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75 Fascinating Vintage Products That Were The Jam Back In The Day, But Now Look Odd
How often do you wish you could travel back in time to the 1900s, Pandas? Perhaps time travel is not something we can offer, but we can share a time capsule that reflects the 20th-century lifestyle quite well. Bored Panda came across a pretty fascinating page that shares advertisements, posters, and products from that era.
While scrolling through the content from the "Archaic Ads" page, you'll get a whiff of what it was like to live in that era: what products people had advertised to them, how the adverts were worded, and what (sometimes insane) visuals accompanied them. So, get into the shoes of a 20th-century consumer, Pandas, and see what the world had to offer!
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#1
This 1957 Power Mower Of The Future Was Equipped With A Plastic Dome, Air Foam Cushion Seat, Electric Generator, Running Lights, Radio, And Air Conditioning
Eroe Infinito 1 week ago (edited)
I'm literally speechless at how great of an idea this is... so I had to type this out to tell everyone.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 week ago
The "Lazy Man's Power Mower" refers to a futuristic, air-conditioned, dome-shaped concept riding mower from 1957, showcased in Mechanix Illustrated, featuring joystick steering, a radio, and other luxury amenities, designed to let people mow in comfort without breaking a sweat, though it was never mass-produced. Despite the desire for such convenience, the original design never went into production, with some speculating early prototypes cooked drivers with solar power.
UnclePanda 1 week ago
Give him a mini fridge and a TV remote and you'll never get him out of there.
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Yup 😂no bloody excuses , just get out there n do it already , free sauna while you do it ,
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This Guy Seems A Little Too Happy About It
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago
Sometimes I feel life might be easier if I woke up gay in the morning.
Jaya 1 week ago
Ah yes, being bullied on the street and on the internet, losing some friends and family members, having to fear it might impact your job chances, and a lower amount of potential romantic partners because the majority of them are not attracted to the gender you are, yes being gay is so easy 😉 I am very happy to be gay and wouldn't change it if I could, but 'easy' is definitely not the right word for it.
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Sam Trudeau 1 week ago
You would not believe how often song lyrics change because they used "gay" to mean "happy" lol
London Paris 1 week ago
So this is an ad from about 1940 or so and yes, rhere was a female version of this.Jello also had an ad like this : "Jello is rhe gay dessert" . The change in the definition began in the early fifties but prior to that, the word gay was commonly used to describe a hedonistic lifestyle.
dan gerene 1 week ago
"Now we don our gay apparel..." Doesn't mean quite the same anymore or does it.
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Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 3 days ago
Well, at the time, it was an innocent remark, not an innuendo or a pejorative.
Colleen Glim 1 week ago
Because you weren’t gay when you went to bed?! I have so many questions!
#3
"Wow Jug, Now Everyone And Their Brother Will Want Our Delicious Wieners In Their Mouth!" Jughead Doesn't Care, But Veronica Looks Ready To Dig In!
Marie 1 week ago
They knew. You don't make that many dirty ads without knowing.
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Roland C. 1 week ago
There are too many altered vintage ads on the web for me to accept that dialogue is real.
Cougar Allen 1 week ago (edited)
It's an Archie comic book. It's real. Archie comics were full of innuendo.
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Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
These might have been in USA , but trust me our adds in uk back in the day weren’t any cleaners 😂,the wouldn’t even make the possibly list nowadays 😂
How many of these products were real, and how many could have been just jokes? Let's go through some of the most interesting ones and see the stories behind them!
Let's start with the "Lazy Man's Power Mower." This might seem like something out of a humor magazine, but that was something a company thought it could make. The contraption was featured on the cover of the do-it-yourself magazine Mechanix Illustrated in 1958.
Internet sources claim it never went into production and was more of a gimmick or a concept that some wild DIYer would attempt as a dare. Although lawnmowers have certainly become fancier since the '50s, manufacturers still haven't figured out how to install an air conditioner in them. For one, they could first figure out how to make mowers quieter!
#4
In The Early Half Of The 20th Century, Asbestos Was Widely Used As Christmas Decor Because Of Its White, Fluffy Appearance
But that was before it was recognized as a major risk factor for an aggressive form of cancer known as mesothelioma. There is a scene in the 1939 classic, “The Wizard of Oz” where asbestos snow falls on Dorothy and her friends, awakening them from a spell cast by the Wicked Witch of the West.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago
Fun fact: It's a Wonderful Life was the first film to use "proper" artificial snow. Prior to that, either asbestos was used, or cornflakes were painted white because they floated in a snow-like way. The problem with that was that they were so noisy (particularly when trodden on) that the audio had to be dubbed in afterwards!
Michael Largey 1 week ago
Yes, they owned the property involved. The people they just rented.
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Austzn 1 week ago
They used so many toxic chemicals on and around the actors in that movie. Watching it in hindsight is kinda wild, I did just a couple weeks ago.
Laszlo Larthlanc 1 week ago
Buddy Ebsen, known to many as Jed Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies, was the original Tin Man. He was replaced by Jack Haley after the metallic makeup sent him to the hospital. They would rub Ebsen's face with petroleum jelly and then blow aluminum dust at him. He breathed it in, and after a time it caused a near-fatal allergic reaction. When Haley took over the part they first mixed the dust with petroleum jelly and then spread that on his face. No more airborne aluminum.
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Roxy222uk 1 week ago
I know this is true, it was featured in an episode of ‘Back in Time for Christmas'
#5
It's Hard To Believe Air Travel Was Ever Like This, Because Flying Today Is A Lot Like Riding A Bus
In 1966, American Airlines ordered several Boeing 747 Astroliners; the biggest commercial airplanes at the time. But by the time American received the new aircraft in 1970, the economy was in a recession and there was too much capacity in the industry to justify 303-seat jumbos. So American pulled 50 seats off each 747 and used the free space to create a passenger lounge. They even installed a Wurlitzer piano in each lounge. Unfortunately, ticket sales didn't justify the added expense and the piano-lounge-in-the-sky era ended quickly.
Rob Bixby 1 week ago
It's OK, you had plenty of healthy cigarettes to protect you
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Floeckchen 1 week ago
Plains like this pretty much still exist, but they aren't the usual charter machines mere mortals fly in
BeesEelsAndPups 1 week ago
Emirates still has a bar lounge in business class. It's not this large, and doesn't have a piano. But it's nice to stand and chat for a bit with a cocktail. There's seating there too with seat belts.
Another Panda 1 week ago
Comfortable airline travel needs to make a comeback…now. I suspect we’d see a 100% improvement in passenger behavior.
Susan Schlee 1 week ago
Even if the plane ride was smooth, I'd still k**l myself on those sharp corners.
