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Are you a hoser?

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Print ad for the Strange Brew movie. Circa 1983.

No Home Should Be Without One!

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Magnavox Videowriter Word Processor from the JCPenney Spring and Summer 1987 catalog — only $789.99!

Rugged Raquel

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Raquel Welch Pillow – She seems nice.

It’s the attention to detail that impresses me most.

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Gandalf Disneykins

ARE YOU TOO FAT

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From an April, 1904 issue of The Woman’s Magazine.

Nugs

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Baby Ruth Nuggets… More like Baby Ruth Butt Nuggets, amirite? …Anyone?

From a March, 1952 issue of The American Family magazine.

In the panties of particular people.*

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Some of the things I collect are vintage cookbooks and cookbooklets like you still sometimes see while standing in line at the grocery store. In one of them, I found this…

Heinz — In the Pantries of Particular People *I first read the line in the photo as “in the panties of particular people” and had a very different visual.
Heinz — In the Pantries of Particular People
*I first read the line in the photo as “in the panties of particular people” and had a very different visual.

This is a photo of 60 or so Heinz products found in The Heinz Salad Book. It does not give the year it was printed. According to a couple of online sources, Heinz changed the name of Beefsteak Sauce to 57 Sauce in 1940, so this was probably printed before that. Other sources give the year of the change as 1913, so don’t quote me on any of this. Stupid Internet.

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It’s a pinky tinky!

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Burroughs Ten Key Adding Machine magazine found in the January 19, 1957 issue of The Saturday Evening Post
Burroughs Ten Key Adding Machine magazine found in the January 19, 1957 issue of The Saturday Evening Post

Pink was a surprise, but then again, maybe not. An eBay/Etsy search shows that this device was available in Sea Mist Green, Amber Gray, Alpine Blue, or Capri Coral (pink to me). Yes, long before the iMac.

Hmm… It looks like division wasn’t quite invented yet. Well, it is an adding machine after all.

For the curious:

Ten Keys and Fewer

Today seems like a good day to read a brief history of the numeric keypad!

Can’t leave out the modern age!

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America’s Hot New Success Car… There are success cars?

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Ford Torino magazine ad found on the back cover of an April 6, 1968 Saturday Evening Post
Ford Torino magazine ad found on the back cover of an April 6, 1968 Saturday Evening Post

The Torino was an upscale variation of the Ford Fairlane, eventually replacing it. Sorry, Andrew Dice Clay.

The car was named after Turin, the home of a certain shroud. 

You might notice some shared DNA with a certain ’73 Ford Falcon used in a dusty Australian movie.

And don’t forget about The Striped Tomato.

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For all your fiberglass horses needs.

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Magazine ad for Prewitt Fiberglass Horses found in the May 1963 issue of Western Horseman
Magazine ad for Prewitt Fiberglass Horses found in the May 1963 issue of Western Horseman

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better than gen-u-ine fiberglass horses, it turns out Bob Prewitt of Prewitt Fiberglass Products is also the guy behind all those giant roadside mascots you might know better as Paul Bunyans or Muffler Men scattered across America. Stuckey’s will tell ya more!

These guys are living their best lives.

And of course, Roadside America is a deliciously deep and rich source of Muffler Men maps and mythology as well.

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