We owe a big thank you to past scientists who set the stage for today's modern technologies even though some of their creations can be puzzling to us now. Think of Leonardo Da Vinci and his flying car or Thomas Edison and his discovery of the light bulb. Their brilliant ideas have shaped the world we live in and continue to inspire innovations.
There was a time when certain things were seen as chic, but now they're simply odd. The Instagram account 'Got Weird' is all about that. It shows both strange inventions and odd moments in time that demonstrate how perspectives change over the years. So take a trip down memory lane and explore what used to be cool – it might bring a smile to your face or a sneaky chuckle.
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Leaving A Bad Review In The 1920s
Like the face hidden by what looks like bandages.
Load More Replies...The photographer should have waited a bit for the kid to also draw a thumbs up with the word "Like" underneath
Different generations redefine what's 'in' – cultural shifts and tech advances can make old trends seem odd. Since the Industrial Revolution, the world has changed incredibly fast, making us forget how strange things used to be. It's likely that people from a century ago would find our modern behaviors equally weird.
Nathan Hahn Was Arrested In 1940 For Wearing Female Clothing And Refused To Wear The Male Clothing Presented To Him By Detective Holt
Aaand we‘re still concentrating on the wrong things. Things that don‘t affect anyone else.
"Anti-wokes" hate people not being repressed. (Like they are.) Whatever they are screaming about the loudest is whatever they're into.
Load More Replies...And Drag queens are still threatened in parts of the US where hyper conservatives and “Evangelicals” seek to silence LGBTQIA+ voices
Saw one recently where honest to goodness Nazis came out and protested shoulder to shoulder with preachers. Was a bad look for the preacher
Load More Replies...Title of the thread is "moments in time that got weird"... Well that's bloody offensive
it's weird that the police tried to dress him.
Load More Replies...Same thing happens now in the middle east after we destabilized the region.
Cloth isn't sexed or gendered. It doesn't imbue the wearer in some magical quality. I can wear wings but they don't make me a fairy... and so it goes that trousers don't make a man, frocks don't make a woman. We are all what we are..........................................Clothes don't define us!
A Memento Mori Photo For A Lost Soldier Husband And Father, 1925. The Boy Wearing His Father’s Uniform Cap And The Wife/Mother Linking Her Arm With His Coat Sleeve Is So Touching
"Memento mori" means "remember that you will die.". It isn't a fancy word for *memorial."
It's often used for both meanings. Literally it just means Remember Death.
Load More Replies...A photomontage by Evaldas Ivanauskas. It is a powerful work of art, but the caption is misleading and furthermore doesn't give credit to the artist.
This is heartbreaking. There is nothing weird about this photo. I just find it incredibly sad and touching. World War 1 took so many lives, and wars just continue to destroy lives.
It's really sad that boy is so little and he's standing so far from mom and not touching her. His dad just died. There he is- a little soldier instead of a little boy who needs his momma's hand. Sad statement of how we viewed children at the time.
Load More Replies...Just kept thinking that in 15 years the boy will be about 18. Just in time for WW2 - sad right ? Hope he made it.
Amazing just how completely different the world and people were just 100 years ago, which is no more than a fraction of a blip on the scale of time. I can't help but wonder what the world will be like in a hundred years. Will today seem as archaic then as this picture does today?
For example, in the United States, many big cities had laws against being ugly a hundred years ago. If you were thought to be too ugly to be seen in public, you'd have to pay a fine of $1 to $50 ($30-$1500 nowadays) or be sent to a poorhouse, which was a place for poor people with problems. We might think we're more enlightened now, but a thing like fat-shaming still exists, showing we have progress to make.
The Cast Of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” 1976
...The Cast Of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” 1976
Load More Replies...The picture is missing Graham Chapman and Eric Idle - so 2/3 of Monty Phyton only ;-) - and not aging oddly - they are in the super league of comedy :-D
The photo is genuinely weird if one doesn't know the context.
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Load More Replies...Anne Francis Wearing Aviary Earrings With Real Budgies In ‘Forbidden Planet’ (1956)
Wonder how often the budgie splattered some graphics on her clothing.
Load More Replies...Appears to be a screw post earring. I wonder how tight they had to make it to be sure it holds up the bird. I'm guessing it was uncomfortable and she just toughed it out for the scenes in which she had to wear it. Also - a bird in a hoop is not an 'aviary' whether or not it is clipped to someone's ear. It does literally mean 'bird place' but as a word it is used to mean a cage / room large enough for them to fly around in.
'Forbidden Planet' is still in my top ten all time greatest movies.
I have the Forbidden Planet DVD and don't recall ever seeing this. Where in the film does she wear these?
Such a great actress and that was a great movie, too. However, anyone remember her as Trudy in The Golden Girls?
That’s the first thing I ever saw her in, when I was a kid. So, I always think of Trudy and her pranks whenever I see her.
Load More Replies...Gang Of Teen Girls, Estonia, 1930
This photo was given to Kaisa Kaer by her grandmother Aino, the girl on the far right in the second row, lighting her ciggie on another ciggie. “She was about 15 when this picture was taken and these are her friends,” Kaisa said. “However, I have no more specific info on who they are. They used to do amateur theatre, and as far as I know, this picture was taken when they were messing around with a production or some such. My grandmother never smoked but she did have a wicked sense of humor, which was all the more striking because it stood in such a contrast with her very poised and polished appearance (among other things, she left me a pair of lace gloves).” Kaisa said her grandmother married a pharmacist, her grandfather Nikolai. They lived and worked in a small town in Estonia during the Second World War and a German officer, who was billeted at their house, got along so well with them that when the Soviets started advancing, he asked them to go to his family home in Germany (somewhere near Frankfurt) to get away from the war. “My grandparents refused and well,” she added, “my grandfather was deported to Siberia, was released with Khrushchev’s amnesty and returned home, but died only four years later because his health had been ruined.” “The most distinct memory I have of my grandmother is going to visit her with my parents and brother, and we sitting around her kitchen table, playing Mahjong for hours on an intricate set which my grandfather had made by himself.” Aino passed away in 2009
They don't look like teenagers honestly. I'd say 10-12 yrs old for most of them. They had a rough life!!
Normally children look older than they are if they had a rough life. These girls look younger…. So… maybe they had a good life. They look carefree
Load More Replies...On Thanksgiving, folks dressed up in costumes, made noise in the streets, and had costume parties. According to NPR, "The tradition was so well loved that in 1897 the LA Times reported that Thanksgiving was 'the busiest time of the year for manufacturers of and dealers in masks and false faces.' And if that isn't enough to make your head spin, costumed kids would also march in troops around their neighborhoods and ask adults 'Anything for Thanksgiving?' And then the adults would give them candy."
Self-Defense Glove For Ladies In London, Ca. 1850
that these were marketed as desirable to own shows how awful it was for women. (it still is)
It's funny how they ban such items but the perpetrators to these crimes get away without physical repercussions. I remember reading about a rãpę cage that a woman would insert, it would attach to the man's member and get stuck. It was banned for being inhumane.
How is that inhumane when it requires a rape to happen to even do anything?
Load More Replies...Hmmm I was just thinking about designing gloves with miniature tasers in the fingertips the other day, after watching The Power. This also works!
I feel like you might need them even more, then, if you live in the US
Load More Replies...Ore Michelle Pfeiffer. I mean she basically made her own version of these in the movie.
Load More Replies...A V-Shaped Bed Invented In 1932, Supporting The Body Perfectly At Every Point And Thus Promotes Better Rest
When unused the bed is straight like every other bed. However, one pull on a chain at the side of the bed immediately changes it to a V-shape. Another advantage claimed for the bed is that the covers are held substantially away from the person, thereby allowing the free circulation of air to the body.
I kind of like napping against walls. I think this might be kind of comfy.
For some reason if I’m uncomfortable I will put my body in between my bed and wall, I don’t know why I do it, I’m weird like that
Load More Replies...100% would try, because I usually wedge myself between 2 pillows for the same effect.
Same girl, I use a pregnancy pillow and am not pregnant. I just like it.
Load More Replies...You could have one with a tilt, then just slide upright out of bed every morning ;p
Load More Replies...if a v shaped bed supports the body better then flat beds why don't we have those today? I surely would like to try one.
It sounds like marketing-speak and not science-speak. If it were science, we prolly *would* have V-shaped beds!
