July 2024
July 21, 2024
Lip Stencil
Beauty aid or torture device?
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 21, 2024 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Patents, 1930s
The Human Arrow
There is a non-embeddable video of this at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 21, 2024 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, 1930s
July 20, 2024
Love letters from Fiat
Fiat's 1994 Love Letters campaign has to rank as one of the most poorly-thought-out marketing campaigns of all time.
Morristown Daily Record - Mar 13, 1994
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 20, 2024 -
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Category: Publicity Stunts, 1990s, Cars
Towers Open Fire
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 20, 2024 -
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Category: Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Literature, Movies, Surrealism, 1960s
July 19, 2024
English Chemist’s Secret Formulation
Transform from a "fat & lonely" cartoon into a "slim & desirable" photograph in 3 days.It's got my vote for the best before-and-after figures of any weight-loss ad.
Daily Mirror - Mar 25, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 19, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Dieting and Weight Loss
The 1941 Slide Rule Queen
This honor was bestowed by my home state's university, the University of Rhode Island.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 19, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Science, 1940s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
July 18, 2024
Money in the chicken coop
Sounds like Albert didn't want his sisters to know about the money in the chicken coop. Perhaps it was his intention for it all to burn after he died.
Atlanta Journal - Dec 15, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 18, 2024 -
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Category: Money, Inheritance and Wills, 1960s
The Cellular Cosmogony
Here's your chance to learn the truth: that we are all living inside the Earth, rather than on top of its surface.The Wikipedia page for Koresh, aka Cyrus Teed.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 18, 2024 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Frauds, Cons and Scams, New Age, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Nineteenth Century
July 17, 2024
A vulgar tip to save gas
In 1974, the UK's South East Gas Board (SEGAS) solicited gas-saving tips from the public. It awarded prizes of £10 to those who offered the best tips and published their tips in a full-page ad.Conservative politician John Stokes subsequently denounced the ad as "deplorably vulgar and in the worst possible taste."
Can you figure out why? The answer is in extended.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 17, 2024 -
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Category: Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Public Utilities, Advertising, 1970s
Weird Masks by Damselfrau
The creator's home page.
An interview, plus more pics.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 17, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Costumes and Masks, Europe
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