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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 — 4 comments

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 →

Tags: old advertisements, Retro Magazine Ads, Strange Salad Days, 1940s ads, 1940s products, french dressing, olive oil, retro ads, Salads

Worst Hair-Care Product Name Ever — 13 comments

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 →

Tags: old advertisements, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Glamour, weird retro, ladies home journal, 1940s ads, retro beauty, retro women

If You Are PAST 40... — 8 comments

Lidian wrote 2 months ago: …If you are past 40, this is what advertisers in 1945 are thinking about you. Nice, huh? Flatt … more →

Tags: old advertisements, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, weird retro, 1940s ads, 1940s women, retro women, bifocals, RETRO GLASSES

Everything I Know I Learned From A 1940s Kotex Ad — 7 comments

Lidian wrote 3 months ago: I thought you might like some more “Are You In the Know?” fun! This advertisement is fu … more →

Tags: old advertisements, The Social Whirl, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Etiquette, Retro Unmentionables, wham!, weird retro ads, 1940s ads

Sisterhood of the Bolero Pants — 5 comments

Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Oh, yes, this looks like a clever idea! And the heading “Found Money! Found Money! Found Mone … more →

Tags: retro fashion, Retro Glamour, Vintage Craftiness, weird retro, 1950s fashion, Boleros, 1950s sewing

Drene A Little Drene — 3 comments

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 →

Tags: old advertisements, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Glamour, Old Movies, British retro, 1940s ads, retro beauty, 1940s shampoos

Doing the Mashed Potato — 6 comments

Lidian wrote 3 months ago: The Brillo may be brilliant. But the potential customers, according to this ad - not so much. Also, … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, Retro Magazine Ads, The Weird Retro Household, 1940s ads, 1940s amgazines, Brillo pads, ladies home journal

Starcrossed Towels — 4 comments

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 →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, 1940s ads, 1940s magazines, Wundatowl

The Sandwich Spread of the Nation — 6 comments

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 →

Tags: Mealtime Retrocities, old advertisements, Sandwich Central, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, Sandwiches, retro food, 1940s ads

Bon Ami Economy — 4 comments

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 →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, weird retro, 1940s ads, 1940s magazines, 1940s household products, Bon Ami

Hot Waffles, Summer in the City — 8 comments

Lidian wrote 3 months ago: When I think of warm weather - which around these parts is a euphemism for really, really hot weat … more →

Tags: old advertisements, The Main Course, Breakfast Epiphanies, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, ladies home journal, Waffles, weird retro ads, 1940s ads

Mum's the Word — 5 comments

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 →

Tags: old advertisements, The Social Whirl, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Glamour, Retro Unmentionables, ladies home journal, 1940s ads, 1940s magazines

Are You In The Know? — 7 comments

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 →

Tags: old advertisements, The Social Whirl, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Glamour, Retro Etiquette, Retro Unmentionables, weird retro, 1940s ads


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