Twentieth Century
The Bromo Seltzer Tower
The building's home page.The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 05, 2024 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Regionalism, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #593
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 22, 2024 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Destruction, Movies, Advertising, Fantasy, Twentieth Century, Cars
Mr. Squiggle
All is explained at the Wikipedia page.Weird as the newer version is, the 1950s show was even weirder. Go to this link, for a non-embeddable sample.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 10, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Space Travel, Australia, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #591
It's hard to remember a time when Lambchop could serve as a role model. Certainly the puppet was abetted by Shari Lewis being so gorgeous.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 04, 2024 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Advertising, Children, Twentieth Century
Happy Easter 2024!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2024 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Twentieth Century
The Venice Surfestival
This celebration ran for a number of years. And of course, there had to be a queen each year.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2024 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #589
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 06, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Junk Food, Wild West and US Frontier, Twentieth Century
Bad Wig Bandits
Bad hairpieces are a definite theme for bank robbers. The first such I find is from the 1950s. The latest is from 2020. When will the next Bad Wig Bandit strike?The newspaper piece below was too long to reproduce in its entirety, but you can read about Frank Sprenz here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 27, 2024 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century, Hair and Hairstyling
The Fifth Dimension Sings “The Declaration of Independence”
Was this the secret origin of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 26, 2024 -
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Category: Law, Music, Politics, PSA’s, Twentieth Century
Miss Grey Cup
Read about this beauty queen title here, with lots more pictures.What's great though is the local titles of the individual beauty queens competing for the overall title. Nothing evokes femininity like "Winnipeg Blue Bomber" or "Calgary Stampeder."
CANADA - NOVEMBER 25: In training: Entrants in the Miss Grey Cup contest worked out at the Toronto Women's Club yesterday. Left to right are Miss B.C. Lion Debbie Kushner; Miss Calgary Stampeder Sherri Brooks; Miss Hamilton Tiger Cat Angie Balogh; Miss Montreal Concorde Lynda Mercier; Miss Winnipeg Blue Bomber Kim Walls; Miss Saskatchewan Roughrider Leslie McNaughton; Miss Toronto Argonaut Suzanne Housego and Miss Edmonton Eskimo Betty Jandewerth.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 18, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Odd Names, North America, Twentieth Century
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