Load More Replies...“Because Of Him,” Lem Billings Once Said Of President Kennedy, “I Was Never Lonely.” John Kennedy And Lem Billings Met In 1933 At Choate Rosemary Hall, The Teenagers Worked Together On Their Class’s Yearbook, And Billings Became Sexually Attracted To The Handsome Young Kennedy
Billings made his desire known while the two were still at school by writing Kennedy a love note on a piece of toilet paper. A startled Kennedy responded to the note by saying, “Please don’t write to me on toilet paper anymore. I'm not that kind of boy.” Although Joe Kennedy, the family patriarch, was reportedly suspicious of Billings’ close relationship with his son, the Kennedy family welcomed Billings into their exclusive family circle. Lem Billings would later confide in friends that his relationship with Kennedy was sexual, to a point, and “included oral sex, with Jack always on the receiving end.” Their arrangement, Quirk says, “enabled Jack to sustain his self-delusion that straight men who received oral sex from other males were really only straights looking for sexual release,” and, “Jack was in love with Lem being in love with him and considered him the ideal follower adorer.” According to Billings’ biographer David Pitts, “Once JFK decided that Billings was his best friend – like it or leave, everybody in the family sort of fell in line with that. The Kennedys were a liberal family and one that tolerated a lot of heterosexual promiscuity as well.” In her memoir, Times To Remember, published eleven years after JFK’s assassination in Dallas in 1963, matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy wrote that Billings had “remained Jack’s lifelong close friend, confidant, sharer in old memories and new experiences…He has really been part of ‘our family’ since that first time he showed up at our house as one of ‘Jack’s surprises.’” JFK even gave him his own room at The White House. Jackie was reportedly upset that her husband spent so much time with Billings and that he often spent the night at the White House. After Kennedy’s assassination, Billings was devastated. Biographer Sally Bedell Smith referred to Billings as “probably the saddest of the Kennedy widows.”
TIL JFK was bi... I grew up 5 minutes away from their compound in Hyannisport. I remember always hearing gossip and rumors about the family but not this tid bit.
What does TIL mean? I tried to look it up but it didn't help... only gave me til as in tiller.
Load More Replies...Ever heard of prison “gay for the stay?” Yeah, boarding schools and experimentation.
or you can just like who you like and don't have to put a name to it if you don't want to.
Load More Replies...Well that's a bit of "TIL". Given the times, it sort of makes me wonder if 'gayness' or perceived gayness played any role in someone thinking he should be assassinated. To be clear, I am obviously not condoning that, but back then people were even more intolerant of 'different than me' than they are now.
Think how the racists act 2023. Now imagine how much the conservatives would have hated the president who supported the Civil Rights Act. The two parties didn't really split into liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans until after Kennedys death. You know who would have wanted him dead. That's why conspiracies popped up, the racists tried to hide the fact their hateful rhetoric got the president killed.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of Tim Allen back in his stand-up comedian days, joking about a man doing his best friend a solid by giving him a blow job.
Seems to me the receiver is the one with the “solid.” 🦴
Load More Replies...It kind of makes you think. How many people had to hide their feelings, or were unaware of them?? Especially bi/pan people not understanding they were attracted to the same gender since it was never brought up. I mean we had trans people in ancient Greece, these lovely people have always existed. Anyways I don't blame Billings. Young Kennedy is my type 100% lol
In the past, cigarette companies did something sneaky. Doctors sometimes appeared in tobacco ads, saying smoking had benefits like relieving asthma. These ads featured authoritative figures claiming that thousands of physicians agreed or a respected scientist endorsed cigarettes, but these experts were usually unnamed. In the early 20th century, people were catching on that smoking might be bad for health. Sadly, those doctor-backed cigarette ads kept going until the '60s, when the surgeons finally said, "You were right, smoking is harmful."
People Used To Go To Record Stores And Listen To Records In A “Listening Booth”... Quite An Event
At His Master’s Voice (HMV), customers could buy records and record players, but also listen to the latest songs. In the 1950s, HMV introduced special sound-isolating booths where customers could sample new sounds without having to wear headphones. They also had enough room to squeeze in a close friend or two.
It looks like they are being programmed, like a mid century brainwashing center.
Eat bread, wear shoes, 2 plus 1 equals 735, vote Conservative, bananas are dangerously erotic, stay in bed.
Load More Replies...I think that's really cool... having to go places for everything. Sure it's convenient to get everything right on our phones but we take it for granted, there's no novelty. Imagine how exciting just to go out and listen to music at the record store. I remember how excited I was to go to the bookstore when I was young
I agree, but it must have been a cacaphony in that store
Load More Replies...Used to do that here, went into a booth, put on a set of headphones and listen to the album.
It saved them from buying an album where the only good song on it was the one popular by that artist. Later, without the ability to do this, we wasted our money on the album and the artist made a lot of money from an album with crappy (we’ll see if that makes it past the censors) songs on it.
My local record store had a range of headphones where you could pick and choose which album to listen to. 1996.
A Dog Dressed In A Suit With A Kitten In It's Lap, Ca 1950s
My soft can-opener seems a little different somehow.
What? Forty-two people apparently got this enough to upvote it, but I’m totally befuddled! What’s a “soft can opener,” and what has it to do with this photo? I feel as if I’m in the Twilight Zone!
Load More Replies...“Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!”
Load More Replies...Zardoz (1974) Is Quite Possibly The Weirdest Film Ever Made
As 1970s as prog rock, fondue and woodchip wallpaper, and mad as a lift full of wolves, it’s a film full of intriguing ideas, pretentious chatter and incongruous images. Set in the year 2293 on a post-apocalyptic Earth, Zardoz is a science fiction film written, produced and directed by John Boorman. The film starring Sean Connery as Zed, who dressed in a scarlet mankini, his plaited ponytail flowing in the breeze, escapes the thrall of the Eternals and smashes their regime with sex and death
"The gun is good....The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!" Zardoz!
For fecks sake. That sounds like a first year student film.
Load More Replies...The description of the movie sounds brilliant. It sounds like one of those movies that is so outrageously bad that it’s almost a work of art.
I thought so too, so me and my friend watched it for Bad Movie Night, expecting a good laugh. We were disappointed in a way because it was actually good! Really fun, interesting, psychedelic classic 70's sci fi. Highly recommended!
Load More Replies...Nowadays, most folks don't find public drunkenness cool or funny, and they don't think driving drunk is okay either. But it wasn't always like this. According to Russman Law, "In the 1960s, most people thought that drunk driving was a 'folk crime.' In fact, it was kind of thought of as a rite of passage so when parents found out their boy was caught drinking and driving, it was more like a 'boys will be boys' thing than an 'Oh my god, give me the keys, you're never leaving your room again' thing." Juries felt the same way too. In those times, if you were caught drunk driving, you didn't admit to it; you asked for a jury trial. This was because, in most states, there wasn't a fixed alcohol limit, so proving your guilt wasn't just about a breathalyzer test. The state had to prove that you were not only drinking but also that the alcohol had made it unsafe for you to drive.
This Is Not A Painting! The Photograph Was Taken In 1911 By Francis James Mortimer (1874–1944), A Pioneer Of Pictorial Photography
The sea his favorite subject, he captured the shipwreck Arden Craig, a three-masted wheat ship that slammed into rocks in nine feet of water after the captain became disoriented in a heavy fog. An article from The Barrier Miner (New South Wales). Tue 10 Jan 1911 reads: “The wheat ship, Arden Craig, from Melbourne, which foundered in a fog at the Scilly Isles, off the English coast, called at Queenstown, and was ordered to proceed to Calais. Distress guns fired from the ship were heard at Bishop Lighthouse, and led" to tho launching" of the St. Mark and St. Agnes lifeboats. The fog lifted, for half an hour, and afterwards the ship struck. The watchers on the Scilly Isles saw tho Arden Craig drifting, with its foreyard aback. An hour later it rolled to port and foundered. A sensation was created ashore until the boats were seen alongside. Captain Dunning, of the Arden Craig, states that he thought he was 20 miles south off the Scilly Isles, when he was really only three miles away. When the ship came off the rocks there was nine feet of water in the hold. It was ubandoned, as it was impossible to save it.” The Arden Craig was a British cargo ship built in 1886. She was used to transport wheat from Melbourne, Australia to ports o the coast the United Kingdom. Her captain was Thomas Dunning. It was 277.7 feet long and 40 feet wide. Her draft when loaded was 24.9 feet. She weighed 2,153 tons. She was built by Russell & Co. of Port Glasgow on the Clyde river in Scotland. The Arden Craig was propelled by 149 square yards of sail on three masts. Her hull was iron/steel
As a lifelong British sailor, this fascinates me. Never mess with the sea, She is a cruel mistress.
As the USN was reminded, in the '60s, when the sub, The Thresher, was lost during deep sea testing.
Load More Replies...A dark stormy day, and a photographer with a camera if new is dated 1911, and with slow ISO film, that needs a slow shutter, which is good because you did not have fast shutter speeds on a camera in 1911. So how did the he take such a sharp image when he was being shaken about in the waves on a dark day? is this photo real, or was it staged later to show what happened? you can work wonders today in Photoshop, but in the old days you still could work wonders in the darkroom.
