Children
Safety Village, USA
A huge number of photos and some good text here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 18, 2022 -
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Category: Education, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, PSA’s, Regionalism, Children, Cars
The Case of the Furious Children
In 1954, six young boys who exhibited violent behavior were brought to live on the grounds of the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. They were specifically selected because they were deemed the worst of the worst:For the next five years, the boys were attended around the clock by a team of specialists.
It was all part of an experiment, which came to be known as the "Case of the Furious Children," designed to find out why these young boys were so violent and whether they could be turned into responsible citizens. Eventually, around $1.5 million (in 1950's dollars) was spent on this effort.
By the end of the experiment, one of the researchers, Dr. Nicholas Long, said that the boys now had a "better than 50-50 chance of living a productive life." So what became of them? Were they reformed, or did they head down the path of crime and prison that they originally seemed to be destined for?
I'd be interesting to know, but I haven't been able to find anything out. I'm guessing the info has never been released because of privacy issues.
More info: Harpers Magazine - Jan 1958
Chicago Daily Tribune - July 19, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 19, 2022 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Experiments, Psychology, Children, 1950s
Haruo Shimada, Child Artist
As a young boy of five living in Tokyo, Haruo Shimada was hailed as an artistic prodigy. Articles about him appeared in American papers as well as in Life magazine. It was noted that his preferred subject was 'impressionistic nudes'.
With news stories like this there's usually no follow-up, which I always find frustrating. So you never find out what happened to these people later in life. But that's not the case with Shimada thanks to his personal website on which he tells the story (in English) of his subsequent career.
Shimada explains that he gave up painting while still young, after his instructor, Kenzo Akada, moved to the United States. In college he studied economics, and eventually he became a professor of economics at Keio University and MIT. But late in life, at around the age of 60, he decided to take up painting again and ended up having an exhibition of his work at Chanel's flagship store in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
He's posted a gallery on his site of some of his later works. I don't see any nudes. Instead, his preferred subjects now seem to be landscapes and abstract patterns.
Chicago Tribune - May 14, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 20, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Children, 1950s
Suzy Homemaker Is a Square
"She even washes regularly!"
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 04, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
The Bear Facts
Anti-communist fable presented as a kid's book.More pictures and discussion here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 02, 2021 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Children, Books, Fantasy, 1940s, Russia
Electric Football
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 04, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Technology, Children, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
The Way-Out Record for Children
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 31, 2021 -
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Category: Education, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
So easy a four-year-old can do it
From Newsweek - Jan 2, 1950:Pamela doesn't look like she's having fun.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 30, 2021 -
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Category: Publicity Stunts, Children, 1950s
Sesame Street Fever
The Wikipedia page
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 29, 2021 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Television, Children, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #506
Not sure how a cigar-smoking toddler promotes coffee...
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 04, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, Children, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, Nineteenth Century
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