It’s 1935- The depression is barely over, not over for a lot of people, yet this yarn wench chooses to slack off her work, and get cigarette stench all over the product. I guess it’s human nature to take advantage of the boss, she’s probably only making like a dollar per cardigan or whatever.
Tag: History
Lamp chimney cleaning beats protesting.
This 1951 newspaper comic panel appealed to the households who were still waiting for electricity, I guess. Although I wonder if they had the extra cash to subscribe then. They could get their news via one of those radios that you hook up to the tractor battery. More on farm radios; https://www.farmcollector.com/equipment/farm-radios
Squirrel Hollow or bust, that guy is a nut.
Actually the guy in the fake Uncle Sam get-up works for a competing railroad, and either way, this train is going to roll with at least seven empty seats. How is that helping the troops? At least if they went to Squirrel Hollow, they would stop cranking out babies for a few days.
Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall’s.
A hundred years ago, this is how you googled. The lady pictured here seems to be seeking the answer to the problem of birds nesting in her hair. She might be well advised to pick up a Sears catalog, or see a pharmacist- They might have a bottle of “Doctor Scott’s reliable wren and crow […]
Careers in the theatrical arts
Alas, the castle housing this museum was torn down in 1964, in the interest of urban renewal. I don’t know what became of the dude in the suit of armor shown here. Mr. Harding had inherited a fortune and used it to amass an eclectic and valuable collection of armor, paintings, western art, it didn’t […]
Home of the future of the past
From my wife’s 1962 World’s Fair stuff, a guide to the “plywood house of light”. Look at the curves! Kids were probably punished by being told to stand in the corner. It looks like a nice place, but I would worry about moisture damaging all that plywood. This house allows the owner to control all […]
Kill the dandruff germ!
I picked up this neat bottle at the Saturday auction, it once contained “Newbro’s Herpicide” and claimed that it “kills the dandruff germ”. Mr. Newbro had some wacky ideas about what causes dandruff and baldness. I read up on this product at the National Museum of American History website. It was widely sold in the […]
Grandma’s soap saver
I was listening to the Larry Miller podcast, he was going on about saving soap slivers in the shower, somehow mushing them together to form a bar sufficient to bathe with. Apparently that is how they roll on the island of Milleronia. Larry would be thrilled to have one of these Soap Banks. I found […]
MY BRAIN HURTS
I guess when your head hurts so bad that you can’t even stand the sight of a trademark stamp, you don’t care about side effects, but acetanilid will do a number on your kidneys and liver if you aren’t careful; it’s basically acetaminophen, and here comes the flu pandemic of 1917. Probably not a fun […]
Soldiers of Soda
Back in the day, apparently you could get into the Saturday Matinee for what? A dollar? Thirty-Five cents? Nope! Just six 7-up bottle caps! You could probably find them in the alley behind Uncle Larry’s house, or ask your big brother who works in a diner! PLUS! A real guy from “Soldiers of Fortune” with […]