These figurines were released by Hardee's in 1989 as part of a co-promotion with Tang who was using the characters in their commercials at the time! This would have been around the same time that Dominos The Noid character and The California Raisins were at the height of their popularity so it looks very similar in style to those ads

Hardee's ad for the figures

Tang ad featuring the characters

I couldn't find any kind of history for this one, but here's the original TV ad for it! All I know about this product is that I remember we had one hanging up in the shower at my parents house when I was a kid, and at the time I was too short to reach it lol

Here's the cover as well

At first I thought someone had taken a regular doll head and stuck it on a troll doll some time in the 80s, but I showed it to my friend who is a doll expert and he is certain it's a Liddle Kiddle doll. According to Wikipedia they were only produced from 1965 until 1970 when they were discontinued due to the global oil crisis.

This one is in pretty rough shape, but here are some images of how they look in good condition:

People from the past believe radioactive element can fix your health.

Some informative content about black widow on Life Magazine. There is 2 pages. Open the article to view all 2 pages.

Source Life magazine - Nov 23, 1936

This belonged to my grandfather originally. There's not a ton of info about when these were produced that I could find, but what I did find suggested that this is probably from the very early 60s sometime

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/6017593

More to read on:
https://northeastnews.net/pages/remember-this-trading-stamps/

" Commonly called “trading stamps,” merchants across America offered savings stamps based on the amount of the customer’s purchase. The more one purchased, the more stamps were obtained for the cash transaction.

Stamps were pasted into savings books and when full, could be redeemed at a redemption center chock-full of name brand items, from household goods to appliances, home decor and toys. Depending on the merchant, the stamps offered could be Gold Bond, S&H Green Stamps, or Top Value, among others. "

I think, it work like royalty promotion, isn't it ? Can someone enlightening me on this stuff.

Perhaps it is not like food/fuel/clothes stamps in the Soviet ?!

OP is wearing hot shorts with a florescent windsurfer T-shirt and stripe socks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14954952

My Grandfathers pre-war Signal Electric MFG Co. Morse Key

I've inherited all my grandfathers radio and telegraph equipment. I have lots of memories of sitting on his lap in his radio room while he talked to people on the other side of the world before the internet was really a thing. He passed away in the mid 90's and I think he would have loved this modern world and all its tools for instant communication.

This piece is likely from Signal Electrics Telegraph learners kit, there appears to be many eras of this kit from the 1920s until the 40s. I suspect he got this around the 30's but I'm not sure. Its a really cool piece of retro tech tho.

Catalogue of fireworks created in Japan in the 1890s for American customers. You can browse through the whole thing here. The individual images are gorgeous:

Other catalogues from the same company are also viewable online.

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/9017412

Tram depot in Nagasaki (+cat)

1950s USA - Real Street Scenes of Vintage America - ColorizedToday we're taking a nostalgic journey back in time to the fabulous 1950s! A decade that's etche...

source: https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-novell

From LIFE Magazine

Thought this was a beautiful photo I saw today on Mastodon.

Rice Krispies treats as amazing new novelty

From LIFE Magazine