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"The story is about a husband and father and his battle with pornography. Actual home movies and interviews tell the story of the terror the family faces when a box of pornography is opened and something is unleashed."

Backed by a religious group. Surprised?

And if you haven't guessed, despite the subject matter, it's Safe For Virginal Eyes.

The Husband Detector

Dr. Gordon Volkenant seems like he was quite the character. In 1947, he invented a gadget he called the "husband detector." It was basically a motion detector, designed to help wives catch their husbands who were trying to sneak unheard into the house after a late night at the bar. When it sensed someone coming through the door, it set off a loud siren. link: Pittsburgh Press



Volkenant promptly became the first husband to be caught by his own device, when it rang the alarm as he tried to sneak into his house at 3 a.m. link: Washington Reporter

And based on the look of him, I'm guessing he wasn't just at the bar until 3 a.m. Here he is in 1948 demonstrating another of his gadgets, which he called an "electronic humidistat." He claimed it could detect hosiery defects in nylon stockings when he waved it up and down a woman's leg. It looks a lot like a regular lightbulb to me. I'm sure he found it necessary to test on many women.

Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Apr 25, 2012 | Comments (7)
Category: Inventions, Lies, Dishonesty and Cheating, Husbands

Who’s Right?



This is more agonizing and excruciating than Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Jan 06, 2012 | Comments (1)
Category: PSA's, Annoying Things, Husbands, Wives, 1950's

Love & Marriage


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Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jun 09, 2010 | Comments (6)
Category: Sexuality, Husbands, Wives, Cartoons, Europe

Follies of the Mad Men #91

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[From Life magazine for September 15, 1941. Two scans, click either to enlarge.]

Choking your wife equals nicer shirts in the future.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Mar 04, 2010 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's

Mikky and Me

Mikky and Me from Adam Neale on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Mar 03, 2010 | Comments (2)
Category: Violence, Elderly, Husbands, Wives, Cartoons

Follies of the Mad Men #74


[From Good Housekeeping for December 1949.]

"Subliminal" is not the precise word I want here. Not when the coded message is in big red letters.

"Subtextual?" "Off-topic?" "Suggestive?"

In any case, promoting the maxim "husbands beat wives" in a women's magazine was one way of keeping the girls in line, I guess.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Marriage, Food, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's

Marriage Is A Partnership

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jan 14, 2009 | Comments (6)
Category: Domestic, Marriage, Sexuality, Husbands, Wives, 1950's
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