30 Weird Old-School Randoms With a Bit of Context

History is vast because it contains, well, everything that ever happened.

Published 6 months ago in Funny

History is vast because it contains, well, everything that ever happened.

We all learned about the big moments in school, and most of that is pretty boring. But the things they probably didn’t show you in school can get pretty strange, fascinating, and funny.

Old ads that seem to encourage hitting women, a band of people wearing only tires, and Soviet children standing around a lightbulb like possessed demons are just a few of the weirdest snapshots from history that we’ve found.

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1958 ad for Tunies Tuna Hot Dogs!
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Whiskey Vending Machine, 1960.
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William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building, dressed as The Chrysler Building at the Society of Beaux Arts Architects ball.
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Joe E. Brown attends an adult baby party in the opening scene of Broad-Minded (1931) .

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NY Times Dec 21 1924 - Hitler Tamed By Prison
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News clipping from the New York Daily Mirror, c. 1950s.
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Medieval Art depicting Apollo killing Ganymede by piercing his eye!
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The house band for the Michelin Radio Hour, 1928.
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“Black and White Minstrels”, 1991.
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Mister Merry’s Play Lighter
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Master butcher Török Sándor with two of his sons, and prize 420 kilogram Mangalica pig. Törökszentmiklós, Hungary, 1922.
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An Ad For Coffee.
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Can you compete with your daughter's little girl look?
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Start your stamp collecting journey with HITLER HEADS! (1951)
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Teenagers Weekly, 1963.
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Hefty Girls Wanted for Police Force (must be fairly good looking). Ad of the London Metropolitan Police, 1930s.
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Buster Brown shoes, circa 1905.
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Wife of photographer E.F. Buchan of Worthington Minnesota.
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Ad for mayonnaise cakes.
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Soviet children in Siberia standing in-front UV light baths during winter, 1980s.
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Experimental Dutch bike.
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A means of communication between driver and passenger, 1970.
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White Castle Employee Guidelines, 1940s.
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Guinness Book of World Records x Hostess Ad.
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Liberace takes a bubble bath, 1978.
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Underwear ad.
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A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
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