#6
American Inventor Stanley Hiller, Jr Designed This All-Metal Squirt Gun In The Late 1940s
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 1 week ago
I had to look it up, apparently there was one sold at Wright auction house a while ago... for only $3,780 😅
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ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
The first Supersoaker 40yrs before they came out with the first modern supersoaker (with no metal to rust)of the 90s
The Niagara Wave and Rocking Bath might look gimmicky as hell, too. However, that was a real product that proved to be quite useful during the Victorian era. The ridiculous invention wasn't just for fun; it was a form of hydrotherapy. This form of therapy was very trendy in the 1800s, and one company found a way to make it accessible at home.
The idea of this invention was that it could reproduce the feeling of being in the sea. Victorian doctors believed that water had magical healing properties, and this allowed people to enjoy the benefits of the sea without having to leave their homes.
#7
The Niagara Wave & Rocking Bath (1890s) Was An Early Form Of Hydrotherapy. The Manufacturer Promised An Accurate Simulation Of The "Seaside" & Good Health Through Improved Circulation
Tabitha 1 week ago
Not to mention slosh gallons of water out onto the floor. So your relaxation is temporary because of the stress of the massive cleanup afterward.
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Nuku Nyara 1 week ago
Can you imagine the ness it would make? Just make sure to use it outside.
#8
All Of Them? Watch Yourselves, Ladies! American Soldiers Are Std-Riddled Whores!
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Why should the women stay away?? They haven’t done anything wrong. You keep the disease ridden pests away and let the women enjoy the music and dancing.
Detroit Citizen 1 week ago
I (M) laughed so hard at your comment my coffee came out of my nose lol. SO let me get this straight, ALL those men have it.. ALL those men.. ALL.. Hmmm. Wonder how ALL those men got it huh, and not a single woman in the crowd. lol
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Karl der Große 1 week ago
I think the lesson here is to go to the dance halls, but stay away from the white guys!
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
And the Brits were "underpaid, undersexed, and under Montgomery", as the retort went.
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Bob Brooce 1 week ago
IYKYK. If not, ask you favorite search engine about a short arm inspection.
#9
The Mosely Folding Bath Company Advertised This Folding Bath In The 1895 Montgomery Ward Catalog
This tub, disguised as a mirrored wardrobe, folded down and out of its wood casing into the room, revealing the water heater above. Since most folks still didn't have indoor plumbing, bathing required filling tubs with water, bucket by bucket
tracy black 1 week ago
montgomery wards catalogs still exist i got one in the mail right before christmas
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Boo 1 week ago (edited)
Just have to be careful it doesn't snap shut with you in it, kìllìng you.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 1 week ago (edited)
It's actually pretty impressive. I wonder how the drainage worked, though?
Unicorn 1 week ago
I think emptying it bucket by bucket would have been more of a chore. Gas heating?
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 week ago
The people that this was aimed at probably were not the ones emptying the tub
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The rocking bath's mechanism was described in a 1981 issue of Lloyd's Weekly in the UK: "Only three pails of cold or hot water are required, and there is no splashing in the room to be apprehended. By placing a wedge under the curve of the back the bath can be made to serve the ordinary purposes of the tub."
#10
In The 1950s, Students Who Were Constantly Fidgeting Were Suffering From "Harsh Toilet Paper." Now We Attribute The Fidgeting To Adhd And Dose Kids With Adderall
UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
Anybody remember the short-lived Texas Toilet Paper? It failed in the marketplace because it "don't take shitt off of nobody."
Michael Largey 1 week ago (edited)
Or Musk toilet paper - it's strictly for a******s.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 1 week ago
Harsh toilet tissue. Ah, those days when schools used to stock rolls of shiny Izal Medicated (bómbproof and indestructible) toilet paper. Honestly, swiping some fanfold from behind the dot matrix printer and tearing it into strips was a more pleasant experience.
G A 1 week ago
Izal was like using greaseproof paper. It just smeared sh1t about.
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Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
The fidgeting and itching was from something kids still get: pinworms. There's a simple way to confirm it (google it) and OTC medication for it. Any kid that plays in dirt can get them.
Toujin C'Thlu 1 week ago
Having had pinworms, I can tell you it's not only very uncomfortable, but the pill for it was extremely bitter. It's one of the many reasons you should have kids wash their hands after playing outside
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Kerri 1 week ago
Legit especially as a teenager and young adult. People just think you're getting to get it to help with classes or something. Absolutely not, I legit have ADHD and had it start affecting me much harder as a teen. I'm sure it's a struggle for most people who really need it, though
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Well I dunno about USA loo paper back in the 1970.s but I remember it in uk then omg , I can smell it now like harsh scratchy stuff and the smell of the rolls , ewww then owww
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
And yet Scott TP does make your a*s raw, it feels just like the toilet paper at schools in the 80s and 90s. Sooooo thin that your finger breaks thru the b**t paper trying to wipe ... Yup just like TP from schools when I was growing up. Ppl wonders why Scott's each roll is 1k pieces before other brands put em to shame😂
#11
"...used By Many To Reduce The Waist Line." Now You Can Melt Those Pounds Away As You Golf Or Paint!
sbj 1 week ago
Even in the old days they used models in adverts promoting weight loss who obviously don't need to
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
Just like all the "anti-aging" products on young and wrinkle free models.
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Tina Girard 1 week ago
Yeah, I can sure see somebody slipping on these bad boys to go golfing. Yup.
Marcellus II 1 week ago
Here it will also act as an unreliable contraceptive for the men, and probably as fungus farm for the women.
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"It's Leap Year Girls! Catch Your Man With Taste-Tempting Donuts." If You Really Think Marriage Is A Trap, Why Bother With A Ball And Chain? Just Put The Donuts In A Bear Trap
The inflatable sauna shorts were the sauna suits and body wraps of the 1900s. The idea behind the poofy shorts and similar modern solutions is that they trap heat and help people lose fat. In reality, they only help with temporary water weight loss and have no effect whatsoever on long-term fat loss.
#13
"I Wish I'd Never Married!"
Morton's trademark catchphrase, "When it rains, it pours" was created to illustrate the point that Morton Salt was free flowing even in rainy weather after the company began adding magnesium carbonate as an absorbing agent to its table salt in 1911 to ensure that it poured freely.
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
It's the reason for the little girl with the umbrella on the label. As we were discussing today on the bus.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 1 week ago (edited)
My parent used to put a hard cracker into the salt shaker so the shaking would agitate against the cracker, breaking up clumps of salt
Detroit Citizen 1 week ago
I cant recall but i knew of someone who did the cracker thing. This goes back to my great grandmother down to me, a few grains of rice in the salt shaker. It absorbs moisture and agitates(?) the salt.
