History's Dumpster: 1950s

History's Dumpster = GLORIOUS trash! Kitsch, music, fashion, food, history, ephemera, and other memorable and forgotten, famous and infamous pop culture junk and oddities of yesterday and today. Saved from the landfill of time...

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Friday, April 23, 2021

Dick Tracy Wrist Radio (1947)

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The Dick Tracy Wrist Radio was a crystal radio, powered by nothing by AM radio waves, an aerial and grounding wire connected to a ground...

Friday, November 29, 2019

The Last 78 RPM Records

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"Gwendolyne" Julio Iglesias (1970, Colombia) Image: Discogs What was the last 78 RPM record? I've been asked this ques...

Friday, October 25, 2019

Dumpster Diving in The Internet Archive

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If you love random free, old, fun and useful stuff. But can't find anything useful on the curb outside and you're tired o...

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Friday, October 11, 2019

Hospital Radio

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Image: Sheffield Hospital Radio It was an American idea that became a British institution that is almost completely unheard of i...

Monday, September 09, 2019

Can't Get This Stuff No More: Discontinued Grocery Items of the '50s to the '90s

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