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1950's

42nd Street Forever



Two hours of "grindhouse" trailers. Utterly NSFW, and available only to viewers in the USA. A certain charming antique goriness prevails.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Horror, Movies, 1970's, 1960's, 1950's

Don’t Get Too Close

My favorite part of this 1950s billboard is the small sign at the bottom left: "DANGER ELECTRIC FENCE." Evidently needed to keep away the looky-loos trying to peek up the woman's skirt.


(via Dull Tool Dim Bulb)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Thu Mar 15, 2012 | Comments (3)
Category: Advertising, 1950's, Billboards

Follies of the Mad Men #178



My questions:

1) Did girls and women acquire those same Charles Atlas muscleman biceps shown on the box, or just boys and men?

2) Do they eat Pep on the International Space Station today?

3) Does anyone today still say, "He's got pep!" or "I feel peppy!"...?

And if you haven't had enough cereal trivia, please allow me to highly commend this new book, which is a lot of fun. My review will appear soon at THE BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW.


Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Mar 07, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Food, Nutrition, Health, 1950's

Essential Beatnik Pad

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Original story here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Mar 04, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Interior Decorating, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950's

Johnson Smith Catalog Item #19

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"Why, could that be Officer Clancy approaching me down this poorly lit sidewalk? Let me just whip out my pistol flashlight and-- Argh, I'm shot!"

From the 1950 catalog.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950's, Weapons

Dixie Evans



Just as Vaughan Meader had to find a new gig when JFK got shot, so too did this performer have to change her schtick when another famous person died.

Clip mildly NSFW, mostly due to performer's energetic gyrations, rather than amount of skin displayed.

More info here.

But do not go to this link, unless you want your image of the beautiful Dixie Evans smashed by the ravages of time.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Feb 23, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Body, Breasts, Butt, Celebrities, Strippers, Stripping and Strip Clubs, 1960's, 1950's

Aussie Ads







Down Under, we learn: 1) flies are thugs; 2) cigarettes form an integral part of every hootenanny; and 3) female motorists have bigger headlights than their cars.



Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Feb 22, 2012 | Comments (19)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Insects, Tobacco and Smoking, Sex Symbols, 1960's, 1950's, Breasts, Cars

Johnson Smith Catalog Item #20

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I would think that a call to drive squirrels away from your bird feeder would sell a lot better today, now that squirrel meat is not on the dinner menu for most people.

From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Comments (13)
Category: Animals, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950's

La Napoule

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According to this LIFE magazine article, art collector Henry Clews had a taste for the bizzare, as seen in the statue above. His French Mediterranean home is now a museum, and you can visit, or even apply for an arts residency there!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Feb 09, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Aliens, Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Dreams and Nightmares, Eccentrics, Collectors, Museums, 1950's, Europe

Camera as Gun

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"Smile for the camera, Officer-- Argh! Why'd you shoot me?!?"

Original article here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Feb 04, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Guns, Photography and Photographers, 1950's
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