I looked up the term “Pictorial Photography” because it seemed odd to me, but it turns out that pictorialism was a movement in which photographers edited their photos with all kindsa tricks to make ‘em look the way they wanted ‘em to rather than the way they *looked*. In that regard, it was like 2023 in 1911. Isn’t that funny? So if the image looks sharp, it’s likely because the photographer painted areas or used other substances to modify the photo. The photographer’s interest lay in the artistic aspect much more than in the documentary. Those photographers were Kardashians waaay before the Kardashians!
Load More Replies...As a sailmaker years ago, I had more than one customer say they wanted to go offshore because the sea "doesn't judge" . As a sailor, I told them they needed to rethink and get a real grasp on the reality of the wildness out there
A Secret Meeting Of The Grandmas
Nanageddon is cute. Sorry, but I first read 'naggageddon.' Depends upon their personalities, I guess.
Load More Replies...The one in the foreground is a dead ringer for my nan
Load More Replies...I see a knife, and the only thought going through her head is "I will cut you."
Load More Replies...There Were Two Types Of Kids In The 1970s And 1980s, Those Who Were On The Bike Doing A Jump, And Those Who Were Lying On The Ground Being Jumped Over
Taking poorly made bike jumps without a helmet was the norm
I was a mean sister, I refused to hold the ramp for my brother
Load More Replies...And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is only one reason why we from Generation X have self-reliance built into us
Skin your knee, went to get a band-aid, no drama needed. Gen X
Load More Replies...We didn't jump over each other (as best I recall) but we definitely did the jumps. I have a tiny scar on my back from a bolt on my sissy bar. (the bolt held a reflector on for safety - haha)
The dirtbike guys made fun of my 3 speed Stingray until they realized I could go way faster than them and get more air :-)
Load More Replies...Yup, he got a lot of TV and press coverage, and that was what influenced teens to do that back then.
Load More Replies...Helmets for bike riding - no such thing existed. If you tried to wear your horse riding hat (with or without silks) you would have been ridiculed for the rest of year. Didn’t help that I also had jodhpurs, crop and riding boots on as well.
Haha! I suddenly feel not alone…. Ever play bike polo…? 😜
Load More Replies...My dad and his friends (when they were children) tried to make an action movie, my dad got his bike his friends lit a patch of grass on fire. And my dad proceeded to fly his bike over the fire like a daredevil.
I used to love making ramps for my BMX. Catching some sweet air time. Lol. My friends and I were idiots and constantly hurting ourselves horribly. Good times.
Now, picture folks from a hundred years ago in our world today. They would also find some new things strange, such as feminism or the legalization of cannabis. Even thinking about your childhood, some stuff may have seemed weird, but now it's totally normal and even liked. Being emo/goth or nerdy, enjoying anime and video games used to be seen as odd. Now, it's considered cool and trendy. Ripped jeans or thrifting were considered as signs of being poor. Our entire lives we were told to never get into a stranger's car. Yet now, we have an entire business based on just that, like Uber.
A Concept Design For Car Safety Belts From The 1960s
how could anyone with a most basic understanding of physics, have thought that was a good idea?
It's not real. Don't worry https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neck-belt/
Partly ironic I suspect - there was a similar suggestion made that all cars should have a 6 inch spike in the centre of the steering wheel. The idea is that if you make getting into a crash explicitly fatal/harmful, you will reduce road deaths and injuries because everyone will drive crefully knowing that if they do something stupid they will harm themselves significantly.
Is that true, Tim, or didja make it up to be funny/odd? It’s one of those things where it’s SO bizarre that the first reaction is “Of COURSE they didn’t do something THAT crazy!” but the. That thought is followed by “Well, it took ‘em DECADES to realize people needed seat belts, so maaaybe it’s true after all.” I’m waiting on tenterhooks for your clarification!
Load More Replies...Volvo introduced the three-point belt in 1959. This is obviously fake.
American Rock Star Alice Cooper At His Home With His Girlfriend Wearing A Mask Imitating The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Low-Budget Film Which Was Re-Released In 1975
The photograph was taken by Terry O’Neill in August 1975. The house burned down later that month, while he was away in New York. The woman in the image is Cindy Lang. She and Alice separated in 1975 at which time Alice began a relationship with dancer Sheryl Goddard. Cindy never had any children. The kid is Micky Dolenz’s daughter Ami whom Alice used to babysit
I looked up the story about Alice's belly scar. Peritonitis. https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/spec/740900
I kinda like knowing that Alice Cooper was friends with Micky Dolenz.
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Alice Cooper is cool af. Being normal is overrated
Load More Replies...My daughter, as a teenager and budding musician, met Alice Cooper at a con a few years ago and got a photo taken with him. She later waited until the line had cleared at the photo signing table and asked him advice about getting into the music industry. He was really nice and took the time to answer her questions. I really appreciated that.
Alice Copper was one of the most bizarre and awesome concerts I have ever been to. The man is a legend.
I saw him back in the day and it was quite enjoyable. I've been to plenty of other theatrical gigs since then that have very obviously built on his influence, but as a massive fan of him at the time, it was a brilliant experience.
Load More Replies...The kid looks to be wearing the alien mask from the classic movie "this island earth." Which MST3K did a great job of riffing in their movie.
I knew it was a mask from an MST3K, just couldn’t remember which one. Thank you!
Load More Replies...Did Alice Cooper have some sort of operation? What's going on with his belly button area? When I have a scar in that area from when I was young having my intestines temporarily removed to remove a large cyst/growth. But it's just a normal looking scar, not a 'trough'.
He developed peritonitis from a ruptured appendix and need surgery and had a long recovery... nearly died.
Load More Replies...Two Wax Department Store Mannequins Melt During A Heat Wave In London, 1929, Allegedly. They Also Live In Your Closet And Spy On You When You're Asleep
Because it's only in recent times people were trying to find any excuse to ignore other people in public.
Load More Replies...If that's what I'm going to look like in your clothes, I'm not buying them!
That reminds me. I should really watch Death Becomes Her again sometime.
Those were simpler times, when nightmares could be found in department stores and didn't have to be imagined.
I wonder if any of these inspired some young person to go into neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery?
Trends come and go and so does our perception on things. We're sure many things that seem normal today will be considered weird in the future. So, lovely Pandas, keep scrolling to discover the remaining 'Got Weird' posts and share your thoughts on what you believe could appear strange to the generations that follow.
British Airways Flight 5390 Was A Flight From Birmingham Airport In England For Málaga Airport In Spain
On June 10, 1990, the BAC One-Eleven 528FL suffered explosive decompression resulting in no loss of life. While the aircraft was flying over Didcot, Oxfordshire, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its frame causing the captain to be sucked out of the aircraft. The captain, Tim Lancaster, was partially held through the window frame for twenty minutes until the first officer landed at Southampton Airport
That must have been absolutely terrifying. This photo is a mock-up thought to illustrate the real event.
I watched a YouTube video on this and this pilot was interviewed. A miracle he survived this! He continued to pilot afterwards
I think they believed he was dead, and we're just trying to keep his body from being lost. They didn't know he was still alive until they landed.
They didn't want to cause a bigger problem by having his body ingested into an engine.
Load More Replies...Winona Ryder On The Set Of ‘Beetlejuice‘, 1988
Yeah, and she's pretty fit, but the one on the right is SMOKING.
Load More Replies...I would say that this film and 'The Witches of Eastwick' defined the 1980's. The-Devil-...18-png.jpg
Young actors lead such privileged lives and meet the most interesting... people.
Pubic Wigs (Called Merkins) Were Worn By Prostitutes As Early As The 1450s
The reason for this accessory was that pubic hair was considered popular and attractive, but sex workers shaved their lower parts to avoid pubic lice and used merkin to cover up STD’s from their clients.
Thanks. I laughed so hard my coffee sprayed out my nose.
Load More Replies...FYI That Photo was created in 2012 by the photographer Stephen Berkman from his book, 'Predicting the Past Zohar Studios: The Lost Years'... I know, I was the maker of the Merkins;)
Anyone read the caption on the box? "Serving our discerning pudendum since 1815"
Serving *the discerning pudendum since *1827. The line above is "private fitting available upon request". Implying some people were happy for a public fitting!
Load More Replies...Now imagine having to explain to your mother what one is after making a joke about a certain ex-presiden'st's hair...
Load More Replies...This photo is part of an art project: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/uncanny-tale-shimmel-zohar/616060/
Other photos include a woman knitting a condom and one of the development op non-humourous laughing gas.
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Reminds me of the old Hair Club for Men adverts: "I'm not only the Hair Club president but I'm also a client."
Italian Actress Marisa Allasio Surrounded By Young Priests, 1957
Especially that guy in the middle. Though he does appear to be holding up his autograph book. Or maybe showing her his bible. - can't tell for sure. lol
Load More Replies...Most of them were in the priesthood only because they weren't the oldest son. They didn't have a lot of choice.
