Food
Wearable Tomato Project
This has gotten quite a bit of attention from the Internet. But just in case some of you haven't seen it, this is the "Tomatan" — the end result of the "wearable tomato project" sponsored by a Japanese vegetable juice company to promote the idea that tomatoes are good for you and would be great food-on-the-go for runners.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 26, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Inventions, Chindogu
The First Dog Whisperer
Much iconography that was once taken for granted as part of our culture now means nothing to people. Does any youth of today understand that a Napolean hat = crazy?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 26, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Nutrition, Dogs, 1960s
Your face on a pancake
Technology marches onward! Product development company Kinneir Dufort has created a machine that can print faces onto pancakes. It explains:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 23, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Inventions, Photography and Photographers, Technology
“Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast”
Some post-orgasmic singing from an era when sexual mores were in flux.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 15, 2015 -
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Category: Etiquette and Formal Behavior, Food, Music, Sex Symbols, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #241
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 12, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Asia
Water Sommelier
You have to give Arno credit for creating his own job category. I wonder how much business he gets. Check out his website here. [via]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 09, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Jobs and Occupations
Flesh Prices
The purpose of this graphic was to show how high the price of meat was during the 1870 Siege of Paris. But what I find odd about it is the inclusion of elephant and bear meat, which apparently were on sale during the siege and had a set price. So if you wanted an elephant steak, it would have cost you 15 shillings (or $3.60) a pound. Assume that the modern currency equivalent would be a lot higher.Source: Illustrated World, April 1918.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 27, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Nineteenth Century
Peas mean something
In 1904, this young lady was dismissed as "demented." Today she might be recognized as a great performance artist.
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern - Apr 12, 1904
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 25, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables, 1900s
Volto!
I do believe I've featured Volto before, but I could not resist another encounter with him. Hope you all agree he deserves more fame!
The Complete Volto Archives here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 11, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Advertising, Comics, 1940s
Sexy Banana Spokeslady
This is really four commercials back to back. I like that sentient bananas are willing to strip their skins off and sacrifice themselves for humans.
Number three has one of the typical vintage representations of a cannibal for you to marvel at.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 10, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1940s, Bananas
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