Domestic
X-Radium Cooking Utensils
Here is a fascinating short monograph (a PDF) about the Radium craze, including a discussion of the product above.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 19, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Domestic, Really Bad Ideas, Twentieth Century
Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 20, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Technology, War, Twentieth Century
An Obvious Case of Entrapment
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 07, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Burlesque, Exotic Dancing, Stripping and Other Forms of Staged Nakedness, Stupid Criminals, 1940s
The Kiddie-Koop
Children in cages!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 05, 2021 -
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Category: Babies, Domestic, Inventions, Chindogu, Advertising, 1950s
Illegal Bikini
Source:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) 20 May 1966, Fri Page 12
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 19, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Scary Criminals, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #502
Baby Napoleon plus goat = ?Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 17, 2021 -
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Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Animals, Business, Advertising, Domestic, 1950s
The Barkleys
Cartoon version of ALL IN THE FAMILY.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 12, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Family, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Cartoons, 1970s, Parody
Carousel Kitchen
Did anyone ever actually want this, or build it, outside of the ad man's imagination?
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 06, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Advertising, 1960s
Unauthorized Dwellings 15
Bonnie and Clyde took over an abandoned house for their last hideout.Full story here.
More pix here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 03, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Domestic, Scary Criminals, 1930s
Mystery Gadget 89
This was not a mere statue, but served a purpose. What did it do?The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 21, 2020 -
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Category: Domestic, Twentieth Century
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