Load More Replies...Does anyone else see the mildly creepy man staring DIRECTLY at the camera with weird eyes? :/
She looks really uncomfortable pushed up against the wall with a bunch of men- priest, staring at her 🍒
The vow of celibacy didn't say you can't try to convert the wicked. 😉
Bet they were there only to convince her it was time for a confession...🤨
They were, perhaps, hoping to help her with finding something to confess.
Load More Replies...The "Kiss Of Death" By Bruna Kazinoti, 1988
Also puts new meaning in 'getting dumped' if he changes his mind.
Load More Replies...Looking at photos like this makes me nauseous because I’m already afraid of heights after a certain point (75 feet or so). I can only imagine how far the couple would’ve fallen and what injuries they would have sustained if they hadn’t died as well!
Load More Replies...Before Pumpkins, The Irish Carved Jack-O’-Lanterns From Turnips And Potatoes
The jack-o’-lantern tradition dates back centuries, when people in Ireland decorated turnips, beets, and potatoes to frighten away a mythical character named Stingy Jack. Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America, home of the pumpkin, and the popular fruit became an integral part of Halloween. According to the folktale, Stingy Jack was having a drink with the Devil but didn’t want to pay for his drink. To fix this problem, he persuaded Satan to transform into a coin that Jack could use. However, Jack decided to put the coin in his pocket, next to a silver cross. This silver cross prevented the Devil from changing back. Jack made a deal that the Devil would not bother him for a year and is not allowed to take his soul if Jack dies. A year later, Jack meets the Devil again. Jack convinced the Devil to climb a tree and pick fruit. Whilst the Devil was up in the tree, Jack carved a cross into the bark of the tree so the Devil could not come down. Jack then made another deal, which stated that the Devil could not bother him for 10 years. Jack died a while after this. He was going to go to Heaven but God did not want him there, so he was to be sent to hell. However, the Devil was not allowed to claim his soul and didn’t want him anyway, and so he was forced to wander the Earth. The Devil gave him a lump of burning coal, which Jack put into a hollowed-out turnip. The Irish people who saw him would refer to him as “Jack of the lantern”, which was eventually shortened to “Jack O’Lantern”. People in Ireland and Scotland would start carving faces into turnips and potatoes, to frighten Stingy Jack away and repel other wicked spirits. Immigrants from the British Isles who came to the United States of America bought the story with them. Except they started using pumpkins instead of turnips and potatoes, hence why carved pumpkins are called Jack O’Lanterns
Swedes (big turnips)aged much better than pumpkins as well, they shrivelled up like mummies and lasted for ages!
Load More Replies...Used to make turnip lanterns as a child in the 70s (UK) - everyone did. They were a hell of a lot harder to carve than a pumpkin. Knife wounds were not uncommon. And the smell of burning turnip...
Lol, I remember that smell and associate it with excitement!
Load More Replies...The whole of the U.K. did this; we didn’t use what are now sold as turnips but the larger type now sold as swedes. A bunch of 6 year old carving out hard turnips with sharp knives, putting a lighted candle in and carrying them around the dark streets to scare witches; no problem there
Seems totally safe. What could possibly go wrong?
Load More Replies...Not sure why this is billed as Irish. Turnip lanterns were the norm across the UK. This story, one of many, was not inherently any part of the tradition.
I remember turnips or swede (no pumpkins) "Jack O' Lanterns" in Liverpool in the '70s. Hard work
Load More Replies...Hadn’t even seen a pumpkin in the 70s as a child, only turnips for Halloween
I knew the tradition started here but hadn't heard the story behind it before
Patrick Swayze Posing With His Beloved Dogs In The 1980s
Click on the name under the lefthand corner (gotweird), it's a link to instagram, you can see the second photograph.
CLICK THE INSTAGRAM LINK UNDER THE PIC FOR ALL THE DOGGIES! Not just one photo session in the '80s either, the title cut off the '90s. There are SO many pics of him and dogs over the years at the link, seriously, go now!
Jodie Foster Holding A Lamb In A Promo Shoot For ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ (1991)
A very good horrible film. All of the cast was spot on.
Load More Replies...Because the lambs are a story that Jodie Foster's character tells.
Load More Replies...Same with my mum, she’s a huge crush in the lesbian community of my mums age group 😂
Load More Replies...My karaoke songs are - ‘ hot potato’ by the wiggles and green skins ‘lotion on the skin’
A Russian Wedding Party Protests Against Air Pollution, Russia, Ca. 1980s. (Photo By A. Zhdanov
U need big balls to protest in Russia (tsar, Soviet, modern) cos u can win one way ticket to gulag.
Load More Replies...Francesca Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) Is Best Known For Photographing Herself
But her pictures are not self-portraits in the traditional sense. She is often nude or semi-nude and usually seen half hidden or obscured – sometimes by furniture, sometimes by slow exposures that blur her figure into a ghostly presence. These beautiful and yet unsettling images seem fleeting but also suggest a sense of timelessness.
You don't really do the math when someone's timeline numbers are all spread out over two lines (as they are in my browser). She was only 22 years old when she jumped from a loft window. 22. Just a baby.
In art school I got told to study her work a lot cos we had a lot in common 😂 she’s was pretty insane in a good way
I love the description taken directly from the Tate Gallery. Word for word.
I don’t think BoredPanda writes their own content anymore which is a true shame. Why are their staff allowed to have “writer” or “editor” in their titles then? ☹️
Load More Replies...I don't like my picture taken. When I am forced you can see how uncomfortable I am in the shot.
Load More Replies...Couple Cuddling While Sitting In A Hole As Others Enjoy The Beach On The 4th Of July In Santa Monica, California, 1950. (Photographed By Ralph Crane)
What are you talking about? That's a cuddle hole. Cuddling only Mr.
Load More Replies...Please don't do this. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-boy-17-dies-sand-hole-collapse-north-carolina-rcna83382
I was about to say the same. Sand collapses and can kill you in seconds. Even if somebody manages to take you out, once you have sand in lungs you're dead.
Load More Replies...5 seconds later, everyone in the background were digging furiously to try to save their lives when the hole collapsed.
3rd from the right (counterclockwise) sure looks excited about his turn.
Load More Replies...I don't blame when the guy buried top right is, of course, making himself some sand boobs to mishandle
No matter how romantic it will be...sand is a non-negotiable no-no!!! These small grains prick, itch, scratch and eventually they are almost everywhere. In addition, French kisses get completely de-romanticized and chewing bubble gum also......I can't stand sand...🤭
V-Flumes Were Used To Transport Logs, Lumber, Working Material And Supplies But They Were Also Used To Transport People And For Entertainment From The Early 20th Century
A sick or injured person from the mountains would many times be placed in a “flume boat” and sent to the valley, sometimes alone and sometimes with family or friends in attendance, for medical treatment. It was the fastest way to get them help. A very ‘trendy’ date night would include asking your date to walk with you along the flumes, especially at 100 feet above ground at the highest trestle points (which have no railing, but you are in a shallow flume), to show how much you cared for her and how bold and courageous you were. Including lunch or dinner only made the date that much more special. Loggers liked the flumes since it got them to town much faster for one of their few nights off. (Remember many logging towns did not allow drinking.) The loggers would build small boats to fit the flume with which they could ride down to town. But for the early loggers the most fun was the sport of flume riding. This daring sport gained popularity in 1865–1895 starting out as log-riding and then becoming the more ‘refined’ sport of flume riding. Some of the more interesting rides would have the ‘logger boat’ flying off the flume endpoint at an exorbitant height and speed where the passengers needed to make sure they ejected from the log before the log hit the water and they were safe and far from where the log would land. No one knows where flume riding started – probably in ancient Roman aquaducts – which more closely resembled the box flumes with large volumes of water moving at slow speeds. V-flumes changed the sport.
When your whole life is being a logger, why not find some fun! Got to take a break from singing ballads sometimes.
🎵"I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK; I sleep all night, I work all day!"🎵
Load More Replies...I had no idea that log rides were once a real thing. Huh. Learn something everyday. That’s where the amusement parks get the idea. Cool
These were great at taking you down the mountain but how did you get back up?
I, too, was thinking it must be a long, uphill walk back!
Load More Replies...“No one knows where flume riding started, probably in ancient Roman aquaducts” You must never have seen a Roman aqueduct to suggest this. That’s not at all how they were designed: there was no open water to avoid evaporation, the walls were coated and shouldn’t be mechanically stressed, etc. Please don’t make up stuff in a historical post.
Quick question… How many deaths from this terrifyingly awesome pastime?
This is the Broughton lumber flume, on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Remained in service until 1986.
Daguerreotype Portrait Of Blind Person From The Mid-19th Century
Actress Veronica Lake With Her Hair Twisted In A Drill Press, Demonstrating Potential Dangers To Women In Factories During World War II. November, 1943
During World War II, Veronica Lake (1919–1973) changed her trademark peek-a-boo hairstyle at the urging of the Government to encourage women working in war industry factories to adopt more practical, safer hairstyles. Although the change helped to decrease accidents involving women getting their hair caught in machinery, doing so may have damaged Lake’s career. She also became a popular pin-up girl for soldiers during World War II and traveled throughout the United States to raise money for war bonds
So which is it Bored panda? The hair cut decreased her popularity or she became a pin up for the forces? A lot of these posts read like they were written by AI and not checked
This one was written by a random instagrammer. Anyway, Lake's career did end not long after the second world war, but it was her choice to walk away. She'd had enough of Hollywood. So this random instagrammer is making stuff up.
