Weird Vintage Photos (28 pics)

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In 1916, Sisters, Adeline And Augusta Van Buren Became The First Women To Travel Across The USA On Two Solo Motorcycles. They Made It Despite Frequently Being Arrested For Wearing Pants!!!

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1939 Schlörwagen... Built By German Engineer Hans Schlör Von Westhofen Dirmstein To Resemble The Shape Of An Airplane Wing. This Car Was More Aerodynamicaly Efficient Than Most 21th Century Cars With A Cw Value Of Just 0,15!

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A Test Audience Reacting To The Chest Burster Scene In Alien, 1979

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Air Conditioned Luxury Lawn Mower In The 1950's

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A British Chamberpot With A Built-In Small Bust Of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ca.1803-05

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Late Victorian Mountaineers, Including A Fully Dressed And Corseted Lady, Cross A Crevasse In The Alps (1900)

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Department Store Wax Mannequins Melting During A Heatwave In 1929. (Via Alex Eccleston)

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From Circa 1975, An Ad For Men's Business Attire. With Western Canada Breaking Temperature Records All Over The Place, This Might Not Be A Bad Idea

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Ford Unsuccessfully Tried To Reinvent The (Steering) Wheel

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Martin Claus 1892-1975

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The Unbroken Seal On King Tutankhamun's Tomb, Which Stayed 3,245 Years Untouched Until The Excavation In 1922

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A Disguised Secret Witness Testifies In A Courtroom On A Drug Case. Washington, 30 April 1952

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A Lady’s Compact From The 1920’s

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The Motormat Drive-In,invented By Kenneth C. purdy, where The Food Tray Was Sent Out On Rails (1948) Los Angeles

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Up Until 1948, 7up Put Lithium In Their Soda. For Those Unaware, That Is A Mood Stabilizer And It Is Very Much Still In Use Today

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Luna Park, Melbourne. Google It. The Place Was (And Is) Amazing

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A Couple Gets Into Their Bmw Isetta, Through The Front Door, 1950

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Im Henson Helping An Old Lady ( Aughra) Cross The Street In 1982. "Aughra Is A Major Character From Jim Henson's 1982 Film The Dark Crystal And The Deuteragonist Of The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Prequel Series. She Was Performed By Puppeteer Frank Oz, With The Late Billie Whitelaw Providing Her Voice. In The 2019 Prequel Age Of Resistance, She Is Performed By Kevin Clash And Voiced By Donna Kimball."

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Giant Studebaker. World's Largest Vehicle Under Construction. Chicago, 1934

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Ge Walking Truck, 1969

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It’s True It These Weird Trousers Were The Mad Rage In The 1920’s

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The Berlin Gold Hat (German: Berliner Goldhut) Is A Late Bronze Age Artefact Made Of Thin Gold Leaf. It Served As The External Covering On A Long Conical Brimmed Headdress, Probably Of An Organic Material. It Is Now In The Neues Museum On Museum Island In Berlin. The Berlin Gold Hat Is The Best Preserved Specimen Among The Four Known Conical Golden Hats From Bronze Age Europe So Far. Of The Three Others, Two Were Found In Southern Germany, And One In The West Of France. (...) It Is Generally Assumed That The Hats Served As The Insignia Of Deities Or Priests In The Context Of A Sun Cult That Appears To Have Been Widespread In Central Europe At The Time. The Hats Are Also Suggested To Have Served Astronomical/Calendrical Functions

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Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930

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Beauty Treatment For Women: 1941 The Glamour Bonnet Went Over A Woman's Head, And The Attached Hose Was Supposed To Create Low Atmospheric Pressure Like A Vacuum To Improve Skin Complexion

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Frank Zappa In The Background. Ringo Starr, Playing Frank Zappa, In The Foreground. From The Movie “200 Motels” (1971) Written And Directed By Frank Zappa And Tony Palmer

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Philippe Halsman, The Versatile Jean Cocteau, 1949

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Je Règle Mon Pas Sur Le Pas De Mon Père Friedrich Seidenstücker : In His Father’s Trousers, C. 1950