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1948 Renswick Artificial Plastic Eyes Ad

Published on March 3, 2021

Posted in: Medical

Vintage Renswick Artificial Plastic Eyes advertisement from the March 12, 1948 publication of the Detroit Free Press.

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1948 Montgomery Ward Airline Radio Ad

Published on March 3, 2021

Posted in: Invention & Technology

Montgomery Ward Airline Radio advertisement from the March 12, 1948 issue of the Detroit Free Press.

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1948 Lane Cedar Chests Ad

Published on March 3, 2021

Posted in: Furniture, Home

Vintage Ad for Lane Cedar Chests at Axelrad's Furniture, Carpet, & Appliance that appeared in the November 7, 1948 issue of the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Watch-Sized Radios Possible

Published on September 19, 2020

Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

On November 8, 1948, Dr. Joseph A. Becker predicted that someday radios would be so small that one could wear it like a wristwatch.

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Self-Service Gasoline

Published on July 26, 2018

Posted in: Money & Financial, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Opposition to self-service gasoline stations was very high in the 1940s and '50s. Today, only New Jersey has a total ban on them.

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Wife for Sale – Podcast #110

Published on March 2, 2018

Posted in: Forgotten History, Love & Marriage, Podcast

In 1948, Dorothy Lawlor decided to take an ad out in the Newsday newspaper seeking a husband in exchange for $10,000. Within twenty-four hours she became a media sensation. Did she really marry one of these men? The answer may surprise you.

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Poison Ivy Lawsuit

Published on November 25, 2015

Posted in: Law & Order, Tidbits

In 1948, a passenger on a bus fainted. The driver pulled to the side of the road and let the woman rest in the grass. She then sued for getting poison ivy.

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