History's Dumpster

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...

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...

Thursday, April 22, 2021

The Classic Public School Pizza Recipe

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Long derided by snooty food critics entirely too old to be eating in school cafeterias anyway, The classic American Public School Pizz...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The S&H Green Stamps

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If there was an American institution sorely missed now more than ever, it's the Sperry & Hutchinson Green Stamps. But there's...

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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