Warren Times Mirror - June 28, 1949
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - June 9, 2001
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople | Inventions | Toys | 1940s | Trains
This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who believes in improving society by working through corporations. The Middletons experience Westinghouse's technological marvels at the Fair and win back their daughter from her leftist boyfriend.
Memorable moments: the dishwashing contest between Mrs. Modern and Mrs. Drudge; Electro, the smoking robot; and the Westinghouse time capsule.
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts | Family | Technology | Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers | 1940s
Regina Leader-Post - Mar 8, 1984
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil | Cows | Hair and Hairstyling
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Category: Fads | Games | Motor Vehicles | Technology | 1970s
source: University of Dayton
Detroit Free Press - June 13, 1955
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Category: Fashion | Religion | 1950s
A long-running feature of Mechanix Illustrated was "Mimi," a shapely young woman dressed in skimpy overalls with blue and white vertical stripes; and, in the early sixties, a matching railroad engineer's cap (later discontinued). She was in a picture holding, standing beside, sitting on, lying on or just in the picture with a new product each month. Each "Mimi" held the job for a year. Their names were never given except for the announcement of a new "Mimi" in the January issue. One Mimi did, however, hold the job for a few years in the sixties. An actress from Southern California, she left to live in Hawaii, and a readers' poll was conducted to choose a replacement from a short list. The readers' choice only lasted a short while, and was replaced by one of the runners-up. "Mimi" was discontinued with the change to Home Mechanix.
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Category: Hobbies and DIY | Magazines | Technology | Sex Symbols | Twentieth Century
Wilmington Evening Journal - Feb 9, 1932
Kansas City Star - Apr 24, 1940
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Category: Hygiene | Advertising | Underwear | 1930s | Smells and Odors
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Category: Death | Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Mind Control | Nineteenth Century
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Category: Accidents | Furniture | 1990s
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Category: Domestic | Burlesque, Exotic Dancing, Stripping and Other Forms of Staged Nakedness | Stupid Criminals | 1940s