Narcotics & dangerious drugs identification kit from the 1960s

The Laughing Squid posts these pictures made by Rusty Blazenhoff and Ken Dashner, along with a little information they found on Wiley Onlin...

From the archives: young bad ass Teddy Roosevelt

Photo c. 1877 (he was c. 19) via

Vintage anti-smoking ad

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Desperate women, cca. 1900

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Time for a Christmas gift!

Colt ad from 1939. enlarge via

Outfit designed to be worn while eating a midnight snack

click to enlarge Schrank's "Living Loungerie" - to women who don't sleep well.

Look who reads the Bible

view larger Sonny and Cher advertising The Good Book (1971) Buy this print

Women workers

During World War II most men were gone to war and there were serious shortages in the workforce at home. As part of the solution, companies ...

The bad mommy

When it comes to shoving laxatives down your daughter's throat, that brat can turn out to be a little bitch. Here's an old senna la...

Vintage Computer Programmers Ad

From the computer programmers crisis of the 1970's: via

Japanese War Tubas

In this picture taken in the 1930s, you can see Japanese Emperor Hirohito inspecting a fleet of giant tubas, with anti-aircraft guns in the ...

Anti-Drinking Ads

If you saw this, would you stop drinking? More vintage anti-drinking ads on Photobasement

Pranks On A Plane

From the Virgin Atlantic Airways passenger brochure: via

Condoman Says: Protect Yourself!

This poster, created by the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health in Australia in 1991, combines cartoons and sex educati...

Cigarette Holder For Nudists

Ah, yes. This is the answer to all my problems. via

The Diving Horses Of Atlantic City

The Diving Horse was the main attraction of Steel Pier in Atlantic City back in the 1920s, in which horses dove into a pool of water, someti...

Vintage Mentos ad

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The main difference between men and women

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What happens when you run into your ex

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