On the plane, in class… You know, that guy with his feet on the back of your chair? Well, he’s just avoiding strain on his back while sitting.
Photos from Care Of The Back, Industrial Edition, William K. Ishmael, M.D., F.A.C.P. and Howard B. Shorbe, M.D., F.A.C.S., Distributed by Safety Department with Approval of Abbott Skinner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Great Northern Railway Company.
Not one, not two, but three photos of the public instruction vehicles for driver education adorn the pages of Safer Motoring: A Guide For Young Drivers, prepared by the State of Delaware State Department of Public Instruction, Division of Health, Physical, & Driver Education; circa 1957. Plus, one of some cars and drivers which is without a caption or credit.
The Isolator by Hugo Gernsback, as it appeared on the cover of, and the pages in between, the July 1925 issue of Science and Invention.
While Attention Deficit Order, with or without hyperactivity, isn’t mentioned (it didn’t exist as a diagnosis back then), The Isolator was designed to help focus the mind, particularly when reading and writing (literacy is hard work!). The helmet not only eliminated all outside noise, limited sight to just one line of text at a time, but it also pumped in oxygen. From the looks of it, the contraption would also assist in limiting hyperactivity by limiting movement, or, between weight and limited visibility, it would at least slow you down.
Via A Great Disorder and 50 Watts. At Boing Boing, Mark captions the mag cover “Portrait of a Blogger in the 1920s.”
Natalie Wood’s little sister, Lana Wood, reminds me of this pulp cover.
Cover of a vintage map of California from Tide Water Oil Company, “You’re always welcome!” at Flying A Dealers; circa 1950.
Photo found inside Vacation On Wheels booklet, by Maury Delman, distributed by National Research Bureau, Inc. No date; circa 1970s.
Or at least how Standard Brands wanted your counters to look. A photo of all the Standard Brands, Inc. brands, circa 1968, which included Royal “Shake-A Pudd’n (as well as other puddings, baking powder, & cheesecakes) Planter’s peanuts (including Mr. Peanut peanut butter), Fleischmann’s yeast and margarine, Blue Bonnet margarine, Siesta coffee — the oxymoron beverage of choice, Chase & Sanborn coffee, Tender Leaf teas, Hunt Club Burger Bits dog food…
Photo inside Fleischmann’s New Treasury of Yeast Baking: Introducing Rapidmix, The No-Dissolve Method.
Cover of Police At The Funeral, 1967. (Click the link to read my review — and/or buy the book!)
Photo inside a vintage travel brochure from Three Lakes, Wisconsin. (More pics & fun if you follow the link!)
Isn’t that why you shouldn’t drink the water?
Vintage ad for gasoline found in The Gazer Pocket Guidebook To Mexico; issue is number 44 (of the XV year No. 772) dated for the week of March 5-11, 1965.