Twentieth Century
Electric Football
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 04, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Technology, Children, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
Lucky Strikes as Weight-Loss Aid
See more in this series at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 26, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, Twentieth Century, Dieting and Weight Loss
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
Follies of the Madmen #511
Entice customers by showing something disgusting.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 03, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Dirty Toilets Prompt Relocation
This is like the old joke about selling your car when the ashtrays get full.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 27, 2021 -
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Category: Architecture, Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Twentieth Century
Mystery Gadget 95
This does what now?Answer is here. Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 05, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Twentieth Century
Rusty Warren, RIP
Obituary here.Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 28, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Sexuality, Twentieth Century
Buckeye Beer
The revitalized company still exists today, but no mention of reinstating their "mascots," Buck and Billy.Read the history here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 14, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Human Marvels, Regionalism, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
A Wake in Hell’s Kitchen
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 08, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Movies, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
2 A.M. in the Subway
Some daring female leg action here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 06, 2021 -
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Category: Mass Transit, Movies, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Public Indecency, Twentieth Century
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