Harold Nathan Braunhut aka Harold von Braunhut (31 March 1926 - 28 November 2003) was an American mail-order marketer and inventor, most famous as the creator and seller of both the Amazing Sea-Monkeys and the X-Ray Specs. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mail order is a term which describes the Buying of goods or services by Mail delivery In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of Sea-Monkeys are a Trademark given to sell a variant of Brine shrimp or Artemia salina, now called Artemia salina x nyos that originate in X-Ray Specs are an American novelty item, purported to allow the user to see through or into solid objects He is also known for holding extreme right-wing beliefs. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities
Harold von Braunhut was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 31 March 1926. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Von Braunhut grew up in New York City and resided there until the 1980s, when he moved to Maryland. The City of New York The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.
Von Braunhut used comic book advertisements to sell an assortment of quirky products. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand Braunhut held 195 patents for various products, many of which became cultural icons. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an A cultural icon can be an Image, a Symbol, a Logo, Picture, Name, Face, Person, or Building Some of his products included:
- X-Ray Specs - whose advertisements claim that the wearer can see through clothing and flesh. X-Ray Specs are an American novelty item, purported to allow the user to see through or into solid objects The product has appealed to generations of curious adolescent boys.
- Amazing Sea-Monkeys - which were tiny brine shrimp that came to life when water was added. Sea-Monkeys are a Trademark given to sell a variant of Brine shrimp or Artemia salina, now called Artemia salina x nyos that originate in Brine shrimp are a species of aquatic Crustaceans of the Genus Artemia. Sales took an upswing when comic book illustrator Joe Orlando drew comic book ads showing the humanized Sea-Monkeys enjoying life in their underwater fantasy world. Joe Orlando ( April 4, 1927, Bari, Italy — December 23, 1998) was an illustrator writer editor and cartoonist Billions of the tiny creatures have been sold over the years and have generated fan websites, a television series, and a video game. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Astronaut John Glenn took 400 million "Amazing Sea-Monkeys" into space with him in 1998. John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
- Crazy Crabs - which were simply hermit crabs
- Amazing Hair-Raising Monsters - a card with a printed monster that would grow "hair" (mineral crystals, actually) when water was added. Hermit crabs are decapod Crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. Hair is a keratinised protein filament that grows through the epidermis from follicles deep within the Dermis. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific In Materials science, a crystal is a Solid in which the constituent Atoms Molecules or Ions are packed in a regularly ordered repeating
- Invisible Goldfish - non-existent fish that were guaranteed to remain permanently invisible.
Von Braunhut raced motorcycles under the name "The Green Hornet", and managed a showman whose act consisted of diving 40 feet into a children's wading pool filled with only a foot of water. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. The Green Hornet (also referred to as simply Green Hornet) is a masked fictional Crime fighter Von Braunhut also set up a wildlife conservation area in Maryland. In-situ conservation means "on-site conservation " It is the process of protecting an endangered Plant or Animal Species
Von Braunhut subscribed to extreme right-wing beliefs. According to a report published by the Anti-Defamation League in 1996, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations. The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL) is an Interest group founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith in the United States whose stated aim is "to stop Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are Aryan Nation (AN is a White Nationalist Neo-Nazi organization which was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity In 1998,Washington Post printed a story on von Braunhut's political beliefs, documenting his support of Richard Butler Ironically, Von Braunhut's relatives claimed he was Jewish. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Richard Girnt Butler ( February 23, 1918 - September 8, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer for Lockheed turned PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ After the article's publication, Von Braunhut repeatedly declined to answer questions about his racial beliefs or his religious background.
His first marriage was to Charlotte Braunhut. His second marriage was to actress Yolanda Signorelli, who took an active role in marketing Sea Monkeys. He had a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Jeanette LaMothe.
Harold von Braunhut died on 28 November 2003 at his home in Indian Head, Maryland following an accidental fall. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
Von Braunhut's work was featured on the 22 April 2007 Not My Job segment of the NPR radio quiz show, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is an hour-long weekly radio News quiz Game show produced by Chicago Public Radio and National Public Radio
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