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Category Archives: Oddities
Moss Landing: 1919 First Whale Caught (3 photos)
These 3 fascinating photos were sent to me by reader Carol Harrington: Photo#1: Photo#2: Photo#3:
Posted in Fascinating Stuff, Moss Landing, Oddities, Old California, Vintage Photos
Tagged 1919, 3 photos, Calif, First Whale Caught, Moss Landing
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Fun Stuff: Crazy Invention 1932
1932 Fire alarm box puts handcuff on user.
Apple Sues Over Patent Infringement
Complaints: shawnwees@nomail.com
Posted in Fun Stuff, Oddities, Technology
Tagged Apple, funstuff, questionable device, Samsung
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1896 Oxydonor – Gives Vigorous Health!
What the heck were they thinking? It looks like she’s tethered to a fishbowl. Bizarre!
1932 Radio Ashtray
Posted in Fun Stuff, Oddities
Tagged 1932, Popular Science Magazine, Radio, smoking stand
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1932 Air Driven Auto – Check out this car!
Posted in Automobiles, Fun Stuff, Oddities
Tagged 1932, Air driven auto, Popular Science Magazine
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1932 Cars On Stilts
Splash along as you please on flooded roads and highways. Simply raise your car up on stilts so that the body rests several feet above the undercarriage and wheels, and GO!
Posted in Automobiles, Disaster Diary, Felton Grove, Fun Stuff, Oddities, Santa Cruz, Weather
Tagged Car on stilts, flood
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Oddities: Operation Halt’s Girl’s Laughing – 1936
This article was in the Los Angeles Times March 8, 1936: Ten days of spasmodic laughing ended today for Teresa Hawkins. The 18 year old brunet business college student rested comfortably after an abdominal operation to relieve a psychoneurotic condition. … Continue reading
Oddities: A Product of the Paris Morgue – 1881
This article was in the Los Angeles Daily Times Dec. 4, 1881: (New York Telegram) Last week the habitues of the Paris Morgue were greatly puzzled by a curious India-rubber leg that lay exposed for recognition on one of the … Continue reading
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