1970s
Mystery Illustration 51
Which internationally famous best-selling singer of the 1970s is this supposed to be?
Answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 20, 2017 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, 1970s
L.A. Knockers
The L.A. Knockers was an all-female dance troupe that formed in 1974 and stayed together (with members coming and going) for 12 years.There's a fan page here. And one of the original members has posted a collection of L.A. Knockers videos on YouTube.
It was their name and ultra 70s look that first caught my attention. But when I googled about them, I discovered they also had a run-in with tragedy. One of the original members, Lissa Kastin (middle, above), became a victim of the Hillside Strangler in 1977.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 19, 2017 -
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Category: 1970s, Dance
Man-Pleasing Recipes
The title of this 1971 recipe book was somewhat misleading. It claimed to feature "Man-Pleasing Recipes," but really it was a collection of recipes featuring rice as the main ingredient. The booklet was put out by the Rice Council for P.R. purposes. Part of an effort to promote rice as a manly food.Can't say it succeeded. When I think of foods traditionally perceived as "manly," rice isn't one of the things that comes to mind.
source: Amazon.com
The Liberty Vindicator - Sep 7, 1972
One of the "man-pleasing recipes"
Shreveport Times - Oct 14, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 17, 2017 -
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Category: Food, Cookbooks, Books, 1970s
Hear Muffs
Straight out of the 70s. Hear Muffs were the invention of Stephen Hanson of Downers Grove, Illinois. They were headphones encased in a wraparound foam pillow, that came with a washable velour cover.Hanson started selling them in 1972, but by around 1977 the product seems to have been discontinued. Perhaps because you'd only want to wear them in bed. And even then, it was probably difficult to lie on your side while wearing them.
Honolulu Star Bulletin - Aug 16, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 06, 2017 -
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Category: Inventions, 1970s
I Like America and America Likes Me
In 1974, German artist Joseph Beuys arrived in America for the first time. Upon landing at the airport, he was transported by ambulance directly to the Rene Block Gallery in New York City. He emerged from the ambulance wrapped in a grey felt blanket and was then placed in a room with a wild coyote where he spent the next three days.More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 03, 2017 -
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Category: Performance Art, 1970s
A Funky Space Reincarnation
"You and me gonna be getting down on a space bed...getting down on the Moon!"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 30, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Sex Symbols, Science Fiction, 1970s
The King Midget
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 28, 2017 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, 1940s, 1970s, Cars
Blind Man’s Penis
The full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 27, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, Eyes and Vision, Genitals
Mystery Illustration 48
What's the product being advertised?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 23, 2017 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
The Takeaway Rembrandt
In 1632 Rembrandt painted a portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III, an engraver living in Utrecht. The portrait is quite small, measuring approximately 12 by 10 inches. As a result, it's relatively easy to steal and has earned the nickname "The Takeaway Rembrandt" because of the number of times it's been swiped.From wikipedia:
Between 14 August 1981 and 3 September 1981 the painting was taken from Dulwich Picture Gallery and retrieved when police arrested four men in a taxi who had the painting with them. A little under two years later a burglar smashed a skylight and descended through it into the art gallery, using a crowbar to remove the painting from the wall. The police arrived within three minutes but were too late to apprehend the thief. The painting was missing for three years, eventually being found on 8 October 1986 in a luggage rack at the train station of a British army garrison in Münster, Germany.
The other two times, the painting was found once underneath a bench in a graveyard in Streatham, and once on the back of a bicycle. Each time the painting has been returned anonymously with more than one person being charged for its disappearance.
St. Cloud Times - Feb 17, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 22, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Crime, 1970s
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