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The Mysteries of Salad Dressing
Tell me, was this stuff ever mysterious in the first place? I don’t think so! Even when I was a kid, and a lot of things were mysterious - French dressing was totally obvious. It’s orange,… more →
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The Mysteries of Salad Dressing
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: Tell me, was this stuff ever mysterious in the first place? I don’t think so! Even when I was … more →
Worst Hair-Care Product Name Ever
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: The admen who came up with this one deserve some sort of prize for the Worst Named Hair-Care Produc … more →
If You Are PAST 40...
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: …If you are past 40, this is what advertisers in 1945 are thinking about you. Nice, huh? Flatt … more →
Everything I Know I Learned From A 1940s Kotex Ad
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: I thought you might like some more “Are You In the Know?” fun! This advertisement is fu … more →
Drene A Little Drene
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Here is the lovely Bebe Daniels looking not quite as happy about Drene shampoo as one might have th … more →
My Chemical Mitt Romance
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: For people who are just sick of soap, bored with Bon Ami - hate the sight of seismotite. What you n … more →
Doing the Mashed Potato
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: The Brillo may be brilliant. But the potential customers, according to this ad - not so much. Also, … more →
Starcrossed Towels
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: It’s a good thing you are only going to dry stuff with these towels, and not enter a spelling … more →
The Sandwich Spread of the Nation
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: There were some pretty odd food shortages in the US during World War II - not the sort of items tha … more →
Bon Ami Economy
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: What a happy day it is! I have learned a new and exciting way to clean the windows! Just put that c … more →
Hot Waffles, Summer in the City
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: When I think of warm weather - which around these parts is a euphemism for really, really hot weat … more →
Mum's the Word
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Trouble in the boudoir! Or wherever this is. Could be a sound stage. Could be a large lightbox. I d … more →
Are You In The Know?
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Kotex was dispensing relationship and fashion advice back in 1946, and it is just too good not to sh … more →
Inner Saltiness
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Ah, Andrews Liver Salt! The choice of Hitchcockian mothers everywhere. And also the choice, this ad … more →
Spry-Eyed
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Surely a can of lard, no matter how Spry it may be (and what an interesting name that is to choose … more →
Zen and the Art of Loveliness Maintenance
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: More fun with one of those weird tiny magazine ads, now up close and all too personal thanks to the … more →
Nurse Jones Needs A Holiday
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: One of the many things that amuse me about old ads is the amount of time and space devoted to subjec … more →
The Picture Of Dorothy Gray
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: I could not resist sharing this one with you - this is the Dorothy Gray ad I was going to post yes … more →
The Worst Craft Idea of 1945
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: The truth of the matter is that I was just cropping out a very lovely 1940s ad for Dorothy Gray cos … more →
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