Load More Replies...This was Lake's signature hairstyle. She is most famous for starring in Sullivan's Travels. Veronica_L...8c5fbb.jpg
Um...Couldn't ladies just tie their hair up instead of cutting it short?
That actually happened to me in high school many decades ago. Pulled a bunch of my hair out (yes it was long) but left the scalp intact. Oddly, they still didn't require hairnets even after that. Also, no investigation, no paperwork, no one fired, no Karen's demanding justice and compensation. I did get detention (I was working on a hash pipe) and a bunch of sh%t from my mom who demanded I get a haircut: I didn't, because I had a reputation but I did join the army the very next year: no, I didn't tell them about the hash pipe.
We weren't required to wear hairnets, but did have to have our hair tied up. Both our woodwork and food tech teachers had a supply of hair ties for those who forgot. We also had to take our school neckties off, which was a good thing in our eyes!
Load More Replies...I love doing her famous hairstyle for nights out thoigh 😂 and her song ‘peek a boo bangs’
Christmas At The Hospital, Sweden, 1953
I don't know that such a sight would make me feel better.
I would punch the first one in the face as a reflex
Load More Replies..."You're going to die soon!" "We're coming back for you at midnight!" "Yes, we're going to put you with the others." "Yes, we'll be back later. Right now we have to go to the children's ward and make the little ones wet themselves." (It was probably nice but they look creepy AF)
“Don’t Be Skinny!”
Its called corn syrup baby, soon everyone in America will be as fat as their cattle. Best of all, its subsidized by taxes!
You know this ad is several decades in the past, right? And at least they had a healthier idea of proper body image.
Load More Replies...who’s eating somuch marmite they gain 5 to 15 lbs from it 💀
Load More Replies..."Don't be skinny"... "Lose weight fast"... I wish they'd make up their damn minds.
You May Not Know His Name, But You Know His Cars
Jay Ohrberg is Hollywood’s favorite car designer, having built hundreds of experimental vehicles with an incredible range of features. His creations have appeared in more than 100 movies, TV shows and videos, earning him the title “The King of Show Cars.” The “wide limousine” was just one of longtime custom car impresario Jay Ohrberg’s crazy concoctions, which spanned 2.5 cars wide and 30 feet long. Powered by two ’75 Cadillac FWD engines with eight wheels per side, the limo had to be disassembled to be transported from show to show. Amazingly, each half could be driven separately
Jay Ohrberg is the master designer of extreme cars. He was the one who built Kit, the car featured in Knight Rider, the Ghostbusters ambulance, the car in Robocop, and he built 18 Batmobiles with Tim Burton in the director’s chair. Oh yeah, and the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle'” van, the Pink Panther mobile, and just about every impressive, televised car worth a mention. And these are just a few. Know him now? <compiled from a few articles I found.
Load More Replies...Or play a game of volleyball! Pic from the link. Jay-Ohrber...a11965.png
I'm less amazed that the two halves can be driven separately than I am about anything else!
This Little One Made Us Shudder, Ca. 1950s
A rare photograph of a young King Kong, before his movie career took off.
It's the 1950's, I'm surprised he's not smoking! 8-)
Load More Replies...This is how it all starts, next thing you know we will find the statue of liberty, blown up on the beach.
Lol! The chubby little arms and crossed legs with the mask makes this adorable and hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Back When The Rotor Rides Were Fun And Dangerous
The rotor is an amusement park ride, designed and patented by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in 1948. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949, and was exhibited at fairs and events throughout Europe, during the 1950s and 1960s. The ride still appears in numerous amusement parks, although traveling variants have been surpassed by the Gravitron. The ride itself was a scientific experience as riders felt the force of centripetal acceleration seemingly sticking them to the wall. What is happening on the rotor falls in line with Newtonian physics in that a body in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by a resisting force. A rider traveling around the drum of a rotor is constantly changing the direction of their motion but at any given point Newtonian laws state that they would prefer, if unhindered, to continue traveling in the direction they are traveling at that particular moment in time. However, every split second whilst the ride spins the planar vector that defines what is perpendicular keeps changing, thus the rider feels that they are being pushed outwards against the wall of the drum. The sequence of the ride varied in the early machines. Some loaded at the top with the floor dropping as the riders are pinned to the wall and as the ride slows the riders slip ungraciously down to the floor and exit in the pit of the drum. Others saw the floor lower and then return to allow riders a bit more dignity as they left via the top of the drum. Finally some machines loaded at the bottom, pushed the riders up with an elevating floor, which then descended and re-ascended to pick up the riders.
My dad worked on one of these when he was young - apparently they would go on the ride with paying customers and show them how to go upside down -(it was 'easy' because of the lack of gravity in there or something, I dunno) - everyone loved it, and at the end my dad and his mates would collect up all the coins that fell out of the riders' pockets when they went upside down! Supplemented their income, he said...
Gravity is a constant, centrifugal force is what keeps a person stuck to the wall in a Rotor, the same principal that keeps water in a bucket when you swing it in a vertical circle.
Load More Replies...Seems everyone missed the one guy holding on to the other guys crotch for dear life..
My brother worked at Six Flags, too (mid-1970s). One day, he had to be foreman at this ride and someone did puke. As the foreman, he shut the ride down and had the peons clean it up while he went to lunch.
Load More Replies...I once forcibly moved my head around during one of these rides (think like doing neck exercises). It wasn't a great idea. Took a a few minutes to recover from the dizzy / bit of nausea. I'm not prone to motion sickness. Went on every huge roller coaster in the park. It was at Six Flags in California as I recall. But after that stunt we had to wait about half an hour before we were ready for the next roller coaster.
Magic Mountain: The Spin Out! It was my favorite ride in the late 70's - early 80's!
Load More Replies...These are still used. The concept is a bit scary, but it isn't 'old timey death machines that we've banned' kind of things.
That’s why a lot of amusement parks don’t have the Gravitron anymore. They were a huge liability too for any rider that has breathing or heart difficulties.
Load More Replies...In Goldfield, Nevada There Is A Grave For An Unknown Man Who Died Eating Library Paste In 1908
As the story goes, a vagrant wandering the streets of Goldfield, Nevada in 1908 was rummaging through the trash outside the local library, looking for something to eat. The best sustenance he came across was a jar of book paste. He would have found the paste surprisingly sweet, because in addition to flour and water, it was 60% alum. Unfortunately, the concentration was deadly. The legend continues to say that when the townspeople found the deceased drifter, he was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, which was little more than a dirt patch. The grave was topped with a headstone that stated what little they knew about him. It reads, “UNKNOWN MAN DIED EATING LIBRARY PASTE JULY 14 1908.” Skeptics point to the fact that the grave’s red paint is very bright for being more than a century old. That being said, some ascribe the fresh paint to sympathetic cemetery-goers who regularly paint over the epitaph so that the unknown man can be remembered for years to come. Others say the whole thing is just a local prank. Whatever the case, the grave serves as a cautionary tale: don’t eat glue.
Pretty epic hoax to pull it off 75(ish) years before the internet and still have it hit on internet social sites.
Might not be a hoax per se, remember that disfigured man who used to go for night walks to not scare people and that started a whole thing about a monster man in that town. Sometimes it’s a mix of scenarios
Load More Replies...There was always one rather odd kid in primary school that would be caught eating paste or huffing markers…
I grew up in the middle of nowhere Nevada, I've been through Goldfield many times...and, yeah, anyone who lives in this nearly deserted spot on the highway is a glue eater.
The Window Tent Was Originally Devised In Order To Give The Open-Air Treatment For Tuberculosis To Patients In Their Own Homes When They Could Not Procure The Use Of Porches Or Other Open Buildings For This Purpose In The 1910s
But as window tents have proven both convenient and economical, they are now used by many healthy persons who wish to sleep in the fresh air during the winter months without cooling off their houses. Window tents are all constructed practically on the same principle, the difference between them being largely in their shape and the manner of their manipulation. A frame, usually of steel, supports a canvas cover, and this canopy encloses a space inside the room connected with the window. The tent frame is either attached to the window casing or the head of the bed, and projects over the bed, covering the head and shoulders of the person lying on it
Baby cages for adults. If you didn't fall asleep a baby, you can try again.
What? And it's not a cage, it's an extension.
