From Popular Science...

[donnie]

Interesting article on the photographer known as Weegee and his trick photos.

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[donnie]

And the last page, which wouldn't load above:

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[Kitty]

My favorite part - "It's so confusing," says Virginia Mayo.

[donnie]

Attractive ad from a '49 issue:

[Kitty]

Do they still sell Beech Nut? I've never had it.

That art reminds me of Days of Our Lives.

[donnie]

Do they still sell Beech Nut? I've never had it.

I don't think so. I've never had any either. From the name and the looks of the package, it seems like it would be good.

Yes, it does have kind of a Days of Our Lives-ish vibe.

[donnie]

How exciting! Seeing yourself on TV. Somehow these never caught on.

As for the uses in the last paragraph, what could you do with this that you couldn't do with an ordinary mirror?

[Kitty]

As for the uses in the last paragraph, what could you do with this that you couldn't do with an ordinary mirror?

Yeah, seems odd that they'd tout this as a benefit. Probably why it never caught on: people thought the same thing you just did.

[donnie]

Self-assembled cardboard furniture, Sept. 1952. (I omitted steps 2-9.)

$20 in 1952 is...$244 in today's money.
Check out that cool vintage TV.

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[Kitty]

Perhaps he shouldn't be smoking while sitting in a cardboard lounge chair .....