History's Dumpster: Rare

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, 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, April 26, 2019

Unscoped Radio Aircheck: KMSC 102.1 Clear Lake City, TX August 17, 1968

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This is most likely not Ellen, the DJ you hear on the aircheck below (I picked the photo because the studio equipment was period-correct ...

Monday, April 08, 2019

The 1972 Xerox Alto: The Worlds First Internet PC

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Photo: Michael Hick/Flickr The year was 1972 and everything was perfectly normal. People sent text messages through snail mail, watched...

Friday, November 02, 2018

KIRO-TV's Telephonic Happening

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On Saturday nights at 11:15pm in early 1971, after the 11PM evening newscast was over and the older folks were likely going to bed or w...

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Cocaine Advertising of the '70s and '80s

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While marijuana paraphernalia was/is everywhere, it's much rarer to find products specifically for the cocaine user. But at one time...

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