Cars
The Recording Rosary
Damon Doherty invented the "Recording Rosary" so that people could pray the Rosary while driving. As a traveling jewelry salesman he found that "Rosary beads sometimes became tangled in the gear shift as he prayed his way from city to city." So he invented a solution (Design Patent 167,827).I'm not Catholic, and know very little about praying the Rosary, but I've got a few questions about his invention.
First, is it considered okay to multitask while praying the Rosary? So it's okay to pray the Rosary while driving a car?
Second, the second article below notes that his Recording Rosary was "an actual Rosary of legitimate material." What are the 'legitimate' materials that Rosary beads can be made out of?
Boston Globe - Feb 22, 1953
Omaha Our Sunday Visitor - Mar 15, 1953
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 14, 2024 -
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Category: Religion, Patents, 1950s, Cars
Vector Portraits by Andrew Bush
"Photographs made while travelling 50 to 70 mph in Los Angeles and other parts of the Southwestern United States." 1989-1997.More info: andrewbush.net
via Vintage Annals Archive
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 11, 2024 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Cars
Warning Device for Speeders
Drivers not paying attention to their speedometer will receive a blast of air on their accelerator foot at a preset MPH.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 10, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures, 1930s, Cars
Miss National Car Care Queen
As far as I can tell, the selection of a "Miss National Car Care Queen" was a one-off event, not repeated in subsequent years.But it managed to attract the attention of George Kirstein, owner of The Nation magazine, who included it in a story he wrote titled "The Day the Ads Stopped" (pdf), published in The Nation in June 1964. The story imagined a future America in which all advertising had been banned and as a result:
New York Daily News - May 11, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 04, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Advertising, 1960s, Cars
The Ford Levacar Mach I
It's sixty years later. Where are our Levacars? From Wikipedia:
National Future Farmer - Oct-Nov 1959
Dr. Andrew A. Kucher, Ford vice president, in the Levacar Mach I
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 11, 2023 -
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Category: 1950s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #573
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 21, 2023 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, Sex Symbols, Cars
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 16
Source: The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 01 Jan 1963, Tue Page 4
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 12, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1960s, Cars
The Edsel Show
Even titanic star power could not save this famous automobile disaster. The interspersed commercials are great too.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 01, 2023 -
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Category: Success & Failure, Television, Disgrace, Shame, Infamy and Downfalls, Advertising, 1950s, Cars
Chimera Car
Genetic engineering has gone too far!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 25, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Surrealism, Dogs, 1960s, Cars
Finger Injuries Caused by Power-Operated Windows
The next time you use the power windows in your car, think about the cadavers that suffered injuries to make them safe for you.Source: Injury journal
via New Scientist
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 17, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Experiments, Cars
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