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

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

by Vigier • 10 years ago

31 9 10 years ago

binarymax• 10 years ago

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.

rossmiller• 10 years ago

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

poppingtonic• 10 years ago

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

Malic• 10 years ago

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

ThinkingGuy• 10 years ago

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.

cbr• 10 years ago

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

Animats• 10 years ago

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

LordKano• 10 years ago

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

mrlyc• 10 years ago

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

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

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