Ion-Propelled Aircraft returns to reality.

Popular Mechanics August, 1964  by matthetube via flickr

Kept out of the public eye since the leak to Popular Mechanics magazine in August, 1964, Major de Seversky's ion-propelled aircraft has been reported by spotters in California's Panamint Valley.

We Give Thanks for a Big Bird

Don't be ashamed of your False Teeth

Polident  Originally uploaded by Gitwithit

1950's Charles Dye Halloween Calendar Top

1950's Charles Dye Halloween Calendar Top
Originally uploaded to flickr y Neato Coolville

Zombies in Plain English

From Sachi & Lee LeFever of Common Craft

Kellogg's 1953 Halloween Cut-Out Masks Newspaper Ad

Kellogg's Halloween Cut-Out Masks Newspaper Ad
Originally uploaded by Neato Coolville

Free Masks from Kellogg's. 1953

1979 Larami Dracula Glow Putty

1979 Larami Dracula Glow Putty
Originally uploaded by gregg_koenig

Scary Glow Putty

Halloween Week: 1950's Halloween Robots

1950's Halloween Robots
Originally uploaded by Neato Coolville

Trick or Treat!

Halloween Week: Lucky Little Devil

Okay, Let's Talk About Magic

Lucky Little Devil  collage by wackystuff

 via flickr

Halloween Week: Incredible Hulk Dog Costume

photo: IMG_1343 by neatnessdotcom

Dent's Corn Gum - Cures Corns

1904 Dent's Corn Gum uploaded by clotho98
From the December 1904 issue of Women's Home Companion magazine.

Passive Agressive Puppet

Passive Agressive Puppet

X-RAY Stove Polish CANNOT EXPLODE

1909 X-Ray Stove Polish Originally uploaded to flickr by clotho98
X-Ray Stove Polish advertisement from the January 1909 issue of Women's Home Companion magazine.

Don't Pull Hair From Nose

DON'T PULL HAIR FROM NOSE
May Cause Fatal Infection

Use the Hollis Klipette New Invention

You can cause serious infection as a result of pulling hair from the nose. Use of scissors is also dangerous and impractical. No better way to remove hair from nose and ears than with KLIPETTE. Smooth, gentle, safe, efficient. Rounded points can't cut or prick skin.

So Simple! Just turn the end. Surplus hair comes out easily, gently.

$1 Made fromfine Surgical Steel, Chromium plated-alsoin 24k. Gold Platein smart leather case at $3.50 (plus 70c Fed. Tax)

Guaranteed to Satisfy or Money Back

from Popular Science, September 1946

Handcuffs for Boys

There is a great deal of wholesome fun and amusement to be derived from these Handcuffs. Although merely a toy, they are well and strongly made, with extremely simple mechanism, that can be slipped on and off in a moment. No key is required either to lock or unlock them. Just slip them over the wrists and you have your pal securely handcuffed. These Handcuffs stand for Law and Order and, in the hands of the boy, inspire him with respect for Civic Virtues.

No. 2752. Boys' Handcuffs. Price.. 50c
JOHNSON SMITH & CO.



Handcuffs for Young Tuffs Originally uploaded to flickr by King Power Cinema

Gorilla Out-Dances Human Female Partner

THE GORILLA (1927) still by gorillamen.com

Before there was Dancing With The Stars, there was dancing with the Gorillas, circa 1927, produced by the ever cost conscious micro-media-mogul, Van Smith.

The micro studio, operating a stone's through Mack Sennett's tri-angle shaped studio in Los Angeles's Hyperion Valley, cranked out fifty-two 12 second film clips a day. Enough for a weekly release for the following year.

Audiences around the country looked forward to 12 seconds of madness each week.

Here's to Van Smith, Micro-Media-Moguls everywhere, and you!

Nymph Photographed in Lake

Sea me as originally uploaded by ..::Kimico::..

New Fad: Forehead Tattoo

Git-R-Dun Dad & Psycho Son mug shots via boingboing.net