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Our Weird Past

curious pop cultural artifacts from america's awkward earlier years

Month: January 2026

those tiny dancing lights that suggest auburn

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, hair, womanLeave a comment on those tiny dancing lights that suggest auburn

puts sagging internal organs back into place

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, electricity, health, men, quack medicineLeave a comment on puts sagging internal organs back into place

dance, dine, motor for hours

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, hygiene, womenLeave a comment on dance, dine, motor for hours

save you from further humiliation

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on save you from further humiliation

a safeguard of feminine daintiness

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, hygiene, quack medicine, womenLeave a comment on a safeguard of feminine daintiness

they may offend others

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, books, educationLeave a comment on they may offend others

no surgical operation requiring chloroform

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, medicine, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on no surgical operation requiring chloroform

hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, diathermy, radium, medical gymnastics, electrical exercises

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazines, travelTags 1910s, food, health, quack medicine, travelLeave a comment on hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, diathermy, radium, medical gymnastics, electrical exercises

airy globules, steam exploded

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, cereal, food, healthLeave a comment on airy globules, steam exploded

life prolonging apparatus

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, electricity, quack medicineLeave a comment on life prolonging apparatus

muscle freedom

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, men, underwearLeave a comment on muscle freedom

soft massy fluffiness

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, beauty, hairLeave a comment on soft massy fluffiness

i went after 13 head and bagged the lot

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, newsTags 1910s, gunsLeave a comment on i went after 13 head and bagged the lot

recommend to nursing mothers

Beer marketed as “health tonic” to elegant ladies who otherwise wouldnt stoop to such common refreshments

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, beer, quack medicineLeave a comment on recommend to nursing mothers

gain renewed vigor, health and strength

bsically just fortified wine sold at a drugstore so that “respectable people” can be drunks without public scrutiny or stigma

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicineLeave a comment on gain renewed vigor, health and strength

your wife wont be afraid

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, gunsLeave a comment on your wife wont be afraid

positively safe against accidental discharge

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, bicycles, guns, motorcyclesLeave a comment on positively safe against accidental discharge

no hawaiians

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 13, 2026Categories humor, magazinesTags 1930s, humor, new york cityLeave a comment on no hawaiians

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Radio Ultrabunny - a youtube playlist of music to go with this blog

Bilge Dasto - An independent music label. Weird and Free Underground Music from Connecticut USA

Bilge Dasto Group Corporation. S.A. GmbH Ltd. - Bilge Dasto's youtube channel with original music and live band videos

Ultrabunny - A Noise Rock Band from Connecticut USA - Blowing Minds and Speakers since 1988

BunnyBrains - An earlier incarnation of the band Ultrabunny

Our Weird Past - Ads and Pop Culture oddities of the 19th and 20th Centuries

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