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The Radium Girls: The Living Dead Women in the 1920s
The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint.
From 1917 to 1926, U.S. Radium Corporation, originally called the Radium Luminous Material Corporation, was engaged in the extraction and purification of radium from carnotite ore to produce luminous paints, which were marketed under the brand name ?Undark?. The ore was mined from the Paradox Valley in Colorado and other ?Undark mines? in Utah. As a defense contractor, U.S. Radium was a major supplier of radioluminescent watches to the military. Their plant in Orange, New Jersey, employed as many as three hundred workers, mainly women, to paint radium-lit watch faces and instruments, misleading them that it was safe.
The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint.
From 1917 to 1926, U.S. Radium Corporation, originally called the Radium Luminous Material Corporation, was engaged in the extraction and purification of radium from carnotite ore to produce luminous paints, which were marketed under the brand name ?Undark?. The ore was mined from the Paradox Valley in Colorado and other ?Undark mines? in Utah. As a defense contractor, U.S. Radium was a major supplier of radioluminescent watches to the military. Their plant in Orange, New Jersey, employed as many as three hundred workers, mainly women, to paint radium-lit watch faces and instruments, misleading them that it was safe.
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Here?s a weird relic from the past: a 1979 calendar dedicated to cocaine. Yes, you read it correctly, to cocaine. While the substance was illegal, it wasn?t considered all that bad (and it was normal to advertise cocaine gadgets in magazines).
Each month?s photo shows the coca plant at a different stage of its transition to cocaine powder, from its source in the Andes to its destination as a Christmas gift, and of course, users enjoying it.
The months are accompanied by quotes about cocaine from different sources. There?s also a Brief History of Cocaine and a Chronology of its history from 900 A.D. to 1979 on the front matter side.
The calendar was published in San Francisco by Red Dog Productions. And, look at the font style of the calendar?s title? Does it look familiar?
The calendar dropped just before the era of President Reagan and the beginning of The War On Drugs, when cocaine was described in US government reports as ?not physically addictive, and usually does not result in serious social consequences, such as crime, hospital emergency room admissions, or death?.
Each month?s photo shows the coca plant at a different stage of its transition to cocaine powder, from its source in the Andes to its destination as a Christmas gift, and of course, users enjoying it.
The months are accompanied by quotes about cocaine from different sources. There?s also a Brief History of Cocaine and a Chronology of its history from 900 A.D. to 1979 on the front matter side.
The calendar was published in San Francisco by Red Dog Productions. And, look at the font style of the calendar?s title? Does it look familiar?
The calendar dropped just before the era of President Reagan and the beginning of The War On Drugs, when cocaine was described in US government reports as ?not physically addictive, and usually does not result in serious social consequences, such as crime, hospital emergency room admissions, or death?.
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Carhop Girls From Between the 1940s and 1960s
A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Carhops usually work on foot but sometimes use roller skates, as depicted in movies such as American Graffiti and television shows such as Happy Days. Carhops have long been associated with hot rods.
A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Carhops usually work on foot but sometimes use roller skates, as depicted in movies such as American Graffiti and television shows such as Happy Days. Carhops have long been associated with hot rods.
