Twentieth Century
Miss Anthracite
No chance of this beauty queen title being reinstated in today's, ahem, "climate."I find a reference to Miss Anthracite as early as 1928.
A few years later, there was a controversy.
She soldiered on through the 1940s.
The fifties saw no lack of interest in the contest.
The seventies certainly saw a stunning winner. But after that references peter out, as the romance of coal tapers off.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 30, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Twentieth Century, Mining
Follies of the Madmen #546
Many more images in this campaign here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 09, 2022 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, Women, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #545
Sleepwear for hungry insomniacs.Several others in this series here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 28, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Food, Sleep and Dreams, Advertising, Twentieth Century
The Great Virgil and Julie: The Spirit Cabinet
His magic encyclopedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 21, 2022 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #543
Wonder Bread gets you sex.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 11, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Advertising, Twentieth Century, Sex
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 46
Two links to the Wikipedia pages of the Themersons, husband and wife team of avant-gardists.Small essay here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 31, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Movies, Twentieth Century
The Nine LaFalce Brothers
There have been any number of family singing groups. Many pop bands feature two brothers. The Beach Boys added cousins. Sister groups were popular in the forties and fifties. And finally, the famous Trapp Family featured ten children and two parents. But I do not believe any other act than the now-forgotten LaFalces had nine brothers onstage together.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 29, 2022 -
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Category: Family, Music, Twentieth Century
The Abstract Films of Myron Ort
Plenty of others at his Vimeo page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 24, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Movies, Twentieth Century
Josiah Oldfield, the Fruitarian Hospital and Kissing
Fruitarianism is a kind of vegetarian practice which today seems very strict. But 100 years ago, when Josiah Oldfield practiced it, there was more variety allowed in the diet.Oldfield advocated for fruitarianism, putting him at odds with the Vegetarian Society.[16] He was a member of the Fruitarian Society, whose members lived on "the produce of harvest field, garden, forest and orchard, with milk, butter, cheese, eggs and honey".[6] His own "fruitarianism" was close to ovo-lacto vegetarianism. He was not a vegan: he recommended a daily diet of dandelion leaves, eggs, grapes, honey, lettuce, milk, salad, and watercress.
In any case, Oldfield founded several hospitals whose healing methods involved this diet. See the video below for more details. I have no idea of their success rate.
However, he found time to theorize about other things besides diet, such as the art of kissing. I apologize for the illegibility of the snapshot. Here's a sample or two of the text.
Newpaper source: Omaha Sunday Bee-News (Omaha, Nebraska) 30 Aug 1931, Sun Page 41
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2022 -
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Category: Hospitals, Hygiene, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Love & Romance
The Tonight Shirt
NOTE: Positively not endorsed by Johnny Carson!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 20, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Television, Advertising, Twentieth Century
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