That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Industrial-Age Entrepreneurs(collectorsweekly.com)

That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Industrial-Age Entrepreneurs

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-oddest-doohickeys-of-industrial-age-entrepreneurs/

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Doorstop alarms were not odd. They are still available. From General Electric, at WalMart, no less.[1]

[1] https://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-Door-Stop-Alarm/10258356

binarymax10 anni fa

Where can I get one of those mustache protectors?

--EDIT-- https://www.amazon.com/MoGuard-The-MoGuard-Mustache-Guard/dp... ...Everything is plastic these days. The silvery one looked much nicer.

rossmiller10 anni fa

Looks like there's also a metal one with a sweet carrying case (still not slivery though) --http://a.co/6yuAmGR

poppingtonic10 anni fa

The funniest thing on that page is the "Frequently bought together" section. A moustache-twirling coffee mug?

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mrlyc10 anni fa

My favourite ones from my own family history were the plugs to put into wall sockets to stop the electricity leaking out.

Malic10 anni fa

"Laying Down Glasses", heck, I could use a set of those. There might be the revival of a product idea here...

cbr10 anni fa

They still sell them: https://amazon.com/Prism-Glasses-Eye-Bed-Spectacles/dp/B000R...

ThinkingGuy10 anni fa

I actually had something like this when I was a child. It was a contraption, like a periscope, made of cardboard, that you wore over your eyes (it fit over my glasses) to read while lying down. It worked great. As I recall, I ordered it out of novelty catalog.

LordKano10 anni fa

Little guns are still a thing. They go boom, just like their bigger counterparts.