Culture and Civilization
1979 TV Commercials
Your time machine back to forty years ago. Perhaps a solace in such troubled times as now.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 30, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Culture and Civilization, Foreign Customs, 1970s
The Corpus Clock, aka Chronophage
The first video is pretty, the second, explanatory.Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 19, 2020 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Buildings and Other Structures, Culture and Civilization, Inventions, Time-travel, Fictional Monsters
In the Suburbs
Your happiness is assured if you subscribe to REDBOOK.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 24, 2019 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Family, Magazines, 1950s
Plaid Stallions
Endless hours of browsing at this blog dedicated to 70s culture.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 30, 2019 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Culture and Civilization, Customs, Pop Art, 1970s
Cinerama’s SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
The IMAX of my youth. Is anyone today awed or thrilled by any of the world's "seven wonders?" Or has an interconnected, over-exposed media environment rendered this type of film a dead genre?The film's scant Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 09, 2019 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Foreign Customs, Documentaries, 1950s, Natural Wonders
The Lobster Waitresses of Hackney’s
Short entertaining history of Hackney's here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 09, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Culture and Civilization, Food, Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Lady Fishbourne’s Complete Guide to Better Table Manners
Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners, Janet Perlman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 05, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Culture and Civilization, Customs, Etiquette and Formal Behavior, 1970s
Condemn Sunday Picnics
Life in 1898.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 08, 2018 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Authorities and Experts, Culture and Civilization, Food, Nature, Religion, Nineteenth Century
The Can Museum
It seems to me that you could profitably waste many hours exploring The Can Museum.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 05, 2017 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Culture and Civilization, Products, Retailing, Collectors
Charlie Does Dan
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 05, 2017 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Music, Crossovers and Mashups, Cartoons, Twentieth Century
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