Hygiene
Dirt Danger Days
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 18, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Hygiene, Advertising, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #574
Just in case you can't parse what's happening in the top panel of this ad, the woman has been inundated by the spill out of a gigantic dirty clothes hamper, like the one in the second pic.Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 28, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Hygiene, Advertising, Clothing, 1940s
The Scatalogic Rites of All Nations
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 10, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Excrement, Regionalism, Anthropology, Nineteenth Century
Billy Edd Wheeler: Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
A romantic tribute to outhouses.The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 17, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Hygiene, Music, 1960s, Nostalgia
Follies of the Madmen #567
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 06, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Stupid Criminals, Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #561
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 14, 2023 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Human Marvels, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
Dr. Walker’s Paste-Pump Toothbrush
How the hell could this be any less work than just squeezing a stripe of toothpaste from the tube onto your brush?Source of article.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 20, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Inventions, Chindogu, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #558
The trouble with the culture nowadays is that angst-ridden teenagers do not have enough access to their friendly neighborhood drugstore owners.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 08, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, Teenagers, 1970s
Dermal Steaming Apparatus for the Head
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 22, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Patents, 1900s
No Pink Tax in the 1950s
Proof that the past was a happier era. No "Pink Tax" in effect. Daintiness at a discount!Although of course the base prices were outrageous. See the screenshots below the video.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2022 -
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Category: Education, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s
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