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Bob Bob 1 week ago
Honey, have you seen my other slipper? Ed, I am going to sew your mouth closed in about two seconds.
Susan Teter 1 week ago
If it was up your a*s, you would know where it was.
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#14
The Perfect Christmas Gift!
UnicornSnotRules 1 week ago
Someone would be wearing that toilet seat if they gave it to me as a gift!
Beef Brisket 1 week ago
My Dad really did get the family a toilet seat one Christmas. It was wrapped in a box so you couldn't tell the shape, and we guessed for weeks imagining what wonderous thing it could be.
#15
Who Was Sitting Around One Day And Thought What People Were Missing In Their Lives Was A Rug That Would “Stroke As You Stroke?”
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Ewww, the same people that put mirrors on their bedroom ceilings and had round beds
Today, some people use sauna suits to work out, hoping that they burn more calories that way. But the water weight comes back as soon as the person hydrates. Research also shows that training or heating one body part doesn't melt fat off that one area.
One study found that men who wore sauna suits while exercising lost 23 more calories and oxidized slightly more fat during a 60-minute workout. But it still was not meaningful enough for visible results.
#16
Genuine Ocd Toy Gas Masks -- For Genuine Ocd Kids! Is It Really A "Toy" Or Is It "Genuine War Surplus?
Jaya 1 week ago
What does OCD mean in this context? Because the anxiety disorder doesn't make much sense in this context. "Ah yes, people walking around looking creepy as hell, that will surely help with my anxiety, I feel much calmer now!"
George Mhyre 1 week ago
The Office of Civilian Defense. It coordinated with the Chemical Corps of the Department of the Army regarding protective measures against chemical attacks for the United States. This ad would be from after the war was over, and the masks were declared surplus inventory.
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#17
These Girls Are Lovely And Exotic, And Yet They Are Also Lonely And Eager To Meet Me. Sounds Legit!
Vincent Bevort 1 week ago
An now when they all came over they and there family are now deported from the US again. So the US policy: Import, use, deport
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
"Whole generations of disposable people" - Guinan, 'The Measure of a Man', ST:TNG
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago
I feel it ought to be the women given the names and addresses of the men, for the sake of their own safety!
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 1 week ago
Since when do things like this care about women's safety?
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Seadog 4 days ago
I dated a health inspector once after my divorce and made the random comment that I once thought if I were ever single again I'd just get a mail order bride from overseas. She asked if I was serious because a restaurant she inspected also brings in girls looking to come to the US. Price? $10k. You give a description of what you want and they deliver. Like her or not, you're stuck. I wasn't that serious and she never divulged which restaurant it was.
#18
Yes Friends, You Too Can Be An "Electronic Man" Made Out Of Cardboard
Trip Martin 1 week ago
I remember making a robot costume out of cardboard boxes for Halloween when I was about 9. This would have been soooo much easier.
Which other products on this list caught your attention, Pandas? Was it the American Airlines "new" coach lounge with a piano? Or perhaps the fake snow made out of asbestos? Let us know your favorites from this list in the comments! If you're in the mood for more culture shock from the 1990s, check out these vintage ads that show us how cultural norms have changed throughout the years.
#19
Claiming To Cure A ‘Torpid Liver’ And Beautify The Complexion, Crane’s Little Bon-Bon Pills Were Most Likely A Laxative Or Mild Diuretic
Robert T 1 week ago
When it crawls out of your belly leaving a trail behind it. ;-)
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Bob Bob 1 week ago
What do you do if your liver is running around the house screaming like a pig in heat?
Tropical Tarot 1 week ago
When mommy livers and daddy livers love each other.......
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#20
"Made From Heavy Awing Cloth In Bright,gaudy, Horrible Stripes." What The Well-Dressed Sleazeball Wears To Lunch
Stephanie M 1 week ago
Or..... if he makes that much of a mess when he eats, consider your other choices.
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
It's intended as a Gag Gift. Note the 'defrosts the most dignified gathering' line.
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#21
"Easy On The Sugar -- You're Reducing!" Why Don't You Shut The Hell Up Instead! And Why Is She Reducing? Was That His Idea?
Corwin 02 1 week ago
uhuh half a grapefruit 41 calories . plus fiber and protein vs 3 ts sugar at 48 calories and no added benefit, just empty calories
Oxford Ranch 1 week ago
If my husband said this to me, it would be the last thing he would say.
#22
And Not Racist At All. Oh No!
Hippopotamuses 1 week ago (edited)
'Should we all be racist now? What's the official line the church is takin?'
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Maggie Fulton 1 week ago
Sounds like one of the scammy ads they used to put on the back of comic books.
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
I presume the price being denoted by ‘d’ means it’s British? Pre decimalisation? In which case I can only apologise. We’re idiots too.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago (edited)
Indeed. 9 pence, or 9/240ths of a pound. Three quarters of a shilling, or 3.75p today.
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mbdmshbr9b 1 week ago
everything today is either racist sexist or some other 'ist' that manages to offend some pronoun. the days not far when we are all sitting isolated in our houses with a dog or cat to give company because everything any other human would do would offend us for some reason.
Pursuing Peonies 1 week ago
I know, learning new things is so hard, right?
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"Many Times The Child Who Has Uncontrollable Flatulence Needs A Diet Correction -- Not A Spanking! Ah, The Good Old Days. Apparently, In The 1940s It Was Normal To Spank A Kid For Farting
UnclePanda 1 week ago
“Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes! he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases!” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Russell Bowman 1 week ago
Alotta Fagina: How dare you break wind before me. Austin Powers: I'm sorry I didn't realize it was your turn
Tabitha 1 week ago
He’s a boy. It’s a badge of honor for a boy to be able to fart on command. I had four older brothers, so I have first hand knowledge of the kind of contests boys engage in when no girls are around (I was the baby of the family, so small and light and really good at creeping around and hiding to see what my brothers got up to).
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
LMFAO So my late father must had gotten plenty of paddlings when him and his brothers were in a boys home from 1948-58. They got the devil beaten out of em so I guess their farts was the devil😂😂
#24
Advertisement In The Sears Roebuck Catalog For Laudanum. Opium’s Toxicity For Infants Was Common Knowledge Since Antiquity, And Yet In The Late 19th Century It Was Still In Widespread Use
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 week ago
Relieved you of your baby too ... laudanum was opium and high proof alcohol
2bwhctmvgn 1 week ago
This is not a real ad. The typography is weird and haphazard in a way not reminiscent of the time, "relief" and "dysentery" are misspelled, "cardiac disease" doesn't sound like 19th century advertising language, there's a Sears logo seemingly randomly placed, and the illustration is by Leigh Guldig for a New York Times article titled "Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable" published in 2019.
