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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...