I gather it was pasted onto things....like flocking on Christmas trees only this was for everything! I wonder how many people actually sent him money for it...
The creepy pistons (and possibly the mosquito) is the work of illustrator Boris Artzybasheff, whose work was recently presented in the book "As I See". He was very prolific during the mid-20th century and did quite a few covers for Time magazine. A lot of his stuff is downright weird and unsettling.
That toaster caught my attention, too. My parents got one just like it for a wedding present in 1953 (the woman in the ad even looks like my mom did then). It had a motor to make the toast go up an down. The toast would go down automatically when you dropped it in. And, instead of popping up like a jack-in-the-box when it was done, it would rise at a measured pace, like a cassette from a camcorder. I ended up with it and it was still working great up until a few years ago. They don't make 'em like that any more.
Submitted by marksimonson on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 12:28.
To some people, Gene, your stuff may seem like microfluff, but to me it's pure gold, and says more about those bygone days that any history textbook could.
I recognized that name, "Artzybasheff" and now wonder if it's a made-up one.
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A little more about Micro-Fluff
I gather it was pasted onto things....like flocking on Christmas trees only this was for everything! I wonder how many people actually sent him money for it...
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/11/micro-fluff/
http://kitchenretro.blogspot.com/2008/12/magic-of-micro-fluff.html
fluff
think "flock"
Wall of meat model
Is it me or does that look a lot like Barbara Eden???
fluff
Look at Fluffman's gigantor hands!! holy smokes.
Yes, Barbara Eden!
Nice!
Up to $10 an hour?
Count me in!
Pistons and that toaster
The creepy pistons (and possibly the mosquito) is the work of illustrator Boris Artzybasheff, whose work was recently presented in the book "As I See". He was very prolific during the mid-20th century and did quite a few covers for Time magazine. A lot of his stuff is downright weird and unsettling.
That toaster caught my attention, too. My parents got one just like it for a wedding present in 1953 (the woman in the ad even looks like my mom did then). It had a motor to make the toast go up an down. The toast would go down automatically when you dropped it in. And, instead of popping up like a jack-in-the-box when it was done, it would rise at a measured pace, like a cassette from a camcorder. I ended up with it and it was still working great up until a few years ago. They don't make 'em like that any more.
Yikes!
To some people, Gene, your stuff may seem like microfluff, but to me it's pure gold, and says more about those bygone days that any history textbook could.
I recognized that name, "Artzybasheff" and now wonder if it's a made-up one.
Artzybasheff
No, that was his real name. He was a Russian immigrant. More about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Artzybasheff
That toaster caught my
That toaster caught my attention, too. My parents got one just like it for a wedding present in 1953 (the woman in the ad even looks like my mom did then). It had a motor to make the toast go up an down
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