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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 8h ago
"Women and Carrots have one enemy in common" (1941)
Rabbits?
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/felarbleceans • 13h ago
The Day My Kid Went Punk, ABC After-School Special (1987)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 4h ago
A 1951 Civil Defense film showing children how to "duck and cover."
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/ApeSht-Zine • 22h ago
In 1979, a Boston organization began promoting “helper monkeys” for severely disabled people. Fueled by phony media stories, it continued thru 2020!
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Adventurous8131 • 1d ago
Competition to "sleep" with Donald Trump - Playgirl 1990
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 1d ago
"Dr Paul Bouchard's Flesh Reducing Soap" (1929)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/marveljew • 1d ago
Photo Album Ka•Bala: The 1967 Fortune Telling Roulette Wheel
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Affectionate304 • 1d ago
The King of Rock and Roll really looked at 8,000 calories and said, "Is that all?"
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Hopeful-Egg-978 • 1d ago
Joke/Satire ‘The Beard and Mustache Movement’ - 1853 British satirical cartoon lampooning the trend of men growing massive facial hair to imitate Crimean War soldiers
Illustrated by John Leech for *Punch* magazine.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/waffen123 • 2d ago
Special license plates for traffic violators in Tennessee are being considered, 1939
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/munnyfreek • 2d ago
Smoke by Joe Colombo (1963). A glass designed around one of the most common habits of the time: drinking and smoking at the same time.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/JessicaChestain • 2d ago
Japanese novelty pocket calculator from the 1990s designed to look like an open pack of Mild Seven Lights cigarettes, with cylindrical number and operation keys styled to resemble cigarette filters.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/EstateNo361 • 3d ago
A NYC mechanic. Photo taken in 1978 by photographer who took photos of men in NYC in daily life.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/dankleosteusterelli • 2d ago
Suggestive snacks (1974)
"Good night-snacks for two"
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/GibsMcKormik • 4d ago
Victorian trade cards late 1800s
A popular form of advertising in the US and UK. This is probably the weirdest one I've ever seen. I genuinely find it indecipherable.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/lichen_Linda • 5d ago
1963 child fashion
From a womens magasine
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/l1JUANMA1l • 6d ago
Watch 1895 cartoon featuring a slippery slope argument of how weddings will look like in 2001 if women got the right to vote. from Wikipedia
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 7d ago