Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 28, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Superstition, 1920s
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 27, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body Modifications, Surrealism, Science Fiction, Psychedelic
Selected 'Miss Christmas Tree of 1951' by 40 members of the UCLA chapter, Sigma Chi fraternity, is 24-year-old Diane Dearborn. Miss Dearborn, who arrived in the United States seven weeks ago from Paris, France, is a singer. The collegians saw her picture in a newspaper, reported 'she seemed prettier that the rest of them'.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 16, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Holidays, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 09, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Antisocial Activites, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Dreams and Nightmares, Food, 1960s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust, Sadness
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 26, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Museums, Music, Europe, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 03, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Twentieth Century
Miss Printer's Devil. Joanne Sullivan, Harbor Jr. College's 'Miss Printer's Devil' will reign over College's First Annual Printer's banquet and ball tonight (Friday). She is shown puzzling out words in galley in school's print shop. Joanne Sullivan (see above) is being shown how to press keys of Linotype by Ronnie Wilson, 18, printer major, who is studying to be a print shop teacher. Linotype requires exact touch to prevent pie (?) of type fonts."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 04, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Newspapers, Technology, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Shoes, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 09, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Military, 1940s
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