Husbands
How to choose a pot
There's an ancient Hindu ceremony called Kumbh Vivah in which a woman will marry a pot. Details from vice.com:I'm pretty sure that Farberware didn't have this in mind when they made the ad below.
Boston Sunday Globe - Oct 31, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 22, 2025 -
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Category: Husbands, Marriage, 1970s
Funny Money
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 31, 2024 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Money, Husbands, Wives, 1950s
How to Catch a Husband
May be enlarged at the source.
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, Husbands, 1940s
Husbands too like Premarin
Make your wife pleasant again with Premarin!By the 1990s, Premarin had become the most frequently prescribed medication in the United States. Now, according to Wikipedia, it's down to number 283.
The word 'Premarin' is a portmanteau of PREgnant MAre uRINe.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 05, 2024 -
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Category: Medicine, Advertising, Husbands, Wives, 1950s
Aleck the deluded gander
Details from Life magazine (May 18, 1953):
I haven't been able to find any info about what became of Aleck after the Life article made him famous. How long did he live? According to google, geese in captivity can sometimes live for as long as 40 years. So Aleck might have been standing guard by that oil drum for many years.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 05, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Husbands, Marriage, 1950s
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 14
Source: The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 02 Nov 1960, Wed Page 1"I was sick and tired of having to ask for every nickel from my wife," was the reason retired film producer James Howlett gave Glendale police for trying to hire a man to murder his 78-year-old wife.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 02, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Stupid Criminals, Husbands, 1960s
How To Keep Your Husband Happy
Alas, you will listen in vain for anything risque.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 22, 2023 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Television, Husbands, 1960s
Teach your wife to be a widow
Donald L. Rogers was financial editor of the New York Herald Tribune. He originally wrote "Teach your wife to be a widow" as an article for Collier's Magazine, and later expanded it into a book (1952).
The article (and book) urged husbands to educate their wives about finances, so that in case the husband died the wife wouldn't end up going destitute.
I think Jean Mayer's article, "How to murder your husband," pairs particularly well with it. Both appeared in the 1981 Reader's Digest collection, Love and Marriage.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 04, 2022 -
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Category: Money, Husbands, Wives, Books, Marriage
Miss Voodoo
Stella Danfray, aka "Miss Voodoo," seemed poised to become a movie star when she arrived in the United States from France in 1950. She had all kinds of meetings lined up with Hollywood bigwigs.
New Castle News - Jan 7, 1950
Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
But it turned out that Miss Voodoo had some peculiar views about marital relations. Unprompted, she told a reporter that she thought American husbands were browbeaten and should slap their wives.
I don't know if this comment ended her Hollywood career before it even began (as far as I can tell, she never appeared in any movies), but it definitely turned the American press against her. Within a few months she had left America. She continued working as a model in Europe for a number of years. I don't find any more references to her after 1955.
Montreal Daily Star - May 25, 1950
La Crosse Tribune - Sep 24, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 23, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Husbands, Wives, Marriage, 1950s
Sexy TV Showering
Surprised this passed the censorship of the times, as it's just one step away from having the (presumed, but never explicitly stated) husband and wife sharing the same shower stall.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 29, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Hygiene, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Husbands, Wives, 1970s
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