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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Heron554 • 1d ago
Panel from Jack T. Chick's Christian evangelistic comic booklet, "A Demon's Nightmare" (original version from the early 1960s/1970s)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Affectionate4704 • 1d ago
The Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Cairo 1896 pretending to be a mummy
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/TheShyBuck • 2d ago
a Scotsman struggling to keep his kilt down in the wind and rain. Postcard, early 20th century.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MaggieLinzer • 3d ago
Behold! The grotesque freak of nature known as the Stegosaur!!
(This was published in The Washington Post on June 23rd, 1912, for anybody curious!)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Rough6935 • 3d ago
Windows 95 launch event
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/jeremykunayak • 4d ago
Bobbi Gibb applied to run the Boston Marathon in 1966. Her application was rejected as “women were not physiologically capable" of running marathon distances. She ran it regardless, hiding until the race started. The other (male) racers are said to have been supportive of her running the race.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Giantsgiants • 3d ago
Canadian PSA from nonprofit organization Concerned Children's Advertisers about proper nutrition during their "Long Live Kids" campaign - February 10, 2006
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 3d ago
A 1951 Civil Defense film showing children how to "duck and cover."
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 4d ago
"Women and Carrots have one enemy in common" (1941)
Rabbits?
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/ApeSht-Zine • 4d ago
In 1979, a Boston organization began promoting “helper monkeys” for severely disabled people. Fueled by phony media stories, it continued thru 2020!
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Adventurous8131 • 4d ago
Competition to "sleep" with Donald Trump - Playgirl 1990
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 5d ago
"Dr Paul Bouchard's Flesh Reducing Soap" (1929)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/marveljew • 5d ago
Photo Album Ka•Bala: The 1967 Fortune Telling Roulette Wheel
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Affectionate304 • 5d ago
The King of Rock and Roll really looked at 8,000 calories and said, "Is that all?"
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Hopeful-Egg-978 • 5d ago
Joke/Satire ‘The Beard and Mustache Movement’ - 1853 British satirical cartoon lampooning the trend of men growing massive facial hair to imitate Crimean War soldiers
Illustrated by John Leech for *Punch* magazine.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/waffen123 • 6d ago
Special license plates for traffic violators in Tennessee are being considered, 1939
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/munnyfreek • 6d ago