Everyday Items of the Past That Are No Longer Used
Rhetty for History looked back on items, inventions, and machines that were ubiquitous in past years but harder to find now.
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The High-Flying Origins of the Frozen TV Dinner
Weird History Food recounts the high-flying origins of frozen TV dinners, noting that its invention took place before others took credit for it.
A Young Jordan Peele Warns Against Smoking in Unaired 1995 PSA for ‘Smoke Free Class of 2000’
In 1995, actor and director Jordan Peele took part in a nationwide consortium of student advocates who were seeking to make the United States a…
How the Cigarette Machine Had a Massive Economic Impact on the 20th Century
Engineer Guy Bill Hammack makes the case that the first cigarette-rolling machine, created in 1880 by inventor James Albert Bonsack, may be the invention with…
The Smoking Machine, An Apparatus That Automatically Lights, Smokes, and Tosses Cigarettes on the Ground
In this video from 2010, The Smoking Machine created by Norway-based Kristoffer Myskja in 2007, works it way through loading, lighting, smoking, and discarding a…
80s Promo Video for the Tobacco Institute, A Pro-Smoking Trade Group
This remarkable promotional video from 1984 provides a behind the scenes look at the Tobacco Institute, a tobacco industry trade group that worked for and…
Art-o-mat, Retired Cigarette Vending Machines Converted to Sell Art
Started in 1997 by Clark Whittington of Artists in Cellophane in North Carolina, Art-o-mat machines sell small works of art from retired and converted cigarette…