Fads
The Roller Skate Craze
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 21, 2023 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Fads, Humor, 1900s
Footsee Song and Toy
Has there ever been a 21st-century campaign to promote a new toy with a pop song?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 26, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Promotions, Loss-leaders, Tie-ins and Giveaways
The 3-D Film Archive
The whole brief fad of 3-D movies was a very weird moment in cinematic history. Luckily for us, there's a man and a site that works to preserve and sell such films. Make a visit to THE 3-D FILM ARCHIVE. Lots of fascinating history there.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 01, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Movies, Technology, 1950s
Fried Marbles
The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 18, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Games, Jewelry, Music, 1960s
Newana Gayfish, Native American Flapper
Get the full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 27, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Fads, Wives, Hair Styling, 1920s, Native Americans
Parisian Tree Climbers
After World War II, some Parisians embraced existentialism. Others took to climbing trees in their underwear.Images and text from Life (July 18, 1949).
"Treetop acrobatics are privilege of veteran climbers who go as high as 100 feet above ground"
"Prettiest tree climber is 25-year-old Catherine Arley, an actress specializing in comedy roles"
"Preclimb ritual finds scantily-clad members saluting huge plane tree, which Cofounder Jacques Gall recently described as a 'symbol of heaven.'"
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 11, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Nature, 1940s
The Mozambique Dance
The ladies don't come onstage soon enough in the video, but that's my only complaint.
Source: The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)18 Feb 1965, Thu Page 29
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 19, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Music, 1960s, Dance, Caribbean
Jazz Poetry
The Wikipedia entry, followed by some examples from the Boston Post, 09 Jan 1921, Sun Page 53.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Poetry, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s
Burlap Interior Design
Much as the enthusiastic Mr. Namkin or the dapper corporate icon Mr. Deburco wished it, burlap was not fated to become the next hot interior design fabric. As we all know, burlap was too closely associated with beatniks to be wholly respectable.
Article source: The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) 01 Oct 1954, Fri Page 24
Article source: The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) 06 Mar 1962, Tue Page 12
Article source: The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 30 Jan 1960, Sat Page 6
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 08, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Interior Decorating, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
Spoon bracelet fad alarms cafeterias
Spoon bending, pre-Uri Geller.
Des Moines Register - Oct 15, 1939
Hastings Morning Spotlight - Dec 27, 1938
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 20, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, 1930s
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