July 2022
July 6, 2022
Ripped Jeans by Vivienne Westwood
Found in the book Blue-Jeans published by Courbevoie (1997).Vivienne Westwood has an online store, but the ripped jeans don't seem to be offered.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 06, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Denim
The Strange Will of John Mostow
Source: The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)04 Apr 1928, Wed Page 16
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 06, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Eccentrics, Law, Money, Candy, 1920s
July 5, 2022
What is Mrs. Ed Flynn doing to her husband tonight?
She's polyunsaturating him.
National Geographic - Sep 1969
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 05, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Rebla, the Comedy Juggler
A small encyclopedia entry on the man.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 05, 2022 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Theater and Stage, Vaudeville, 1930s
July 4, 2022
Miss Fireworks of 1954
Hula dancing on a bomb.
Leatherneck - Magazine of the Marines - Sep 1954
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 04, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, 1950s, Armed Forces, Weapons
Word-Counter for Typewriters
Any user today of word-processing software knows instantly how many words a document contains. Could similar information be obtained for a typewritten document? Certainly!The US Patent Office features several documents for similar devices, but I'm not sure they were ever produced. They had the theoretical advantage of also being hooked to various punctuation keys, so that when you hit such a key, the counter would also recognize the end of a word, as well as with the space bar.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 04, 2022 -
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Category: Inventions, Offices, Business Supplies, Institutional Regulations, 1930s
July 3, 2022
Velveeta Nail Polish
A new shade of nail polish from Nails.INC which promises that "the cheese scent will appear when fully dry."That doesn't sound like a good thing.
And of course, there's the obligatory warning: "While our polish is cheese-scented, it is (unfortunately) not made of VELVEETA. Please don’t eat it."
More info: nailsinc.com
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 03, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Food
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 44
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 03, 2022 -
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Category: Art, 1940s, Russia
July 2, 2022
Bernard Bernard’s Height Increaser For Short People
"The patient lifted himself by the chin which was cradled in a sling attached to ropes looped to an overhead beam."In 1937, the American Medical Association warned the public that this device, despite being widely advertised, didn't actually work.
The Muncie Star Press - Apr 9, 1937
Update: The inventor of this device was a man named Bernard Bernard who was, himself, only 5 feet 1 inch tall. Details from Hygeia (May 1936):
LA Times - July 31, 1932
LA Times - May 1, 1930
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 02, 2022 -
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Category: Inventions, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1930s
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
Are you ever at a loss for words? Then this book is for you!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 02, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Rhetoric, Eloquence, Public Speaking, and Vocabulary, Books, 1910s
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