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inflatable exercise 'Air Jeans' 1972 | via retro-space
by retro-space
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Wink from flickr.com
Ian Fleming ~ “You Asked For It”
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Vintage postcard reminding us how valuable the right to torture women is. ~ "The Ducking – Stool and a nice deep pool, were our fore-fathers plan for a scold and could I have my way, each Suffragette to-day, Should “take the chair” and find the water cold."
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retro vertigo from cardcow.com
Jenny Henkel Wow. That is amazing.... And creepy.
Caption this!!!
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Jodi B ❤ There is so much wrong going on with this picture I don't even know where to start....
Vaen online great picture. If it was an ad, for which product would it have been? Farmersalade deluxe?
Paul Bennett Mittens knew one thing for dead certain: WHATEVER was about happen, that blanket could never be satisfactorily cleaned.
retro vertigo @Paul Bennett FTW!!!
Hairstyles "For a Lovelier You", 1960s. Choose between the "Cockade", the "Date-Bait", the "Tempt-Tress", and the "Cameo". Decisions, decisions...
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Cocaine Toothache Drops FOR CHILDREN. (1885)
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Advertisement for floral-print knit shirts and green suspender slacks for men and women, 1970s.
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Lori Shelton Worn with platforms, of course!
The more I stare at this, the more awesome I see.
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Jessica Bagge Is that Lady Ga Ga's mom?
Kayla Rigney "The higher the hair the closer to God?". Probably not in this case! ;)
shana smith this is truly magnificent
Lori Shelton I feel like a cigarette would complete this ensemble, but I'm sure that "hair" was highly flammable!
This advertisement is based on a true story.
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Wink Again, I'll be the voice of reason/doom: I can't find the ORIGINAL designer of this ad, but these typefaces didn't exist at the time that this ad is purported to be from. Nor would any advertiser misspell "canker sores" as "canker sours." Asthma cigarettes, however, were a real thing.
Wink Whaddya know, found the designer: "I should be able to shed some light on this. The two fonts used are 'Manzanita' and 'Aristrocrat'. I work at a sign company and I designed this one as a fledgling graphic designer about 8 years ago. We still sell this one quite often. I found most of the wording from old ads for actual asthma cigarettes. I made up the line "Not recommended for children under 6." Seemed appropriate for the time.... I think it is really funny how this has been presented as an authentic vintage advertisement on more than one site. Looks pretty fake too me! Hope this helped! posted by clean-images at 8:41 PM on March 27, 2011 Please ignore all my misspellings, on the art and my posts. I was schooled in Texas..... posted by clean-images at 8:43 PM on March 27, 2011"
retro vertigo Thanks for the info @Wink -- You know more than anyone here what a skeptic I am about this and I kinda figured it was an embellishment. Unfortunately, when I repinned it (thinking it was just too damn funny not to), I forgot to change the caption. Oh well... Anyhow I such a nerd for information, so thanks for posting!!! You're the best damn P.I. out there, kitten!
Posés stick-on bras, 1949.
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Christel Harden They look like ravioli.
retro vertigo @Christel Harden OMG they DO!!!
nothing says romantic like vintage brass bear figurines
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retro vertigo from fab.com
Patriot Dreams Something to display with pride....or to use in explaining the birds, & bees, & bears...oh my!
The Bionic Bigfoot!!!
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Sean R The Bionic Bigfoot episodes from The Six Million Dollar man were the scariest ones ever!
Moms depend on pork.
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Retro Trend from guyism.com
retro vertigo this disturbs me so
The Young, the Evil & the Savage ...bummer @Wink ...vagina was WAY better...
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Wink But this looks good, too! Alas, Netflix doesn't have it.
"The Young, Evil Vagina"
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Wink If anyone wants to see the original: http://wrongsideoftheart.co... Alt Title: Nude...Si Muore (Naked...You Die)
HamBanana. Fun to say, questionable to eat. (click through if you actually want the recipe)
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Wink from shoesandpie.com
Rob Lloyd HollaHamana!!! Are you kidding me?
Pink Tamale Looks like some crazy 70's shit! lol
Terry Barton hmmm..not too sure...
retro vertigo Everything pretty much makes sense...until you get to the sauce.
Wink @Pink Tamale 1973!
For that Glamour Look!
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retro vertigo I bet Kleenex is cheaper. ;)
Wink We still wear these. In the form of "cutlets" or padded bras. Or boob jobs!
What did they see?
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Lisa Myers Bulmash ... because you're now storing your blockage in the sleeves of your gown?
retro vertigo @Lisa Myers Bulmash HA!!
I'd have to be drinking to dress like this too.
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Vices... Now for chilluns.
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baby cage, 1937
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Beth I'm unnerved!
Penny Barlett Dr. Phil..."WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!!!"
Sarah Elizabeth Lol @ Penny!
Carrie McIntyre HOLY CRAP! :(
there's nothing more manly than a soldier with a fancy pussy.
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Allison Packer-Pennington Every time I'm sure he hangs to the right I change my mind.... are they upside down??
ca. 1860-1880, [ambrotype portrait two heavily bearded gentlemen in pajama-like costumes and elongated cone hats, possibly clowns]
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Carrie McIntyre Um.... Joaquin Phoenix and Jude Law?
retro vertigo @Carrie McIntyre ...dressed as gnomes!
