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Cigarette manufacturers in the late 1880’s began inserting stiffening cards into their cigarette packs to strengthen the paper container. It wasn’t long before they put artwork, famous people, pretty girls, and trivia onto those cards grouped into collectible series. Production of these cards continued into the 1940s and are highly valuable today. The most expensive … Read more
How the movie industry became the giant that it is today is all thanks to the amazing people (back in the 1880s) who experimented with photos, stitching them together to produce the illusion of a motion picture. Whether you’re a cineaste or just a regular movie buff, these nine of the earliest films ever made … Read more
Ahh, the things we do for beauty, the things we wear for fashion. But it’s not just today that people are willing to bear the extra pain to be fashionable and trendy and beautiful. In 1908, Doctor O’Followell’s Le Corset (The Corset) explored and showcased through x-rays, the nasty health consequences corsets caused on women’s … Read more
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Compared to today’s standards and yes, equal society, these dating tips from back in 1938 can easily come across as sexist.
Anxiety disorders are often met with negative prejudices. Admiringly, more and more people who suffer from chronic anxiety have become brave enough to…