UnclePanda 1 week ago
I'm guessing but opioids lock some of our intestines down tight.
Load More Replies... Kelsie Marx 1 week ago
It’s amazing that over the decades, what was right is now wrong, and we all still lived. I mean, just look at our parents and grandparents. And in 20 to 30 years from now, what doctors thought was right for babies is probably going to be wrong. 🫤🤷♀️
Scott Rackley 1 week ago
It was in widespread use way way past that. They just called it something different, Paregoric.
Zac 1 week ago
"baby s******g too much? pump them full of our discount h****n to ensure they never s**t again"
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"I've Robbed The Rainbow To Make You Gay -- Jester Wools For Gayer Garments" This Guy Didn't Need To Rob Anything To Bring The Gay
Michael Largey 1 week ago
"My mother made me a homosexual." "If I give her the wool, will she make me one too?"
#26
If All You Have Is This Radiation Survival Kit, You'll Be Envying Those Who Were Vaporized At Ground Zero
Nikole 1 week ago (edited)
I think I'm close enough to downtown Chicago to be kílled immediately. I've seen Strings, dàmn it!
Load More Replies... Russell Bowman 1 week ago
"Tells you when it's safe to leave shelter" The atomic b**b detonated over Hiroshima used uranium-235 which has a half-life of 700 million years. Hope you have a lot of batteries.
Slapdash1 1 week ago
Plenty of people living in Hiroshima and doing just fine
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Another View 1 week ago
Aside from the silly junk they were selling, Lafayette was a pretty good business selling electronics (radios, speakers, etc) in the 1960s & 70's. I bought a radio/phono combo and a set of speakers from them and they still work beautifully.
Laszlo Larthlanc 1 week ago
Lafayette Radio, Allied Electronics, and Radio Shack started off as great stores. Today there's nothing like them anywhere in the U.S.
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Certified by Bendix: who the heck is Bendix to be handing out certificates? And how did they get away with claiming that the federal government recommended every family own one?
Marie 1 week ago
Bendix was probably the parent company or at least the patent holder. And yes, the US federal government did recommend that every family had a radiation kit during the peak of the cold war.
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davin cleary 1 week ago
If anyone is watching fallout and wondering why all the billionaires have retired to their bunkers
#27
Actually, Body Odor Is Caused By Bacteria Breaking Down Sweat
WindySwede 1 week ago
I read that more bacteria can exist on the hair (than just the skin), therefore potentially more odour? Not because of the hair itself, but just more surface area to grow on?
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Tabitha 1 week ago (edited)
You mean like your face? (Back to the playground kids!)
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The Electric Banana Stereo Phono Was Inspired By An Andy Warhol Painting Of A Banana For A 1967 Album By Velvet Underground
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
I was around in those days of yore and don't remember this at all. Of course the price would have been outrageous at the time.
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
I just googled it (actually duckduckgoed it), because I don’t believe a lot of stuff on BP, and it appears that it’s real. There’s one for sale for nearly £700. The listing said that it’s a novelty player so not to expect anymore quality than from a Fisher Price unit.
Load More Replies... StretcherBearer 1 week ago
My friend had the novelty stereo system with the tiny spinning disco ball. I remember listening to Kiss 8 tracks on it.
Chich the witch 1 week ago
Hmmmm, looks as if "Big Banana" has been in the background swaying cultural norms for a while now.
#29
The Daddy Saddle. Now You Can Humiliate Your Dad -- Texas Style! Yee Haw!
Purple Gurl 1 week ago
I have no words. I need to change my reading genres, because all I can imagine is NSFW jokes
More Information 1 week ago (edited)
Yeah, now his tinier boss can ride his a*s, too :)
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Another View 1 week ago
Mommie gets a real thrill in that saddle while riding a bucking bronco.
Load More Replies... dan gerene 1 week ago
Mine did. Not with a saddle though. Maybe someone was neglected. Or a Trump.
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Sears Travelknit Fourpiece. When You Can Only Afford One Suit, Make Sure It's An Ugly Green Doubleknit
StretcherBearer 1 week ago
"I need the knits, the double knits. I need the knits they are the pits"- Frank Zappa
#31
What Does It Mean To "Throw Like A Girl" In This Ww2-Era Poster? It's Meant As A Put-Down, But It Reveals How Stereotypes Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Bored Sailor 1 week ago
Oh come on people like a lot of these they are made up, just good comic relief. Enjoy the laugh.
Rick Murray 1 week ago
I don't care whether somebody throws like a boy, a girl, or a cat so long as the explodey thing hurts the enemy and not their own team.
Kit Black 1 week ago
It was published on the internet, and it never existed before that
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Michael Sauerwein 1 week ago
When I was a kid (1980s), "throwing like a girl" meant throwing underhand or only with the wrist, rather than overhand with the whole arm. This does not look like that. This reminds me of the famous Greek statue of Zeus throwing a (now missing) lightning bolt spear.
Leah Woodard 1 week ago
The first thing they faught us about grenades in basic training was to throw them like a shot-put, not a baseball.
#32
"Real Hair! Actually Trimmed From Davy, Peter, Micky & Mike" But It Doesn't Say From Their Heads
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
Oh my goodness! Good thing I never saw this at the time. It must not have been in Tiger Beat magazine. I would have bought as much of Peter Tork's hair as I could have.
Vivian McBride 1 week ago
There were once small squares of bedsheets sold that were from beds supposed slept in by the Beatles.
#33
Cadillac Was Founded In 1902 By Henry Leland, Who Named The Company After Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac, The Founder Of Detroit
In 1908, when this ad was posted, Cadillac had brought the idea of interchangeable parts to the automotive industry and laid the ground work for the modern mass production of automobiles.
Asmodeus Hare 1 week ago
Couldn't go any faster or womens' uteruses would turn inside out and summon Satan.
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Ilan Elron 4 days ago
wonder whether, in 1908, they used French or American pronunciation for the name
Rich Black 1 week ago
wait . . . i need a separate "opera car?" i can't use the same on i take to the grocery store?
#34
The Evans Vacuum Cap ("A Scientific Method Of Growing Hair") Was Advertised Widely Just Before The Food & Drug Act Of 1906, But Not So Much Afterwards
#35
Why Not Reduce Your Weight And Be Comfortable?" The Advertising For Weight Loss Products Has Never Been Subtle
Khavrinen 1 week ago
That was my first thought, too, but then I saw that the ad was for "Hall Chemical Co.", so I suspect it's something else.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
It looks like BP censored the word drūgs out of this ad. If so, that's pathetic.
#36
Mom Is Wired On Benzedrine!
UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
Benzines are CNS relaxants. Was it mixed with something like caffeine?
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
"Who put the benzedrine, in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?"
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ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
I never could understand how my mom used to drink that nasty stuff. She would drink the original V8s from the 80s before they brought in fruit for V8. That stuff STUNK
#37
Even The Squirrel Thinks Its Fun! But This Guy's Wife Immediately Threw It In The Trash
Sally Moen 1 week ago
Taxidermy is a steady business, though I think it's moved into preserving treasured pets rather than hunting trophies
Nikole 1 week ago
I have never understood that. I wouldn't want my dead pet preserved, because it's not them.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 1 week ago
I have a beautiful little book on Taxidermy. Turn your dead fish into wind chimes, your dog into a TV remote holder. The book is called "get stuffed".
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
Definitely looks like an ad from a 1950s Popular Mechanics or Popular Science. Along with Grabow pipe tobacco, DeWalt or Shopsmith power tools, and Smokey Yunick's Garage.
Tropical Tarot 1 week ago
Was Shopsmith the one with the convertible carpentry equipment?? The Mark 5.
Load More Replies... #38
In 1981, Electronic Mail Was Still An Exciting Innovation, But The First Email Spam Had Already Been Sent Three Years Earlier
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
With so many people in the early days wary of using computers in case they did something wrong and caused it to blow up or something, this advert is not helpful!
StretcherBearer 1 week ago
I swear my parents think that if they hit the wrong icon on the phone they are going to launch ICBMs or something.
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Pferdchen 1 week ago (edited)
Our scholars refused to use it until... Someone in our External Affairs (fundraising) department used to work at the National Theater (DC). When they wanted to "paper the house" to fill the seats, they'd give us one or two dozen tickets, but it would only be announced on e-mail. Of course, we in IT would be the first to see it so it was almost like a department outing. The scholars were irritated about missing out, so they started using e-mail. The pre-Broadway premiere of "Crazy for You" (1992 Tony for best musical) was wild with the elaborate moving set changes. Seemed to work fine as far as I could tell, but it was so complicated that they backed off on it when they went to NYC.
#39
The Committee For A Better America Was Formed In The 1920s For, "The Suppression Of Radicalism, Class Legislation And All Else Inimical To The Welfare Of The Nation."
Wyrdwoman 1 week ago
Anyone snaps their fingers at me it won't be the only thing that snaps on them.
Kombatbunni 1 week ago
Oh I don’t know, fingers are easy to break..so I’ve been told 😈
Load More Replies... Jeanbore Dilford 1 week ago (edited)
This is clearly a joke. The Committee for a Better America does not appear as a well-documented historical entity in standard records, but references align closely with the Better America Federation (BAF), a pro-business group active in 1920s California. No exact match exists for that phrasing in major political or historical archives. Similar modern PACs like "For a Better America" operated briefly in election cycles but lack ties to a "committee." The word "cellophane" is spelt wrong. Also the woman's hairstyle is from the forties as is the graphics of the advert.
Tyranamar Seuss 1 week ago
Plus the 20's would've never allowed that racy outfit to be published.
Load More Replies... Norm Gilmore 1 week ago (edited)
You'd hope so wouldn't you, but that is an actual address on Google Maps....
Load More Replies... Bored Sailor 1 week ago
"Greets you at the door wearing nothing but cellophane" Yup sounds legit to me.
#40
"Including Sanitary Equipment" -- A Bucket
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
"Check our reputation" - so in how many nuclear attacks have these things been tested?
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
Wow! A fiberglass 'blast and fallout shelter', installed in my Attic! I feel so *safe*!
Pieter LeGrande 1 week ago
9 inches thick is a heck of a lot of fibreglass, Surely concrete would have been easier, cheaper and a lot quicker to install.
Cougar Allen 1 week ago
I think it was hollow and you were supposed to fill it with sand.
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Bored Sailor 1 week ago
Thankfully there is sanitary equip. Not equipment because that would mean something. But I was always told it had to be at least 10 inches thick and 12 feet down.
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
Hey, if it doesn't protect you from a nuclear blast, you're more than welcome to go gripe to their Complaints Department!
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The “Multiple Electric Vibrator” Uses 480 Little Nubs To Rub Your Scalp, Stimulating Blood Flow And Supposedly Ridding You Of Dandruff And Loose Hair
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
"Do you know what this means? IT MEANS THAT THIS D@MN THING DOESN'T WORK!!!"
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
There was an episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy used one of these on Ricky! I think she c*****d eggs on his head first.
Teutonic Disaster 1 week ago
I know I'll sound like a clueless perv, but I can't help but wonder what that would feel like when applied about a foot lower... 😏🤪
#42
The Speedy Weeny Debuted In 1947. It Cooked Hot Dogs In Seconds, Using Microwave Technology Developed For Radar In World War II
Janissary35680 1 week ago
Despite his "Hurry up! Hurry up! Let's Go!" catchphrase, WB's "Speedy Weeny" character never caught on so they made him Mexican instead and the rest is history.🐭
Trish Wise 1 week ago
Of course I'll buy an appliance the size of a refrigerator just to cook one hot dog!
#43
"What Man Wouldn't Enjoy Spending A Night With Raquel Welch?" Well, Forget That, But You Can Buy This "Rugged Vinyl" Pillow To Serve As Your "Headrest."
General Anaesthesia 1 week ago
Dream, then just wipe with a damp rag to clean?
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Whaaat? We're Not Gay! We're Just Two Adult Men Goofing Around In Our Boxers
Francois 1 week ago
Who hasn't been besieged on by two muscled men tearing on your underwea? Solutions to non-existing problems.
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
No-tare! Are these made out of awing cloth too? Where are the copy editors?!
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Tare is the button you press to re-zero your scales after placing the container on. I’m struggling to make a dirty joke work with men’s underwear. If it’s ‘no-tare’ does that mean that your pants (UK meaning) get weighed with your family jewels, giving you a higher reading?
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For The "Newest Nowest Style!"
Unicorn 1 week ago (edited)
Expensive, considering you could get a gas mask for $1 (or a stuffed alligator for $2).
Robin Roper 1 week ago
This made me laugh and then I thought, why is the guy in the back naked?
#46
Before There Were Cans, All Soda And Beer Came In Bottles That Required A Deposit So That The Empties Could Be Returned, Cleaned And Reused
Sally Moen 1 week ago
That looks like a steel can. If so, you would need a "church key" can opener, it put a neat triangle opening in the top of your can so liquid contents could flow out. These cans were much heavier than the current soda cans of aluminum
Rali Meyer 1 week ago
you could get it opened by your friendly petrol jockey before he topped up oil
Load More Replies... Chich the witch 1 week ago
I've heard adverts on old radio plays for "one way bottles" No need to return them, just toss them in the trash.
dan gerene 1 week ago
I was buying my beer that way in the 70's. Went to cans after riding to the store and dropping the whole six pack of throw away glass bottles when I stopped in my own driveway..
