Tag: Wayback Machine - Page 2
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A Fair Share For Everyone: 9 Posters From When Gas (and Just About Everything Else) Was Rationed
They are rationing gas in New Jersey; During the World Wars they rationed it everywhere.
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Keep Calm and Carry On: 15 Motivational Posters From The Past That Are Just As Relevant Today
When I planned this slideshow, I didn't know there was going to be a hurricane. They are even more relevant than I thought.
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Recycling for Victory! 18 Great Posters From When Every Little Bit of Scrap Made a Difference (Slideshow)
When it came to recycling, they didn't kid around during World War II.
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A Binder Full of Women: 14 Posters of Women Who Worked For the War Effort
Hey Mitt, we have binder full of women willing to work, from a time when the country couldn't do without them.
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12 Great Posters From When Turning Down The Thermostat and Preparing For Winter Was a Patriotic Act
When fixing things, making do, living with less and doing without really meant something
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13 Great Posters From When Driving Was Considered To Be Almost A War Crime
And when you had to ask: Is this trip really necessary?
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13 Great Posters on Preserving Food, When It Was Life or Death
Preserving food is a hobby now, but during war times, it was a critical part of feeding America.
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11 Great Posters from When We Used to Care About Wasting Food
These great old posters show how the government once campaigned to stop wasting food. They're interesting compared to the NRDC's great suggestions for a new national policy combatting food waste.
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Battle of Borodino: 200 Years Ago Today, All in the Greatest Graph Ever Drawn
The turning point in Napoleon's invasion of Russia is depicted in "the best statistical graphic ever drawn."
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A Picture Is Worth: Home Delivery By Helicopter
You gotta love the techno-optimism of the space age.
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The 1959 Kitchen Debate: How Little Things Have Changed
On this day in 1959, Vice President Nixon debated Nikita Khrushchev about materialism and consumption. It's still interesting.
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Happy 60th Birthday, Suburban Shopping Mall, Too Bad About Your Golden Years
Emily Badger writes about it in Atlantic Cities
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1974: Arthur C. Clarke On The Uses of Computers in the Home
The science fiction author and visionary nails it at a time when the so-called experts didn't see it coming.
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Roll Your Own Mobile Home
Here is an interesting idea for a prefabricated home: It's spherical and can be rolled to your site.
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Winston Churchill's Flying Bed Might Make Sense Today
Why heat and cool your whole house when you are asleep in just a small part of it?
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Even in the 1940s, If A Cyclist Got Killed They Blamed the Victim
This cycling manual would actually be hilarious if anything had ever changed for the better, but it hasn't.
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100 Years Ago Today: Robert Falcon Scott Reaches The South Pole
An incredible photograph of some not very happy explorers, as they find the Norwegian flag at the South Pole
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1912's Race to the South Pole: Who Were the Players in the Great Race?
Some were there for the science; others for the glory. They all suffered through savage journeys in order to discover unchartered territory.