Not vintage…but inappropriate, poorly conceptualized, and just plain wrong. HOO-HOO BOUQUET (not the real name) MAXI DRESS $32.20
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Wink from gojane.com
Really sure?!?
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Retro Trend from buzzfeed.com
retro vertigo Tampons?! Slut.
Retro Trend @retro vertigo I actually remember my grandmother trying to convince me that young ladies who wanted to use Tampons weren't ladies at all. Yeah. I just didn't want to be unprepared if I got my monthly visitor for the first time while at sleep- away camp. Talk about slutty!
retro vertigo @Retro Trend You tramp you!
...like this tender pork that's all loin...
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Retro Trend from buzzfeed.com
Wink BWAhahahaha! I am SO going to ask the bf if his "tender pork is all loin." Let's watch him blush!
Normally I'd insert a slightly wrong caption here- but this is too disturbing of a visual. flavorwire.com/...
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the hell?
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Lisa Myers Bulmash OMG. And I thought black girls did some extreme things to their hair.
Wink Next time you think to yourself, "Jeez, this salon smells like perm solution," remember that it's better than the stench of burnt hair. :)
Emily Bisignano Those were the first perm machines that used a chemical solution and an electrical current. They often over processed your hair.
Banana Candle // When Used Books Attack: Banana Edition (click through for hilarious vintage cookbook post)
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Wink from bookriot.com
retro vertigo Phallic crafts are almost usually nearly always absolutely appropriate. For all ages.
I can not even begin spell the guttural noise I made when I read "Spam & Veg-All Goulash."
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Wink from creativepro.com
Wink Does anyone else think the Spam looks suspiciously like a kitchen sponge?
Pat McQuillan It does. lol.. .my mom used to buy veg-all-how I hated it.
It's the chef that counts. ~ ©retrovertigovintage.com
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No Pattern Required Nice! I LOVE vintage celebrity recipes!
Erica Gamet Shouldn't that be "Beefcake" Stew?
retro vertigo I can just imagine...He and his 'stache, chewing gum like a coke fiend, working some magic at the stove in nothing more than bikini briefs and a silk bathrobe. Also his hair hat has the uncanny ability to defend his goodies from spattering bacon grease. ...but I digress...
Laura Osburne Oh my gosh, I was getting the identical mental picture!
AAAAAAAAAAA!
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retro vertigo that should be pinned to my soon to be created 'terrifying bunnies' board.
Jodi B ❤ Gahh! It looks like a relative of the rabbit from "Donnie Darko."
Stacy Alberico @Lara Wright funny bunny
Carrie McIntyre Hey retro, how'd you know I have a 'kill the wabbit' board? :)
SarahAnntiques Thats kinda a freaky rabbit. But, so cool
Cake or death?
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Wink Death. No; cake, cake!
Laura Osburne oh all right, give him cake. :P
Resist leaning on brick walls. You never know what you might get....easily.
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Vintage rollerskate sandals?
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retro vertigo from etsy.com
Christi Harris I wantd these so bad when I was a kid- featured once on CHiP's, a thief (female) made her getaway on these.
retro vertigo ponch
hmmm
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retro vertigo Do you think this is for real?
Dorothea's Closet Vintage you know....it very well may not be, looking at that font. I didn't even stop to think about that.
Wink Not real, sorry. As @Dorothea's Closet Vintage suspected, that headline is set in Fontdinerdotcom, designed around 1996.
Wink The kerning is also godawful, Pontiac's ad agency would never publish that!
three legged pants
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retro vertigo I'm so confused.
Retro Trend @Dorothea's Closet Vintage You beat me to it! Now don't get cocky...
The Unknown Comic's mother.
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retro vertigo That is one handsome lady.
Hilary Ross Saul Steinberg
Where does a mermaid keep her cigarettes? 1939 Spud Cigarette ad. (whaaat?)
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Wink And how does she keep them dry?
retro vertigo @Wink You're a supergenius!!!
Baby Laugh-a-Lot Commercial ~ This is the stuff emotional scars are truly made of.
by narciso151
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retro vertigo from youtube.com
retro vertigo What the hell?! I don't know what happened here, but there seems to be a whole bunch more video than I originally saw. Maybe I pinned the wrong link... The commercial I was referring to isn't until the very end of the video.
More wonderful, vintage ephemera if you follow the link, but this was the one that made me raise an eyebrow.
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Wink from creativepro.com
julia novaes You are a very composed one. Just an eyebrow really?
Christine Harris Keep her for a pet and eat "here"?
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retro vertigo Seriously. I NEED those pants!!!!!
retro vertigo Lemme just say it again. I NEEEEEEEED those pants!!!
retro vertigo MUST! HAVE! HOT DOG PANTS!
retro vertigo Crap, I mean shorts... (Cuz pants would make my head explode!)
Wink I would pay real U.S. currency to have been a fly on the wall at that photo shoot. Because I cannot imagine that a single person on the set did not find those to be 100% ridiculous. Especially—now that I notice that A. you're supposed to inflate the shorts AFTER donning them and B. there appear to be about 20 air nozzles—while some stylist's poor assistant was on their hands and knees awkwardly inflating the shorts.