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paul tress 1 week ago
as a child, a friend and i used to jump into the local shops yard and steal the empty bottles and sell them back to him, seemed genius at the time.
Kit Black 1 week ago
There are still places where you have to pay a deposit for any recyclable bottle or can...
Angela C 1 week ago
Yup. Here in New York state it's 5 cents a container for soda and beer cans and bottled and unflavored still water (but not flavored still water). I just returned a bunch that had been accumulating in my basement for like 5 months and got back over 50 dollars
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#47
Austin Powers: "So, Shall We Shag Now, Or Shall We Shag Later?"
Sally Moen 1 week ago
That's quite a hairy chest. Wasn't Magnum PI actor Tom Selleck known for the chest hair showing shirts?
Kelly Scott 1 week ago
A chest wig. Now I've seen everything. And I'm afraid of what I haven't seen yet.
Kelly Scott 1 week ago
IKEA would give you the hairs and tell you to put it together yourself.
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
Austin Powers: Does this make you h***y baby? Wanna s**g. baby? Oh behave baby
#48
"Never Before A Woman Like This" In The 1950s, Pepsi Claimed Its Soft Drink Would Make Women Slimmer, Healthier And More Attractive
Anyone-for-tea? 1 week ago
Oh me too, that’s what I was admiring, the effortlessly cool composition and the light. The table is a bit weird how it’s floating but I’d love to be able to paint fabric like that.
Load More Replies... wayne whitson 1 week ago (edited)
THAT'S Movie Star Joan Crawford, the wife of Pepsi CEO Al Steele. He died & the company tried to force her out. She screamed at them: "Don't F--k with me fellas,..." (Among other choices words) It's all in the movie "Mommie Dearest" starring Faye Dunaway.
2bwhctmvgn 1 week ago
It doesn't *not* look like her, but I don't think that's intended to be Joan Crawford. This was part of a larger advertising campaign with the same illustration style and not all of the women depicted looked like this. I suppose it's possible it is intended to be her, but it feels unlikely.
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#49
In The 1890s, Sharpening Pencils (Or Other Writing Implements) Involved Sandpaper, Knives, And Files And This Kind Of Activity Was Not Appropriate For Women
General Anaesthesia 1 week ago
It should have been B. A. Dіck Company, no?
Load More Replies... Roxy222uk 1 week ago
My dad still sharpened his pencils with a knife into the 80s. I think he had a point (ha ha) because pencil sharpeners can be so cråp that they wreck the pencil completely
Auntriarch 1 week ago
I still do occasionally, I keep losing the sharpener
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 1 week ago (edited)
I imagine some of the same tools that were used to trim your feather into a writing quill for ink
Robert Millar 1 week ago
Perhaps a penknife? And a female swan is a pen (male is cob) so a penfeather beclame a writing instrument. People collected them from abandoned swan nests.
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 1 week ago
"Eye-gor, *where* did you get this organ for my creature?" "Uh.. 'Abby' something."
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#50
Weird-Vintage-Posters-Products
Eggwodd 1 week ago
I think there'd be a lot more "blowin' if one was offered a tasty sweet afterwards...
PrettyJoyBird 1 week ago
I rmbr a candy from childhood in this shape and colors. Cant recall name. Dont think was spangles.
#51
The Big Selling Point For Crosley Shelvador? Shelves In The Door. Get It? "Shel-Va-Dor"
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 week ago
Those old fridges were so much nicer than modern ones. Would love one
Kelly Scott 1 week ago (edited)
Wait until you have to defrost one - you won't love one then. I rented a trailer with one of those freezer-in-a-fridge refrigerators and it needed defrosting oh, say maybe once a week give or take. And it's NOT fun. Unless you like swimming in your kitchen.
Load More Replies... Phred 1 week ago
I can't tell if the Shelvador has this feature, but a lot of old refrigerators had a door latch that couldn't be operated from inside. A lot of kids died in refrigerators before the doors were changed to magnetic seals. (I work in a teaching hospital. Occasionally I've shocked a group of residents by telling them this--most of them have never heard of a refrigerator with a latch.)
#52
In The 1940s, Englander Mattress Boosted Sales By Convincing Women That Their Husband Would Be Much Nicer To Them If They Could Only Get A Good Night's Sleep
Khavrinen 1 week ago
"He'll sleep so deeply, he won't even notice the pillow you're holding over his face..."
Kit Black 1 week ago
Why were they advertising to the women if the women weren't allowed to have bank accounts or own anything or work? Shouldn't they have been advertising to the guy with the money? I know I'm a much nicer person when I get a good night's sleep...
PrettyJoyBird 1 week ago (edited)
So the women would see ad convince husband getting mattress was his idea
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"It's A Salad! It's A Dessert" It's A Dessert Topping...and A Floor Wax! (Saturday Night Live, 1976 -- 'New Shimmer', The Floor Wax That's Also A Dessert Topping)
Fellfromthemoon 1 week ago
Yes, I'd too, some fruits and cheese go well together.
Load More Replies... chris sims 1 week ago
i feel like all you have to do is look at each generations approach to the culinary arts to see how they felt about pharmaceuticals
UnclePanda 1 week ago
I had to zoom way in. The cream cheese was softened with milk to make it spreadable but there is nothing about how you get it to stick to a wet peeled melon.
#54
Shell Brags About Increasing Crop Yields
Shell brags about increasing crop yields with "nitrogation" which Shell defines as taking "hydrogen from petroleum gas" and combining it with "nitrogen from the air" to make a "potent food for hungry roots." In fact, the process fertilizes the soil by the addition of anhydrous ammonia from pressure tanks into the irrigation water.
Kit Black 1 week ago
It's still going on and it probably always will - plant growth takes nitrogen from the soil, and when the plant dies, the nitrogen goes back into the soil. But growing crops that are then shipped out to grocery stores removes the nitrogen and so most fertilizers contain it.
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“Balls Is The New Candy Sensation That Lets You Conquer The World. Just Pop A Few Balls In Your Mouth And You’ll Be Ready For Everything."
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
I never saw this in any magazine *I* ever read. This must have been for magazines for those with a more "cosmopolitan" taste than I ever had . . . . .
Tabitha 1 week ago (edited)
You mean men’s magazines? I would hardly call them cosmopolitan. I doubt even Cosmopolitan Magazine itself would run an ad like this, even back in the day.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
The most amazing thing about this ad is that BP haven't censored it. There's just so much potential!
