Twentieth Century
Teddie Rose Vail, Amnesia Due to Folk-Dancing
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 28, 2023 -
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Category: Children, Parents, 1950s, Dance, Mental Health and Insanity
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