Load More Replies...Tuberculosis is still around and there is a treatment for its drug-resistant strains, but Janssen Pharmaceuticals owned by Johnson & Johnson has reapplied for the patent that was due to expire July 2023 in order to prevent generic options. The drug is too expensive for many patients to afford. The organization "Stop TB Partnership Coalition" managed to make a deal to procure and supply generic bedaquiline to 44 low- and middle-income countries through its Global Drug Facility (GDF), but those in wealthier countries who still can't afford it can just continue to suffer and die as far as Janssen is concerned.
Moving a mattress to the fire escape and sleeping out there was common in big cities during the summer months and before air conditioning. In the movie “Rear Window” they even show a couple sleeping outside (and, if I remember the movie correctly, rushing inside as a rainstorm opens up).
I feel like the air in the 1910's would have probably made TB worse tbh
I don't know, the idea of fresh air and big cities with tall apartment buildings just doesn't seem compatible. Polluted air and smog, sure, but not fresh air.
Weronika Gesicka Is A Polish Artist, Born In Włocławek, Poland
She has graduated from the graphics department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Academy of Photography. With her series entitled Unhappy Families, Gesicka diverts old vintage photos of American families, transforming the American Dream into surreal and twisted creations. “The project is based on vintage photographs purchased from an image bank,” Gesicka said. “Most of these photos came from American archives from the 1950s and 1960s.” “Family scenes, vacation souvenirs, everyday life, suspended anywhere between truth and fiction. It is hard to figure out whether they are spontaneous or entirely staged. We know nothing of the actual ties between the individuals in the photographs; we can only guess at the truthfulness of their gestures and gazes.” “I try to erase, as much as I can, the difference between an original image and my own alteration, creating a completely new history at the same time. These photos, modified in various ways, are wrapped in new contexts: our recollections of people and situations are transformed and gradually blur.”
Nah, he's just got a (ahem) stiff upper lip.
Load More Replies...More at the link. I think this one's my fave. Creepy cool! Untitled-b...c42321.png
The fellow in the blue shorts seems to enjoy this particular exercise! I’ll bet it’s the cute twins in the black maillots.
Irreverent Nuns And A Dog, Madrid, 1960. (Photo By Manuel Iglesias)
The 1950s Baby Safety Seat. Never Leave Your Child In A Hot Car While You Shop
Sure. Leave the child outside in the heat, hanging on the car door. What could go wrong? :)))
Nothing probably. Those were safer times and sunburn would've been the biggest worry
Load More Replies...Biggest issue would be forgetting your child on the OUTSIDE of the car while driving rather than forgetting them on the inside while parking
A Sailor "Meets" His Baby For The First Time After Fourteen Months At Sea, 1940s
Folks questioning whether it's his kid, take a look at the baby. He's not a new born. I'd estimate the age at at least 6-8 months. Add that to the gestation period of 9 months and that kid was likely conceived anywhere from 15 - 17 months prior to this photo. That's certainly within the window of Dad's last shore leave.
Could Be The Man In The Moon, Circa 1894-1895. (Photo By Nadar)
Meanwhile, In 1898 Montana
He looks like the love child of Teddy Roosevelt and Leon Trotsky.
Load More Replies...Until they could find women, the guy in the hat said he hated Tuesdays. Oh well!
That’s harsh, maybe read a history book or google this situation
Load More Replies...Strange Vintage Photos Of People Milking Cow Into Cat’s Mouth From The 1920s
If you’ve ever read children’s books where there’s a cat, you’re probably wondering, “Can cats drink milk?” The age-old myth that milk and cats go hand-in-hand has officially been debunked by veterinarians and cat experts. Regardless of how tasty milk may be to your cat, this is bad news for their stomach and digestive system. As it turns out, most cats are lactose intolerant. Just like humans, some cats can’t digest lactose, a milk sugar that’s found in dairy. The only time in a cat’s life when its body actually has enough of the enzyme lactase to properly digest lactose is at birth and during its early years of life. This is so the cat can feed off of its mother’s milk. After that, less and less lactase is produced, resulting in potentially increased digestive complications. “Even though some cats can tolerate milk and seem to enjoy it, cow’s milk just isn’t good for cats,” Dr. Gary Richter, a veterinary health expert with Rover, told Reader’s Diges. “Cats don’t need dairy milk, and the potential problems outweigh the potential benefits.”
So, shortly after the photo was shot, the kitty went off in the corner of the closet and barfed up the lumpy milk into a convenient shoe. They knew better, this is just being a cat.
Change 'early years' to 'first few months' or you are going to cause some sick cats.
Actually, cats can drink raw milk, which is what this darling kitty is drinking. The process of heating milk kills the lactate in it. Lactate counteracts the lactose in milk, meaning people who are lactose intolerant can drink raw milk.
I was thinking just the other day about animals that eat/drink things that make them sick. They obviously don't see the connection and try again, which got me wondering if humans are the only ones that realise the connection? On a related note, my cats were glad when I had to switch to lactose free because they were allowed to lick clean yoghurt bowls and have some milk.
Extreme Tree Pruning Before The Age Of Bucket Lifts From The Late 1800s
Pictures Of Arnold Schwarzenegger Walking Through Munich In Swimming Trunks In Order To Promote His Own Gym, 1967
Often, at this stage of his career he would request to be shown only from the thighs up because he always thought he had weak calves. I'd agree.
In September Of 1992, Pearl Jam, In Order To Celebrate Their Seeming Overnight Success, Staged A Free Show In Seattle’s Magnusson Park For Over 70,000 People
At one point in the show, Eddie proceeded to climb the stage scaffolding in a death defying move, trailing 100 feet of microphone cable behind him in order to loop it over the top, rappel down and then swing out over the audience. “I was channeling something different,” he once said of his onstage escapades. “I got to that place you hear about where the mom lifts the car off the two-year-old kid. It was that kind of adventure. At that point in life and having at long last the opportunity to play for bigger crowds, I really and truly felt like I had nothing to lose. No thoughts of what may be waiting in my future. It was all about the now. And that was part and parcel with whatever message the group and I had to impart on the audience at that instance. Risking your hide to evoke that emotion became part of the program.” These photographs capture all the pent up rage and fury that was Eddie and the band at that time. In retrospect it was a really dumb thing to do - his career and life could have been over in a splat - the anxiety of 70,00 fans was palpable in the air - but thankfully it was a glorious rock and roll moment in what would become a long and storied career.
Really wish I had been to one of their shows, they look like so much fun
Gimme drugs gimme drugs (I HAD to)
Load More Replies...In 1938 Betty Broadbent, The ‘Tattooed Venus' Visited Sydney From America At The Invitation Of The Australian Sideshow Entrepreneur Arthur Greenhalg
PIX Magazine ran a story on Betty, who at that time had 465 tattoos on her body including a tattoo of the Madonna and child on her back and tattoos of Charles Lindbergh and Pancho Villa on her legs. She appeared on the cover of PIX Magazine on April 23, 1938 and she and the rest of the circus troupe performed at that year’s Easter Show in Sydney. Betty was born on November 1, 1909 in Philadelphia in the United States and her interest in tattoos began at the age of 14 when she met Jack Redcloud in Atlantic City. Redcloud introduced her to his tattooist, Charlie Wagner who gave Betty her first tattoos. By 1927 Betty’s entire body was tattooed and she was exhibiting her art with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus where she also trained as a steer rider and performed with Tom Mix. Betty also learnt the trade and tattooed others, working in studios in Montreal, San Francisco and New York. Betty retired in 1967 and is often referred to as the most photographed tattooed lady of the 20th century. She died in her sleep on March 28, 1983.
“If You Want To Handle Large Groups Economically With Unusual Layout Flexibility, We Have Got The Homoerotic Bathroom Fittings For You”
Bradley Group Showers seem to have unintentionally gone down the same route with their ads designed to sell their plumbing systems to colleges and sporting teams.
I’ll never understand the borderline homoerotic art of the times where at the sine time period gays were locked up or sent to mental homes for being ‘off’
Why this obsession with nudity and sexualizing it? In my school years there were communial showers, during my military service there were communal showers. I agree with Corwin 2. The advertisement isn't homoerotic and wasn't intended to be. It seems peep peep the duck just can't keep their mind out of the gutter. Reading into something that very obviously isn't there or implied.
Philip Garner High Heel Roller Skate, 1962
This roller skate is just too formal for me. I'll take the flipflop one.
Looks like something I'd have been dumb enough to choose to wear in 1982...
Back In The 1970s, A Young Man Went To Work For A Carnival Concessionaire Who, Each Summer, Took A Portable Photo Studio On The Road To County Fairs Across California And The West
For a few dollars, you could have a portrait-sized or larger photo of you and your loved-one to frame and put up on the wall, in only 15 minutes. Pre-digital, it was a good deal. But what kind of people had their portraits taken at county fairs? People without a lot of money. People who lived on the fringes. People whose life stories were written on their faces. But they wanted a record of who they were, that they could specify and dictate themselves, and they got that at the county fair. These portraits were made by the young man named Mikkel Aaland in a portable studio that was hauled from fair to fair between 1976 and 1980. The studio was complete with darkroom and a shooting stage and it took a crew of three to run it: a shooter, a front person to handle customers and a darkroom person to develop and print the 4×5 inch negative. “Because our prices were so reasonable, we often had lines of customers that lasted from ten in the morning to midnight,” Aaland said. “To give you an idea of our volume: on a busy day in Pleasanton, I shot over 450 portraits, averaging three people per print, meaning 1,350 mostly smiling faces.”
