Magazines
Phyllis Diller: Centerfold for FIELD & STREAM, June 1973
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 23, 2019 -
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Category: Magazines, Sex Symbols, 1970s, Parody
Let’s Do the Fink
Details.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 20, 2019 -
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Category: Humor, Magazines, Music, 1960s
Divorce, The Magazine for People Starting Over
Back in 1987, twice-divorced Manhattan lawyer Daniel Hirsch got the idea that divorcees were a potentially untapped audience for a magazine. As he described it:Hirsch managed to get investors to back his idea, but it never made it to a first issue. Apparently it had trouble attracting advertisers. This Washington Post article explains the skepticism about the idea:
But it seems like it can't have been that bad of an idea because some googling reveals that there is in fact a Divorce magazine that's been in existence since 1996, and still seems to be going strong.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 09, 2018 -
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Category: Magazines, Divorce
Mystery Illustration 61
This woman is attempting to sell you a magazine. What type? Skin mag? Sports mag? CAT FANCY?
The answer is after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 31, 2017 -
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Category: Magazines, Sexuality, 1970s
Mystery Illustration 27
Which regional magazine of the fifty states decided this would be a good way to illustrate the pleasures of summer?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 11, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Magazines, Regionalism, Sex Symbols, Junk Food, 1970s
Hitler Is Alive!
In its heyday, THE POLICE GAZETTE was a goldmine of weird news. It was recently revived by Steven Westlake, son of the famous crime novelist Donald Westlake, and he has now compiled a book of the best Hitler articles from the magazine. Looks like a winner!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 22, 2016 -
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Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Magazines, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
The Clover Club
Original ad here.
Isn't this the exact ad that pimps today use to trick women into becoming "escorts" on Craigslist?
What exactly was the purpose of the Clover Club? Answer after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 30, 2014 -
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Category: Magazines, Sexuality, 1910s
Worst YA Hero Name Ever
Read the whole tale here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 18, 2014 -
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Category: Detectives, Private Eyes and Other Investigators, Magazines, Odd Names, 1940s
One of These Ads Is Not Like the Others
I think Dad would rather look at the last ad in this sequence.
All taken from the same 1951 issue of BOYS LIFE.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 09, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Magazines, Advertising, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Alfred, Meet Jimmy
Recent scholarship has traced the roots of Mad magazine's Alfred E. Newman back to the nineteenth century. But I don't believe anyone has ever before noted his resemblance to this animated version of Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen, as seen in the 1942 Superman cartoon "Showdown," embedded above.
How fitting that today both Jimmy and Alfred are owned by the same company, Warner Bros.!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 14, 2013 -
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Category: Humor, Magazines, Twins, Lookalikes & Doppelgangers, Comics, 1940s, Nineteenth Century
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