Twentieth Century
A History of Mechanical Horses
Read the piece here.
There should be a separate article on mechanical horses in literature. My favorite one occurs in these two novels by Roger Zelazny.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 30, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Inventions, Literature, Fantasy, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Drive-In Movie Ads
With over 100 items like this one below, you can easily waste hours at the Internet Archives page called Drive-In Movie Ads.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 21, 2021 -
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Category: Movies, PSA’s, Advertising, Twentieth Century, Cars
Reta Ray, “The Sniffing Song”
Read about the artist here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 18, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Humor, Music, Twentieth Century
C. W. Leadbeater, Theosophist
Anyone with even a passing interest in the weird has heard of that famous eccentric Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society.But less attention is paid to her interesting comrade, C. W. Leadbeater.
Read his pretty short book THE LIFE AFTER DEATH here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 17, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Eccentrics, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Books, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #519
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 11, 2021 -
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Category: Sexuality, Advertising, Twentieth Century, Double Entendres and Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink
Mystery Gadget 97
This device does what now?Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 02, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Twentieth Century
Fireman’s Bicycle
A short history of this mode of firefighting here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 30, 2021 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Twentieth Century
The Great Cardini
Man, that's a lot of playing cards and cigarettes!His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 11, 2021 -
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Category: Entertainment, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Tobacco and Smoking, Twentieth Century
Two Milk Trucks
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 15, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Advertising, Twentieth Century
The Perma-Lift Line of Undergarments
I'm surprised no one has revived this trade name.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 14, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear, Twentieth Century
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