There’s Nothing Quite Like A Possessed Doll To Give You Nightmares
Let’s face it, dolls are creepy as hell, especially old, raggedy dolls that smell like lighter fluid. Their glassy eyes reflect images and memories of unspeakable horror, yet their faces remain expressionless, content. These vintage dolls are the stuff nightmares are made of
"My name is Talking Tina and I'm going to kill you." Twilight Zone. Living Doll.
The doll on the right looks like it hasn't been getting enough sleep.
I thought these were Halloween costumes and proved the caption wrong bere I read it.
In 1956, British Photographer Grace Robertson Spent The Day With Women Who Drank At A South London Pub On Their Outing To Margate, Kent, England
From Mandate Magazine, December 1981
I did NOT know what I was looking at there. I thought Santa was under a Hawaiian grass skirt
Not for gay men it isn’t, Mandate was a Gay porn mag.
Load More Replies...Doug Coombs Dropping Into Corbert's Couloir, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 1989
Doug was a trailblazer in adventure skiing and remains a legend in the community to this day
NOPE! NOPITY NOPITY NOPE NOPE NOPE! No vertical skiing!
Lol ! Was that Better Off Dead, I think??
Load More Replies...Here’s The Original Mask That Michael Myers Wore In The First Two Halloween Movies
‘Safety’ Car Seat From The 1960s
Well, that was an improvement over the nothing we had before. One of my oldest memories is slumbering under a blanket on the backseat of my parents' 2CV.
My mom said grandma would put the baby in a laundry basket to keep him contained.
Load More Replies...An Iconic And Widely Influential Horror Film That Shocked French Audiences Upon Its Debut, ‘Eyes Without A Face’ (Les Yeux Sans Visage) Of 1960 Remains Powerful Today In Its Tale Of Obsession And Murder
A respected surgeon kidnaps young women in the hopes of grafting their faces onto that of his disfigured, imprisoned daughter, whose mutilated visage remains hidden behind an expressionless white mask. Georges Franju’s masterpiece, weighted in equal measure by poetry and camp, can be thought of as an early incarnation of French cinema’s fascination with exploring the dark realms of desire.
From the Wikipedia page: "To avoid problems with European censors, Borkon cautioned Franju not to include too much blood (which would upset French censors), refrain from showing animals getting tortured (which would upset English censors) and leave out mad-scientist characters (which would upset German censors)."
Considered Now To Be One Of The Greatest Milliners And Hat-Makers In The World, The Hats David Shilling Designed For His Mother Gertrude To Be Worn At Royal Ascot In The 1960s, 1970s And 1980s Were Anywhere From Over The Top, To Avant-Garde, To Just Plain Insane
For 30 years, until she was well into her 80s, Gertrude Shilling appeared at showy events in towering creations that took imagination to design and construct, and a very determined sort of cheek to wear. There was the five-foot tall giraffe design that she pioneered in the 1970s, a three-foot wide daisy hat – with a stalk embroidered down the back of her coat – and a massive concoction of an apple with a four-foot arrow pierced through it
Omg I remember seeing Mrs shilling on the news coverage of ascot. Every year her hat was a high point of the fashion round up. Awe thanks for that reminder. How lovely. X
I think the "The Greatest [...] Hat-Makers In The World..." are the British hat makers Thomas and William Bowler. 'Bowler' as in 'Bowler Hat.'
Two Cub Scouts Taking Part In Operation Shoeshine, A Seven-Day Campaign During Scout Job Week
Their first customer was British actress Caroline Munro. Showing Ian Kinkaid (left) and Nigel Heap of Southgate, North London, polishing Miss Munro’s boots, 1972.
(In Morgan Freeman's voice) "Little did he know it, but today would go down as the greatest day in Billy's young life..."
Load More Replies...Is it just me that looked at the photo first and thought the kid was holding her knickers...........:)
I did 'Bob-a-job' when I was a cub... sadly no one was as cute as Caroline Munro
She had a varied career, starring in “The Spy Who Loved Me” one week, starring in a Hammer Horror film with Joan Collins the next!
Every Christmas You Try To Innovate And Surprise Your Visitors, Maybe It’s Time To Find An Old Cookbook
You will be able to create unimaginable things and put them on the dining table. Now, it’s time to introduce everyone to your famous Christmas tree with shrimp
Prawns (aka shrimp) are pretty common on the Aussie Christmas table, but this year Im 100% hanging them off a small tree first.
Looking at this makes me feel like Eleanor when she got the endless shrimp 1-64d9d56f2671b.gif
On A TV Appearance Toward The End Of His Life In 1988, Serge Gainsbourg Was Surprised By A Choir Of Children (Les Petits Chanteurs D’asnières) In Full Gainsbourg Regalia—black Jacket, Gray Wig, Sunglasses, Whisky, Cigarette, Unshaven—and Brought To Tears By Their Homage To One Of His Classics – “J’e Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’en Vais”
These Screaming Baby Dolls Made From Bisque Porcelain By German Doll Maker Kestner From The 1920s
Johannes Daniel Kestner, Jr., began producing high-quality dolls with papier-mâché heads and peg-jointed wooden bodies in 1805 in Waltershausen, Thuringia. By 1845, his J.D. Kestner doll manufacturing company had become a success. Following these wood-and-paper dolls, the company produced dolls with composition heads and cloth bodies. Kestner, was an early proponent of porcelain heads, so he added porcelain and bisque doll heads to his line in the 1850s. Around this time, the German dollmaking industry was exploding, with doll factories of every sort—some made only heads, some made only bodies, and some assembled doll parts made by others. Five years after Kestner died in 1858, his grandson Adolf Kestner took over. In 1860, he purchased a porcelain factory in Ohrdorf to make doll heads, which Kestner then attached to composition or stuffed-cloth or leather bodies. These heads were also sold to other doll makers around the country. Like every doll maker, Kestner produced a version of the universally popular “Dolly Face” head, which has the rounded, slightly double-chinned face of a toddler or baby. These dolls could be identified as a girl or a boy and featured an open mouth showing teeth, as well as inset, or sleeping, eyes. But the company also put out a wide variety of doll heads—some with long faces like Jumeau dolls, others with chubby square faces like Bru dolls, and yet others with character faces. One of Kestner’s innovations was an expensive leather body with riveted joints that allowed the limbs to move naturally. Kestner was one of the few German dollmakers that produced complete dolls all the way to the wigs and the fashion. These Kestner dolls were exported as far away as the United States. Kestner company first registered for a patent for its bisque heads in 1897, and the incised model numbers like “162” are often accompanied by “Made in Germany,” whereas bodies tend to have a red “Germany” stamp. The company finally closed its doors in 1938, 20 years after Adolf’s death
When you don't know how to use the character customisation
Krampus Sees You When You’re Sleeping, He Knows If You’ve Been Bad Or Good — And He Is Coming For You!
translation : greetings from the krampus. reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqG621-drmk
Photo Booth Selfies By French Surrealist Painter Yves Tanguy, Ca. 1928
Surrealism was born from a need to examine and understand the self; not the obvious visible self but the stream of one’s uncontrollable consciousness which the Surrealists felt was quotidian to human existence. When the Photomaton arrived on the Champs Élysées in Paris in 1928 it provided the perfect vehicle to make this cerebral happening a visual reality. This fascinating machine, invented by Anabol Josepho in 1925, produced an automatic strip of images without the intervention of an operator – it was the precursor and much more romantic version of today’s digital ‘Photo Me’ booth. Fuelled by photographic chemicals, it spat out a silver gelatin stream of images to the eagerly waiting sitter and provided almost instantaneous results. The Surrealists used and were obsessed by automatism, the act of letting thoughts flow freely without rationally thinking about them like free writing – the Photomaton (arguably) took control of the self, creating its own automatism. The automatic properties of the machine excited André Breton and immediately he related the unbiased and uncontrollable functions to those of the mind. Breton, said to be one of the first advocates of the booth, enthusiastically rounded up the Surrealists including Max Ernst, Luis Buñuel, René Magritte, Paul Éluard and Yves Tanguy (depicted in this photo strip) and put them one by one at its impartial mercy. The idea was that the impression produced would be an uncontrived imprint, a reflection of their psychological state or what they perceived as the ‘true-self’. Since the invention of the Photomaton, generations of artists have been fascinated by the ‘Photo-Booth’ concept and the human placed in its own very particular environment.
