1950s
Tiniest North Korean Spy Caught!
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 15, 2013 -
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Category: War, 1950s, Asia
Follies of the Madmen #207
Cartoon characters from one of the most politically incorrect films of Hollywood history shill for Rambler. Is this why that company eventually went under?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 02, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Cars
Immortal Potato
Food preservation news from 1954. I wonder if Dr. Butts' potato is still sitting unchanged on a shelf in some government warehouse. Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 2, 1954]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 02, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
1980s style
A prediction from 1956 of how people would be dressing in the 1980s.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 27, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 1950s
Baseball Joke Book
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Are there really enough good baseball jokes to fill even a small book? Maybe if you eliminate the requirement of "good." I see some contemporary compilations for sale at Amazon, etc. And then we have this site.
"A young lady arrived at her first ballgame during the 5th inning. "The score is 0 to 0," she heard a nearby fan say. "Oh, good," she cooed to her boyfriend, "then we haven't missed a thing."
The source for the illo.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 25, 2013 -
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Category: Humor, Sports, Books, 1950s
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #29
[From the 1950 catalog. Click to enlarge.]
Did showing a woman your "Kiss me again I'm still conscious" ring really help you score, even in 1950?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 17, 2013 -
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Category: Jewelry, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s
Milton Berle Performs YELLOW SUBMARINE
Thanks to Lawrence Person.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 13, 2013 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Reader Recommendation, 1950s
Instant Car Crash Guaranteed!
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 08, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Chindogu, 1950s, Cars
The Singing of Margaret Truman
Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry Truman, had dreams of being a singer. She practiced hard and got professional help via operatic vocal training. But when she gave her first radio recital in 1947, reviews were lukewarm. But she soldiered on (it was easy for her to get bookings because of her celebrity status), and she kept getting bad reviews. Here's one recorded on wikipedia:In 1951, a German newspaper joked that she was going to make a concert tour of West Germany in order to "inspire German approval of rearmament."
Did she deserve such criticism? Listen to the clip below and judge for yourself.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 04, 2013 -
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Category: Music, 1950s
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