Shirtwaist Girl... 1943!

(Click on the images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943

Back to 1662

Today is apparently 'Back to Church Sunday'. There's been some radio commercials, a website and the Bishop of Reading has come ...

Insurance doesn't cover cancer pills!

Today, this New York Times article entitled: Insurance Lags as Cancer Care comes in a Pill revealed the communication gap between patients...

Keeping kids and child care centers flu-free

Ask any parent — little kids have a tendency to touch everything in sight. Their hands glide blissfully from doorknob to toy to nose to shoe...

Weekly Update on H1N1 in Maine 9/24/09

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus September 24, 2009 Overview US CDC reports that key indicators show that flu activit...

Find The Fault No 40

Quite a lot going on here. Looks like my dad in the trilby on the bus. Could that green van be a Trojan? And is that a miniature Dick Tracy ...

Styling Hair for Permanent Wave

(Click on the image to enlarge.) Source: The Journeyman Barber, September 1940

What's New in Hair-Dos

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Dell 1000 Hints - Your Hairdo, January 1958

Flu U: Keeping campuses safe from H1N1 influenza

Heading back to college means more this fall than sorority rush, new roommates and visits to the campus bookstore. The threat o...