Craig Sexton of 1-800-Got Junk has seen all kinds of weird things in the many estate clean-ups he's done. There was a fridge of rotted cheese and rotted cans of salmon. But nothing prepared Sexton for what he found in the suite above an old deli called the Lido in east Vancouver in February. picked by Moogle 2 months ago

An eighteen-year-old girl's story of her hoboing days riding the rails during the Great Depression. picked by amador 2 years ago

Classic Max Fleischer featuring Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor.

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See character drawings and script picked by suebe 4 months ago

Researchers are making another attempt at building a flying machine that uses the unique “cyclogyro” mechanism for generating a lifting force.... similar to the paddle wheels of a steamboat. Although cyclogyros were originally invented in the 1930s and a few companies have built different versions of the machine, there are no records of any successful flights. picked by snood 10 months ago

...Stern, a former World Bank economist, who wrote the report, concludes that ignoring climate change could lead to huge economic upheaval. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The Hobbit, the tiny human fossil found in a cave on an Indonesian island in 2003 and claimed as a new species, was a modern human whose teeth had been worked on by a dentist, possibly in the 1930s, according to a scientist whose new book is set to inflame debate. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Photography lost its innocence many years ago. In as early as the 1930s, shortly after the first commercially available camera was introduced, Stalin had his enemies "air-brushed" out of photographs. Here are some examples of digital tampering in the media, politics, and the law. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Here's a newsreel from the 1930s about what they thought we would all be wearing in AD2000. picked by DemureArt 4 months ago

$500, $1000, all the way to $100,000. These bills were printed in the 1920s and 1930s and all were recalled in 1969. You'll (probably) never own one but at least you can see what they looked like. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

Moscow! Through the eyes of its Communist planners in the 1930s to 1950s. picked by amador 2 years ago

California condor lays an egg in Mexico for the first time since the 1930s. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

The 17th century punishment for sex crimes was public humiliation and 1930s Britons pretended to be drunk so they could get away with sex on the beach.

Historical attitudes to sex in Britain will be laid bare for all to see this week in archives which reveal a nation rich in sexual experience and enthusiasm. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Ad from 1930s, the message seems to be “Feed your kids Cocomalt so you don’t have to send them to visit pervy sunlamp guy.” picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago