Regionalism
World Famous Tree House
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 01, 2017 -
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Category: Regionalism, Natural Wonders, Twentieth Century
The Giant Leg Sign for Nylons
Source of foto.
Source of foto.
Judge the likeness for yourself.
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 01, 2017 -
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Category: Body, Movies, Regionalism, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, 1940s
Reno Divorce Myth
Original photo and article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 09, 2017 -
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Category: Customs, Regionalism, Divorce, 1930s
Frontier Circus
In 1962, variations on the popular Western genre reached new and unlikely permutations.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 13, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Clowns, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Regionalism, Television, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #312
Ah, the hillbilly! What a once-potent icon. Used anywhere these days except Cletus & Family on The Simpsons?
Ad scanned from Playboy for March 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 27, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Regionalism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
The City Flag of Tampa
Our own Chuck Shepherd, longtime resident of Tampa, Florida, can salute his city's improbable flag as one of the ugliest banners in the history of banner-dom. He modestly suggests that more people should know of it, to induce further laughter and insults.And yet, surprisingly, neighboring burg of St. Pete has a halfway decent ensign--if you like pelicans.
Full article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 22, 2017 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Government, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Regionalism, Chuck
Mudlavia
Miracle mud cures!
Wikipedia page.
Great article with primary source material here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 04, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Fads, Health, Regionalism, Natural Resources, Nineteenth Century
Miss Photoflash
The first foto below is of the 1945 contest. Given that it was the "First Revue" of the sponsoring group, we can tentatively date it as the first such contest.
Original foto here.
The next foto is from 1968, and definitively labels the contest as being in its 24th year. Did it end then, amidst the tumult of the era?
Original foto here.
Here are the 1945 contestants again.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 16, 2017 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Photography and Photographers, Regionalism, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 01, 2017 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Regionalism, 1940s
Milton Metz, RIP
I never heard his radio show, but Milton Metz seems as if he were an amiably weird guy.
Obit here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 14, 2017 -
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Category: Celebrities, Communications, Radio, Regionalism
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