Don’t Forget The Other Betty!
Dirque du SoleilWhile most of the attention goes to Bettie Page, the Queen of the Pinups, for her pinup photos taken during the 1950s, there was another Betty on the scene –…
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These Old Gags Would Be Felonies Now
Try one of these old gags on somebody today and chances are you’ll be charged with some type of felony. Or worse, they may return fire with a real gun.…
Please Read On ...Miss Magic Marker
A magic marker, or permanent marker, consists of a container tube and a core of an absorbent material. This filling serves as a carrier for the ink. Until the early…
Please Read On ...The Mobile Office
A mobile office is an office built within a car, a truck, a motorhome, or a trailer. Mobile office is also used for the workspace of salespeople or similar, working…
Please Read On ...Vintage Bottle Cap Designs
Bottle caps are a type of closure used to seal the openings of bottles of many types. They can be small circular pieces of metal, usually steel, with plastic backings,…
Please Read On ...Strange Vintage Valentines
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the United States. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than…
Please Read On ...All About Curly … Nyuk-Nyuk!
Curly Howard, born as Jerome Lester Horwitz (1903-1952), was one of the Three Stooges, along with brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine, although Curly was more…
Please Read On ...The Amazing Hypno-Coin
This is another of those very recognizable novelty ads that was published in comic books and various other publications during the 1950s and 1960s. The Hypno-Coin promises that it will…
Please Read On ...Advertising The Space Race
Here are some vintage advertising images from the Space Race which started last century. The Space Race was a mid-to-late 20th century competition between the Soviet Union and the United…
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