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Now With Activiated Seismotite5 comments

Lidian wrote 4 months ago: My goodness, what precisely is the Old Dutch going to do to the bathtub, blow it up? And is the li … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, Retro Magazine Ads, The Weird Retro Household, 1950s ads, Old Dutch Cleanser, retro household, weird retro, weird retro ads

Moth Snuffocator:Yes...Dust Bag:No3 comments

Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Tell me this does NOT come with a baby that does all the vacuuming. Because that is just too weird. … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, 1950s retro, 1950s ads, weird retro, weird retro ads, 1950s household products

What Do Windows Want?4 comments

Lidian wrote 4 months ago: I didn’t know they cared about fashion. My windows don’t talk about it that much. Well, … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, Postwar Panache, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Rooms and Houses, The Weird Retro Household, 1950s ads, 1950s decorating, 1950s houses

It's Just Like Jelly, Baby8 comments

Lidian wrote 5 months ago: And that’s what we’re all having for supper tonight, it seems. Because using Certo to m … more →

Tags: old advertisements, True Confections, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, 1950s ads, Jam, certo, Jelly

The Booklet Is Pretty7 comments

Lidian wrote 5 months ago: Here we have the Relax-A-Cizor. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, the belt that sort of j … more →

Tags: old advertisements, retro fashion, Retro Dieting, 1950s ads, Vogue, 1950s diet aids, 1950s beauty, exercise belts

Delightful Beautifying Oil5 comments

Lidian wrote 5 months ago: A confusing ad this, what with the sunset-on-the-prairies background - and the glam model in the fo … more →

Tags: old advertisements, The Social Whirl, Postwar Panache, retro fashion, Retro Magazine Ads, Retro Glamour, 1950s ads, Vogue, 1950s makeup

Blue's Wax Paper Clues5 comments

Lidian wrote 5 months ago: A long time ago I used to have a book about sexual subtexts in advertising; I think it was publish … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, Old Movies, TV and Theater, 1950s ads, weird retro, weird retro ads

Extract of Meat Jingle Contest15 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: OK, here’s the deal. You write the last line of the jingle and you win some fabulous prizes. … more →

Tags: Eating One's Words, old advertisements, The Main Course, The Weird Retro Household, Writers in the Kitchen, Retro Magazine Ads, 1950s ads, meat extract, jingle contests

Brisk Is One Way Of Putting It3 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: Mr. Coffee Nerves needs another villain for the tea concession - except the rules are inverted over … more →

Tags: old advertisements, The Social Whirl, Just My Cup Of Tea, Retro Magazine Ads, Vintage Graphic Art and Comics, Tea, 1950s ads, Caffeine, Liptons

Libby's Tomato Juice Cans and the Women Who Love Them4 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: You’re set, all right. For snack time at the loony bin! What is up with all that tomato juice … more →

Tags: old advertisements, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Snacks, The Weird Retro Household, Retro Magazine Ads, Snacks, 1950s ads, weird retro ads, Libby's, Tomato Juice

"The Wiener The World Awaited!"8 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: I’m not sure that the world realized this. All the other issues at hand in the 1950s: the Col … more →

Tags: old advertisements, Surreal Ingredients, Take it outside, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, Retro Magazine Ads, 1950s food, Canned Food, Sauces, 1950s ads

The Elbow Macaroni Gourmet3 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: Sorry, Ann, but I am looking at this main course - and it doesn’t “look expensive. … more →

Tags: Household hints, Mealtime Retrocities, old advertisements, Pasta Imperfect, Postwar Panache, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, The Main Course, 1950s advertisements, 1950s tv shows

Maybe You're Missing Something3 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: Well, that is often the case before I pour a few cups of coffee into myself in the morning. Here we … more →

Tags: coffee talk, old advertisements, Postwar Panache, 1950s advertisements, 1950s coffee, AP, Bokar coffee, Coffee, weird retro ads

"Gel-Cookery Helps Us Eat Better"2 comments

Lidian wrote 8 months ago: Oh, Knox Sparkling Unflavored Gelatine, how we love you. “More and more thousands of women … more →

Tags: Household hints, old advertisements, Jello Central, Jell-O, Gelatin, Knox gelatin, cookery, Coffee, Sponge pudding

Alkalize This!

Lidian wrote 9 months ago: Here’s the blogging equivalent of - oh, I don’t know - a sorbet, a palate cleanser if yo … more →

Tags: old advertisements, vintage, candy, Retro, tums, 1950s ads, woman's day, antacids, Humor