These Oversize Boots, Or Rather Stilts Made From Fibre Glass, Were Worn By Sir Elton John When He Played The Pinball Wizard Character In The Film Tommy, The Rock Opera, 1975
Tommy, the Rock Opera by The Who originated in 1969. The musical, Tommy came out as a movie in 1975 with Roger Daltrey in the lead role. Tommy was Elton John’s first major feature film role. He’s remembered as the Pinball Wizard and is credited as the Local Lad. “The Pinball Wizard” was a hit song in its own right. Reports are that Rod Stewart turned down the part. As the Pinball Wizard, he wore giant Doc Martens inspired boots, standing 54”, 4 foot 6.5 inches high. They were modeled after ‘cherry red’ Dr. Martens. They were made of molded fiberglass by an English company, the Northamptonshire chemical firm Scott Bader. The boots themselves were put together by the props department of Columbia Pictures. Elton’s costume included a pair of his trademark glasses. The memorable piece was the giant boots. They had platform supports above metal calipers. Leather straps attached to his legs allowing him to move as if he were on stilts. After filming, Elton, an avid collector, asked if he could keep the large boots that he wore for the part. In 1988, the boots, hundreds of pairs of spectacles and other items of Elton’s personal memorabilia were auctioned at Sotheby’s. Boot and shoe-maker Stephen Griggs bought the boots for $20,200. The boots are currently on permanent display at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery in The Shoe Collection.
The Braathens, Sverre And Faye, Were Active And Avid Circus Fans And Collectors
Sverre’s passion for circus began in the early 1900s when he was a boy waiting for and later watching the Gollmar Brothers Circus unload, parade, and perform on the Great Plains in the small town of Mayville, North Dakota. Sverre mixed his love of music with his love for circuses and began collecting circus music material. Through the years, his collection grew to include route books, business materials, periodicals, and massive amounts of correspondence between all levels of circus personnel – from band members to performers, riggers to roustabouts. Every season found the Braathens following circuses throughout the upper Midwest and it was while following circuses that his photographic talents emerged. This image of a clown, who has always been an integral part of the circus, was captured in the saturated colors of Kodachrome slides and dates from the early 1940s to the late 1950s
This Mask Could Come Straight From A Horror Film, Originally It Even Had False Teeth Stitched Into Its Mouth. It Is Made Of Leather, With Real Teeth Fixed In The Mouth And Human Hair Attached To The Forehead
The mask is today in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. This mask was first discovered in the 1840s in a cottage near Cumnock. Along with the wig and a sword it had just been handed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom. This grim mask dates from around 1660-1670 and was made to disguise the identity of Alexander Peden “The Prophet of the Covenant”. Also known simply as “Sandy”.
So this will appear behind you if you say sandyman three times in front of the mirror?
And do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around.
Load More Replies...In 1971, French Designer Ruth Francken Took A Fine Looking Young Man And Copied His Beautiful Backside With Plaster To Create A Mold For The Homme Chair (“Homme” Is French For “Man”)
The procedure to create this unique chair is supervised by the artist. A limited edition of the chair in various colored plastic material was sponsored by Scte. Eric and Xiane Germain, Paris. The base is made of stainless steel tubing. The plaster is made directly on the model. In 1983, Francken reissued the Homme in a numbered edition with Felix Canetti and the Galerie X Plus. After Canetti’s death she continued production on her own and went on numbering the copies sequentially.
"can I cover your buttocks with plaster and take photos of them?" "Ummm..." "It's for art"
Kari Byron worked at Jamie Hyneman's shop before Mythbusters came out. Their first season, they did an episode on flushing an airplane toilet while sitting on it. The myth was something about the pressure would make you stick to the toilet. Hyneman asked Byron to let them do a mold of her butt for the testing, and that's basically how she got to be one of the hosts.
If I was ever to design a chair, I would do it this way. Nothing would be more comfortable while simultaneously being lightweight.
Original Polaroid Of Ventriloquist Head Circa 1975, From Jim Linderman’s Collection
That Twilight Zone episode comes to mind.
Load More Replies...Vintage Portrait Of A Lady Known As “Tea Cup Sallie,” Ca. 1870s
Sadly, I'm even more delicate, although not as talented.
Load More Replies...As Ridiculous Looking As It Was, The Braun Astronette Remained In Production For Many Years In Both Europe And South America. Some Units Were Made In Argentina Meaning You Can Still Find A 110v That Will Work In The United States
Dry your hair, curlers and all without a trip to the salon. (Just a trip on the power cord)
The Cheerleader
"Sorry... best I can do is a T!" Omg I'm going to hell....
Load More Replies...How is this considered a “Moment In Time That Was Hyped Back In The Day But Aged Oddly?”
Apparently In The 1930s, Pageants Requiring The Contestants To Cover Their Faces Was Quite Commonplace, Whether For The Purpose Of Judging Only Their Bodies, Or Only Their Eyes, Which Are Both Scenarios
Probably last year's winner, tying the sash on the new winner
Load More Replies...Harold Lloyd’s Magnificent (Year-Round) Christmas Tree
Our tree had 4 generations of ornaments and they all went on the tree. The only thing we changed was the color of the lights every year.
Load More Replies...It’s Dangerous To Leave A Small Baby Unattended In The Bathtub, And Yet, When The Telephone Rings Or The Doorbell Must Be Answered, It Is Sometimes Inconvenient Not To Be Able To Do So
In 1939, Carl H. Fischer, a Council Bluffs, Iowa, engineer and father of three youngsters, solved this problem with the ingenious device. The baby is strapped in a harness that is attached to a metal bar. When the bar is turned, rubber pads threaded to the ends press tightly against the sides of the tub and hold the safety bar firmly in place
The age-old solution. Need to deal with a child? Tie it to something!
Invented by a father of 3 tells you mom had her hands full w 2 others kids while one was in the bath. She wasn't just stepping away to chat on the phone or because it's wine o'clock lol. 1939 mom of 3 probably had her hands VERY full doing everything by hand and by herself.
Or, crazy thought I know, take the child with you. Or don't answer the phone. "Yes my baby might be dead but at least I got reached about my car insurance".
ah maybe there is a generation issue here... a phonecall in 1939 wouldn't happen as often as now and probably would not be about car insurance.
Load More Replies...Really? If a child is not important enough to be supervised while in the bath, then you shouldn't have any children in your care.
Ummm this looks like a "guaranteed to kill your child" type of contraption should it malfunction.
We Can Recognize The Pumpkin To The Right But It Will Probably Take Us Some More Time To Guess The Character To The Left
A Couple At A Fair In Mexico, 1940
I went to the fair this week and got a lemon shake up and a funnel cake. No face wrap or crown of thorns.
No. Only my wife wears the thorns. Two crowns of thorns would be a luxury.
Anyone who liked these facts should check out No Such Thing As A Fish. It's a podcast run by the researchers of QI, a British quiz show where they share interesting facts with each other. It's available on pretty much all podcast platforms :)
Ooh thanks! I had been looking for a QI-like podcast!
Load More Replies...Edison did not "discover" or invent the light bulb. He was merely the first to develop one which lasted long enough to be commercially viable. And it's not entirely clear if he personally hit on the first successful filament material, or one of his team. He took credit for everything that came out of his lab, regardless of who actually had the ideas.
edison was the elon musk of his day. Buy others accomplishments and sell them as your own poorly.
Load More Replies...The titles of the episodes alone are enough to make me laugh out loud! It was watching “Qi” on BritBox where I learned that I’m even LESS smart than I thought I was. 😞 It’s the best source f amazing, interestng factoids I can think of!
I wish they still had the feedback section at the end of the articles so we could let them know how ridiculous they are!
Load More Replies...just fyi, most of these are only "partly" true. Whoever or whatever wrote the captions was either using an AI or got really high. I'd suggest cross checking anything before you file it in your brain.
Load More Replies...Anyone who liked these facts should check out No Such Thing As A Fish. It's a podcast run by the researchers of QI, a British quiz show where they share interesting facts with each other. It's available on pretty much all podcast platforms :)
Ooh thanks! I had been looking for a QI-like podcast!
Load More Replies...Edison did not "discover" or invent the light bulb. He was merely the first to develop one which lasted long enough to be commercially viable. And it's not entirely clear if he personally hit on the first successful filament material, or one of his team. He took credit for everything that came out of his lab, regardless of who actually had the ideas.
edison was the elon musk of his day. Buy others accomplishments and sell them as your own poorly.
Load More Replies...The titles of the episodes alone are enough to make me laugh out loud! It was watching “Qi” on BritBox where I learned that I’m even LESS smart than I thought I was. 😞 It’s the best source f amazing, interestng factoids I can think of!
I wish they still had the feedback section at the end of the articles so we could let them know how ridiculous they are!
Load More Replies...just fyi, most of these are only "partly" true. Whoever or whatever wrote the captions was either using an AI or got really high. I'd suggest cross checking anything before you file it in your brain.
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