Ten Minutes of Commercials

Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 26, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Business, Advertising, Twentieth Century

Nicholas Zoueff, Boy War Hero

Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: War, Children, Asia, Russia, Twentieth Century

Some Ceremonial Garments of the Odd Fellows

Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 11, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Ceremonies, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Fashion, Twentieth Century

Crater Critters and Kin

Between 1959 and 1977, an Australian company based in Melbourne called Rosenhain and Lipmann (commonly known as R&L) designed and manufactured unique and innovative toys that became hugely popular both in Australia and overseas.[1] R&L started out making snap-together items that worked like tiny plastic model kits that didn't need any glue and were issued in a clear glassine bag, inside Kellogg's cereal boxes. Between 1959 and 1977, over 70 different sets were released and it is estimated that about one billion R&L toys were delivered around the world.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 31, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Food, Freebies, Come-ons and Loss Leaders, Twentieth Century

Mystery Illustration 84

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 26, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Movies, Twentieth Century

Marion Stokes and Her 70,000 VHS Tapes

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 28, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Eccentrics, Technology, Television, Outsider Art, Twentieth Century

Spikehorn Meyer, Friend to Bears

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 21, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Animals, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Eccentrics, Regionalism, Twentieth Century

The World’s Most Unusual Drugstore

"Stack it high and sell it cheap" was Doc Webb's motto. Over the years, he built his empire from a small drug store at Ninth Street and Second Avenue, opened in 1925, to a sprawling bazaar of 77 stores, covering seven city blocks. Webb was as much a national legend as his stores. The unorthodox, merchandising medicine man always had a gimmick to lure thousands of customers through the doors. At ten cents a dance, no wonder the Dancing Chicken generated excitement at Webb's City in this 1975 photo. He sold dollar bills for 89 cents and bought them back the next day for $1.35. He offered three-cent breakfasts, brought in animals that performed at the drop of a coin and mermaids who "talked." He made other merchants mad because he sold his wares below the suppliers' suggested prices.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 20, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Business, Freebies, Come-ons and Loss Leaders, Eccentrics, Regionalism, Twentieth Century

Worst Cereal Name and Ingredients Ever?

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 14, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust

Glacier Rub

Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 08, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Body, Head, Business, Advertising, Nature, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century