Tracy Bluemke 1 week ago
I've never seen the word "balls" used so many times in an advertisement...
La fille à Rod 1 week ago
i've looked it up and it was only because they were sour candies... like it was a challenge to eat them...
#56
If Your Newborn Baby Arrives Wrapped In Cellophane, He May Need More Than A Smack On The Butt
#57
This Poster Was Produced At Oak Ridge National Laboratory In 1947 To Remind Personnel Of Radiation Safety Practices
David Paterson 1 week ago
"Respect" is just a euphemism for "fear". Always. Never fear a meltdown.
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
I was told when my late mamaw in law was alive, signs like that was no joke. She grew up in Kingsport TN. If north Korea ever aim for Oakridge, it would wipe out most of the south eastern US. They had mandatory nuclear drills all around East Tennessee for the schools in the up until the 1980s because of Oakridge
#58
The First Foils For Cooking Were Made Out Of Tin In The Late 19th Century. Aluminum Foil Was First Manufactured In Switzerland In 1910
Must Be Bored Again 1 week ago
And the budget conscious wife would wash it and use it again! 🤢
Margaret H 5 days ago
My mother used to do so. She was horrified that I used it and then threw it out.
Load More Replies... Cougar Allen 1 week ago
The melting point of tin is approximately 231.93 °C (449.47 °F). So yes, don't turn up the oven too high....
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In 1933, The American Can Company Produced The First Workable Beer Can
The first cans were made out of steel with a tin lining, so that the beer wouldn't take on a metallic taste. The cans were heavy and could only be opened with a "church key."
Sally Moen 1 week ago
Oops, there's a post about the church key can openers I commented on earlier. One thing not noted is that they were alot heavier cans than today's aluminum cans. The best way to enjoy target practice of your favorite slingshot was to line up your dad's empty beer cans on a fence
MondoLogo 1 week ago (edited)
This is a sight gag in the movie Jaws that probably doesn't land like it did at the time, when Quint crushes a steel beer can after drinking and Hooper does the same with a styrofoam cup. Steel cans were not as easy to crush as today's aluminum cans so it was the sign of a "tough guy".
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 1 week ago
Better remember to punch *two* holes in the top, on opposite sides. One to drink from, one to vent the can so the contents flow smoothly instead of 'glugging' all over your shirt.
#60
"Get A Real Tan -- Not A Fake Orange Tan"...like The Orangutan-Colored Donald Trump!
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
Who could ever believe that in this day and age anyone would resort to a phony freakish orange tan?
Sally Moen 1 week ago
There's a book Black Like Me, that has a white man taking pills that darken his skin. The ones he took could harm your liver, I don't know what the advertised pills would do.
Kelly Scott 1 week ago (edited)
Someone should send this to Trump. Edit to add: I am so tempted to send this to the W***e House, er, I mean White House.
Chippy Chap 1 week ago
In 1986 a movie called "Soul Man" came out. Its about a white guy that takes a lot of tanning pills to look black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard. It sounds awful, but it is more or less about him finding out subtle and not so subtle racism. Plus James Earl Jones is in it.
#61
"All The Fun You Can Have With Him"... But What Fun Can You Have With A Dead Alligator? Actually, I Don't Want To Know
Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
When I was a kid, they sold live baby alligators at the 5 & 10¢ store.
Michael Largey 1 week ago
Ok, what fun exactly can you have with a live alligator? This ad is a croc!
#62
In 1970, Ohio Art Invented A Toy Phonograph And Promoted It As The "World's Smallest Record Player." It Also Had The World's Worst Sound
Seadog 4 days ago
I don't get why suddenly BP is hiding so many comments. Between their gestapo censorship and the ridiculous ads, I've about had it with this site.
Load More Replies... Philly Bob 6 days ago
I still have the entire collection of Philco-Ford's "Hip-Pocket Records!" They sounded better than these did. Not by much but...
#63
Sylvania Convertible TV -- It's A Console And A Back Injury!
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
When I was growing up my granny and papa had one of those in the den when I would sleep in there with my granny while my parents got her bed and my papa kept his room closed(he hated TV except for wrestling and boxing) The cabinet of the TV had pictures and stuff on it and the TV that went into the cabinet was kept on the coffee table for me to watch cartoons during the day(blk and white not color) this was in the 80s. The TV itself was heavy AF and my grandparents never got rid of old electronics it went into the den if it worked if didn't work it got put in an old outhouse that was converted into storage (my mom told me that they didn't have an indoor toilet until the early 50s)... They kept my mom's old 20in bike in the storage room until I was old enough to have it. It was my first big kid bike from the 50s back in 88 when I got the bike for my 8th bday(yes I grew up poor)
#64
Chug-A-Lug Grandpa! You Too, Little Missy
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
I believe this is how beer manufacturers had to market their product during Prohibition.
UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
The inside joke is that Rainier Beer barely counted as beer. Like sexx in a canoe.
Grace Sssssss 1 week ago
Beer was considered a health food for a while there--one of my favorite old stories involves the courtship of a woman by a shy man who leaves beer for her outside her rented room every day. She's poor and skinny and works long hours, and so appreciates the beer because it has calories! And the yeast gives her the glow of health! etc., etc.
#65
What Does Ben-Hur Have To Do With Flour, You Ask? Nothing, Really
Cathy Jo Baker 1 week ago
Ben-Hur was a sensation! Flour was not the only product using BH to advertise. Look it up! (and if you're ever in Crawfordsville, IN visit the Lew Wallace Study where he wrote Ben-Hur).
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 week ago
They make cereals based on movies. Why not flour with strange pictures that look nothing like the movie
#66
TV Was Already Doing An Excellent Job Of Hypnotizing Viewers By The Time This Ad Appeared
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Oooh, lovely. Planning to have séx with a woman that is too out of it to give consent, what a nice way to spend an evening. I realise that it isn’t going to work, but it just fed the general conceit that trying to get séx any which way was just a cheeky chappie kind of thing that men couldn’t help themselves but do. No harm in trying, apparently.
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
These used to be in the back of many of the comic books that I read back in the day.
Load More Replies... Trish Wise 1 week ago
I think the woman was originally drawn naked and then someone decided she'd better have something on. The "clothes" look at little suspect, especially that "sleeve." And they didn't have miniskirts back then.
#67
The Johnny Astro Space Vehicle -- "The Most Exciting Toy Ever" -- Was Actually A Balloon That Used A Fan For "Lift-Off" And Controlled Flight
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 week ago
Not sure why they're knocking it. Looks pretty high tech for 1968, especially with the space race happening
Seadog 4 days ago
I remember this. Someone I knew had one but can't remember who.
