Hot Stuff



(At left): John as The Heat Miser, NYC ~ December 9, 2010. (At right): Mr. Heat Miser as Himself, South Town ~ December 24, 1920's - Rankin/Bass' The Year Without a Santa Claus, 1974

Friday the 13th with Miss Rose Cade, Queen of the Lemons

Miss Rose Cade had also been nominated as Southern California's "Swat the Jinx" girl. Pictured here dressed in model of large lemon, Rose points to a calendar dated Friday, February 13, 1920. Awesome.

1920

Source: Keystone View Co., Inc. of N.Y

Photo taken by unknown photographer employed by Keystone

Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress.

You've Come a Long Way, Bra

Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "Al Jolson's parents." Rabbi Moses Yoelson and wife Ida, the actor's stepmother. Harris & Ewing glass negative.

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there is no such thing as the "good old days" when it comes to supportive women's undergarments. Considering women didn't earn the right to vote in this country until 1920, I suppose it's no surprise it's took a bit longer for proper tit containment to work itself out. The "two rabid racoons fighting to the death over chicken bones in a garbage bag" is a rough look. Some would say frowzy.

Death n' Taxes: Comforting Constants

"Income Tax circa 1920." One of the happiest times of the year in our nation's capital, like Christmas and the Fourth of July rolled into one joyous orgy of giving. Excited citizens lined up around the block waiting their turn at the Internal Revenue Service, checkbooks in hand! National Photo Co. View full size.

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I Will Go Back in Time, I Will Go to Princeton

And this man will be my boyfriend.

Brown of Princeton University, circa 1915-1920, G.G. Bain Collection

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***CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MAXIMUM HEATNESS EFFECT***

Then, step off. He's mine!

*If I can't go to Princeton because its 1915, and I'm a girl, I will loiter around on campus and stalk him like a wild animal until he submits. Thank you.