July 5, 2006

Stencil Is Used to Tan Name or Initials on Bathers’ Skin (Sep, 1929)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1929
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Stencil Is Used to Tan Name or Initials on Bathers’ Skin

FAIR bathers may initial their skin this summer with a “paint” that only time will erase, if they so desire. Stencils, in which the name or initials of the owner are cut, are held or taped on the skin. The stencil is easily made from a piece of cardboard or similar material. The photos at right and below show Raquel Torres, M-G-M motion picture star, tanning her name on her skin.

June 30, 2006

Electric Mask Removes Lines and Sags From Milady’s Face (Jun, 1933)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1933
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Electric Mask Removes Lines and Sags From Milady’s Face

BEAUTY may be spiritual, but it seems to thrive best on mechanical aids. Proof of this may be found in an electric face moulding mask recently introduced by Dr. Joseph Brueck, Viennese and New York beauty specialist. In the mask is embedded a battery of heating coils which generate a warmth that quickly banishes lines, wrinkles and sags from milady’s face whether they be due to age, illness or hard work.

While milady is being made beautiful, she breathes through a tube set between the lips of the mask, and views the world through eyes cut where eyes should be.

June 29, 2006

Modern Methods Improve Ancient Tattooing Art (Jun, 1932)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1932
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Modern Methods Improve Ancient Tattooing Art

TATTOOING is one of the most ancient arts in the world. Even before man had learned to write—and centuries before he could print—he practiced the art of pricking various designs and symbols and pictures into the human skin.

Down through the ages men and women have tattooed themselves for a wide variety of reasons. Early tribes tattooed their faces to make themselves appear more ferocious and powerful in battle. Other tribes tattooed their whole bodies as a protection from the rays of the sun and from the eyes of their enemies. Then the custom sprang up of tattooing the various parts of the body for religious purposes, or to show membership in a certain family or clan, or to make themselves more attractive to the opposite sex, or as evidence that a youth had reached the marriageable age.
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June 27, 2006

Hand-Cranked Toothbrush (Oct, 1944)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1944
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THAT UP-AND-DOWN MOTION that dentists tell us we should use in brushing our teeth is easily accomplished by the use of a new manually operated rotary toothbrush invented by Denis Borgeat, Montreal, Canada. The shape of the handle allows the user to take a firm grip and vary the pressure of the brush against the teeth. Since the bristles are arranged in a spiral sequence, there is a transverse as well as vertical brushing motion. The construction has been kept simple and open to enable the user to keep the brush clean and free from accumulations of toothpaste.

June 16, 2006

I wish I could gain flesh (Dec, 1934)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1934
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A SKINNY man hasn’t a chance. I wish I could gain flesh.
NEW EASY WAY ADDS 5 to 15 LBS.—QUICK!

DOCTORS for years have prescribed yeast to build up health. But now with this new discovery you can get far greater tonic results than with ordinary yeast—regain health, and also put on pounds of firm flesh— and in a far shorter time.
Not only are thousands quickly gaining solid, good-looking pounds, but also clear skin, freedom from indigestion and constipation, new abounding pep.
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Beautifully Sucked (Sep, 1932)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1932
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Suction Treatment for Beauty

A BEAUTIFYING method that cleans the skin by suction, utilizing vacuum cleaner principles, has made its appearance. The system makes use of a small electric motor driving a vacuum pump to which are attached four flexible hose.
On the end of each hose is a nozzle made of glass which is run over the face in the same manner as a vacuum cleaner, the suction drawing all the dirt out of the pores of the skin. While the suction is very gentle, it is sufficient to remove all blackheads and smooth out wrinkles.

June 10, 2006

Rub Listerine on Your Face After Shaving (Oct, 1927)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1927
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AFTER SHAVING
HERE IS A GOOD BET

Have you ever tried Listerine after shaving? You will like it.

We are so certain of this that we are willing to risk the cost of this page to tell you about it.
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June 9, 2006

Inflated Plastic Suit Shields Worker in Atomic Laboratory (Sep, 1954)

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Issue: Sep, 1954
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Inflated Plastic Suit Shields Worker in Atomic Laboratory

Radioactive dust doesn’t bother a worker at the General Electric plutonium plant in Richland, Wash., who walks around in a plastic balloon. The suit provides a protective barrier against radiation in “hot” areas, permitting checking for contamination, cleanup and maintenance work. A flexible plastic tunnel at the rear of the suit connects to a port in the wall, provides air and serves as an entrance and exit passage. An air mask is worn ready for use in case the suit develops a leak. The suit and tunnel remain inflated because air inside the contaminated room is at a lower pressure than air on the outside. Any flow of air is into the contaminated area rather than out.

June 5, 2006

Calling all Men… STRIP-TEASE NECKTIE THAT GLOWS IN THE DARK (Feb, 1948)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1948
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Calling all Men…
STRIP-TEASE NECKTIE THAT GLOWS IN THE DARK

“SHE LOSES HER CLOTHES AS SHE GLOWS IN THE DARK”

Astounding: new STRIPTEASE NECKTIE Is the latest rage from coast to coast! Spectacular new novelty tie creation for men who demand the distinctive and unusual! Brings gasps of. sheer wonder. thrilling admiration the first time you wear it! By day, smart, handsome tie that is unrivalled for sheer beauty and extravagant good looks, by night a. glorious goddess of light revealed for all to see! She loses her clothes as she glows in the dark! A glorious, gleaming blonde beauty revealed in daring pose In the briefest of costumes, mysterious and magnificent! Write today and if you don’t agree this outstanding new necktie sensation is the mast exciting tie you’ve ever seen—it costs you absolutely nothing.
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June 1, 2006

WHO’D BELIEVE I WAS SKINNY AND LONELY A FEW WEEKS AGO (Aug, 1935)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1935
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WHO’D BELIEVE I WAS SKINNY AND LONELY A FEW WEEKS AGO

Thousands Are Quickly Gaining 5 to 15 Lbs. This New Easy Way

DON’T think you’re “born” to be skinny and friendless. Thousands with this new, easy treatment have gained husky pounds, new good looks — in just a few weeks!
Doctors for years have prescribed yeast for health. But this new yeast tablet discovery gives double results — health, and solid, new flesh — and far quicker.
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May 29, 2006

New Goggles of polaroid are now (Dec, 1944)

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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1944
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New Goggles of polaroid are now
being issued to Army Air Forces personnel. Like a large windshield, the single lens of shatterproof plastic provides unobstructed vision and protects against frostbite and flash fires.

May 20, 2006

Milk Spray Aids Sun Tan (May, 1938)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1938
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Milk Spray Aids Sun Tan
Bathers at Willow Lake, near Glendale, Calif., have adopted mass-production methods to speed up the process of acquiring coveted coats of sun tan. They employ a motor-driven atomizer to apply a newly developed milk spray, which is said to protect the skin from unaccustomed exposure to the sun’s rays and to help prevent burning- and peeling.

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