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A “Slot Machine Doctor”!
The slot machine manufacturers will never stop until they have American life completely on a “coin-in-slot” basis, apparently. Now they’ve devised this machine. Strap your wrist to it, drop in a dime,...
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Happy Birthday Norma Jeane!
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) Professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe Filed under: Actresses Tagged: Birthdays, Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker,...
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On This Day In 1953 – Queen Elizabeth Takes Coronation Oath
Queen Elizabeth II has been crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London. In front of more than 8,000 guests, including prime ministers and heads of state from around the...
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Mistinguett – French Actress And Singer
Mistinguett (5 April 1875 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer, whose birth name was Jeanne Bourgeois. She was at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. Biography The...
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Ruth Harriet Louise – American Photographer
Ruth Harriet Louise (born Ruth Goldstein) (January 13, 1903 – 1940) was an American professional photographer, the first woman photographer active in Hollywood; she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer‘s portrait...
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Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium
Blankenberge (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈblɑŋkəmbɛrɣə]) is a town and a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement...
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Blowing Smoke Up Someone’s Arse
Stephen Fry explains to Jeremy Clarkson, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Alan Davies and Ross Noble how one might use a small bellows in eighteenth century England. I know I’ve posted on this subject...
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A barrel Of Fun?
With the possible exception of the lady to the left I must admit that these individuals looks as far from a barrel of fun as any one could. The two ladies in matching dresses looks bored beyond...
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Albert Dorne – American Illustrator
Albert Dorne (February 7, 1906 – December 15, 1965) was an American Illustrator. He was born in the slums of New York City’s East Side, and had a troubled childhood plagued with tuberculosis and heart...
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Green Spot Caffeinated Orange-Based Softdrink
Green Spot is a non-carbonated non caffeinated orange-based soft drink that is sold in Venezuela, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. Developed in 1934 in the United States after the...
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The bridge – A Joke
An Irishman was collecting empty bottles on the beach one day when he found one with a tiny man inside it. He let the man out and for this the tiny man told him that he could have one wish. “I’m dead...
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The Mystery Of Don Lewis
“Don Lewis” first appeared, as far as I can tell, in 1966 in the pages of Playboy magazine’s quarterly periodical for Playboy Club members, VIP, with six cartoons spread over two years of the club’s...
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Eight Hours A Day
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. It is...
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On This day In 1963 – Profumo Resigns Over Sex Scandal
Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, has resigned from government, admitting he lied to Parliament about his relationship with a call girl. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan accepted the resignation...
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The Appatite Builder
Not likely to get yourself in trouble, my ass. One thing for sure, that man has never seen Norwegians drink beer – Ted Image found at “Tack-O-Rama” Filed under: Campaigns, Food & drinks Tagged:...
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1961 Autobianchi Bianchina Special Cabriolet
Originally called Bianchi and founded in 1899, the company made vehicles for 56 years – big cars, tanks (during the war) and, from 1939, trucks with Mercedes engines. Bianchi was based in Milan. In...
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Miss Thrifty Lingerie
Two pages from the 1942 Spiege Holiday Catalogue found at “Wishbook Web” The vintage Christmas catalogue archive project and home. Filed under: Advertising, Models & starlets, The forties Tagged:...
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On This Day In 1963 – Dr Stephen Ward Charged Over ‘Immoral Earnings’
A key figure in the Profumo affair has been charged with living on immoral earnings. Dr Stephen Ward, a London osteopath and friend of Christine Keeler, was arrested in Watford and taken to Marylebone...
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Cott Sodas
The Cott Corporation (TSX: BCB NYSE: COT) is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe. In addition to...
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On This Day In 1959 – Hovercraft Marks New Era In Transport
A revolutionary new form of transport which can operate on sea and land has been officially launched in the Solent, off England’s south coast. The Hovercraft, which has been described as a cross...
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