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#68
The Word "Colored" Was First Used To Describe Black People In The Us In 1807, And Didn't End Until The Mid 1960s
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
And yet ppl still uses that term today especially politicians 😔
Eggwodd 1 week ago
Ha! I literally scrolled up to see what the address was in NYC for the Spanish chicks... No match, too bad, because that would be a riot.
#69
Is She Really "Pleased" Or Is She Plotting To Get Even While You Sleep?
Mike F 1 week ago
Anyone who remembers the folding side toaster of yore would know what an improvement this was. I can't remember a time when the grandparents would make toast in one of those that didn't result in many curses. You put in the bread and fold up the sides and watch it till it browned, then open it up, flip the bread and do it again. Then, voila! Burnt toast for everyone.
UnclePanda 1 week ago
A buddy told me he'd bought his wife an automatic litter box for her birthday. Something must have shown on my face because he immediately appended, "Or maybe a random gift the next month." Drive-by Therapist strikes again!
Rali Meyer 1 week ago
and: if you actually use it to make toast for your wife! Imagine. With the morning coffee
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 week ago
Don't forget the vacuum, brooms, dustpans, and iron gifts that women would get from their man back then🙄
#70
The Faultless Rubber Company Promoted Its Faultless Sanitary Sealed Package For Delivering "Clean Balloons, Untouched From The Factory To Your Child."
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Because children are famously incredibly careful about the cleanliness of things they put in their mouths
Norm Gilmore 1 week ago
And after trying (and failing) to inflate the balloon they hand the sodden mess to you to inflate for them... :-)
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The "Modern World" Of 1954 Apparently Had A Lot Of Women Pushing Lawn Mowers
Bill Swallow 1 week ago
Nah, I'm holding out for a walk-behind mower powered by a Mack Diesel.
Geoffrey Scott 1 week ago
Briggs went down market, and it shows. Now the most reliable small engines are Honda.
Chich the witch 1 week ago
I've let most of my yard go to moss and native plants. The bit I do mow takes maybe 10mins with a small electric mower.
#72
"Roger Put Me Into A Street Van. And I'm Not Coming Out." Why Not? Are You Being Held Hostage?
Tabitha 1 week ago (edited)
We used to call it by another name that rhymed with truck. The nicer name was passion wagon.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 1 week ago
It says Dodge put me into a street van, not Roger. AI fails again.
Khavrinen 1 week ago
No, the "Roger" is from the little speech bubble by the woman in the driver's seat.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 week ago
That ad screams early 70's and looks like it was probably in Playboy (and probably other places. The front end also looks very much like the '87 Dodge van I had.
#73
The Black Dragon Fighting Society Was Created By Hairdresser, Criminal, Pornographer, And Egomaniac John “Count Dante” Keehan To Separate Paper Route Money From Comic Book Reading Young Boys
chris sims 1 week ago
last page: . . . . if all else fails, hit them over the head with this book
#74
Jell-O Brand Powder First Hit The Market In 1897
Over the years their advertising featured many recipes. In this ad from 1959, readers are told that the gelatin protein that is produced when animal bones, connective tissues and other similar meat by-products are boiled makes a delicious soft drink.
April M 1 week ago
Any time I was sick as a kid, my grandma made me drink warm Jello. I actually loved it!
Huddo's sister 1 week ago
Much better than the time my mum gave me Vegemite dissolved in hot water because I wasn't keeping down Vegemite toast, which was the standard thing for sick people in my house!
Load More Replies... Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 week ago
It's called Aeroplane jelly here :) My Nan and I used to drink her favourite flavour, Port Wine, warm. It's yum!
Natalie Kelsey 1 week ago
Whenever I was sick as a kid in the 80s my mom made me drink warm Jell-O water
#75
"For Men Only! . . . Brand New Man-Talking, Power-Packed Patterns That Tell Her It's A Man's World . . . And Make Her So Happy It Is."
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 week ago
That tie would get shoved up where his mother neve kissed him. After the hot tea on that tray ''accidentally'' ended up in his crot.ch.
Another View 1 week ago
Somewhere there's a story about men's ties reducing blood flow to the brain. A marketing man's fantasy; probably single.
Chich the witch 1 week ago
I've always found ties to be be a weird bit of clothing. What happened way back when? "hey, I've this bit of scrap cloth left over." "Tie it around your neck for all I care"
Michael Largey 1 week ago
Wearing a tie identifies you as the kind of man who wears a tie.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 1 week ago
Whoopsie! Sorry, hun, I tripped on the rug. Sorry about the mess - guess you'll have to change.
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Janissary35680 1 week ago (edited)
At least a few of these are spoofs that were originally created for National Lampoon and the like.
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
But the majority of them were actual ads. I remember a lot of them or have seen them over the years on other vintage ads sites.
Load More Replies... MondoLogo 1 week ago
Some of this smells like AI (not all). And some of this is that terms like "gay", etc changed over the years. 2080 will not be any kinder to us.
Rick Murray 1 week ago
Don't need to go that far back. Not so long ago, burger flingers used to include horrible plastic things as the children's "toy", instant landfill. Everything was packed in styrofoam, and pretty much the 70s to about the last few years can be put down as "the age of plastic". Oh, and the number of films and TV programmes that featured prominent smoking seen in a positive light - like Hannibal and his legendary cigars when a plan came together.
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StumblingThroughLife 1 week ago (edited)
It was the same in the 60s/early 70s (at least in the UK schools). It had the texture of Baking Paper - but shiny. Ugh.
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 3 days ago
This could have been a great opportunity to reproach historical ideas with intelligent, researched humorous hindsight.
Janissary35680 1 week ago (edited)
At least a few of these are spoofs that were originally created for National Lampoon and the like.
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
But the majority of them were actual ads. I remember a lot of them or have seen them over the years on other vintage ads sites.
Load More Replies... MondoLogo 1 week ago
Some of this smells like AI (not all). And some of this is that terms like "gay", etc changed over the years. 2080 will not be any kinder to us.
Rick Murray 1 week ago
Don't need to go that far back. Not so long ago, burger flingers used to include horrible plastic things as the children's "toy", instant landfill. Everything was packed in styrofoam, and pretty much the 70s to about the last few years can be put down as "the age of plastic". Oh, and the number of films and TV programmes that featured prominent smoking seen in a positive light - like Hannibal and his legendary cigars when a plan came together.
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 1 week ago (edited)
It was the same in the 60s/early 70s (at least in the UK schools). It had the texture of Baking Paper - but shiny. Ugh.
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 3 days ago
This could have been a great opportunity to reproach historical ideas with intelligent, researched humorous hindsight.
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