March 2018
March 31, 2018
Sanatogen Tonic Wine
Back in 2016, Paul posted some ads for Sanatogen Tonic Wine from early in the 20th century. Here are some more ads for this fine product, but from later in the century (1960s), in which the marketing team decided to focus on how this medicinal wine was the cure for a housewife's blues. Feeling bored at home, run-down by the kids? No problem, just take a little swig of Sanatogen and you'll be numb to your problems in no time! "That's lovely... that's better"
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 31, 2018 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Advertising, 1960s, Alcohol
Man Beast
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Category: Cryptozoology, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1950s
March 30, 2018
The Non-Smokers Inn
Lyndon Sanders opened the Non-Smokers Inn in 1981 in Dallas. At the time, it was the first exclusively non-smoking hotel in America. Actually it may have been the first to offer any rooms exclusively for non-smokers, period. I'm not sure. But as it turned out, he anticipated the non-smoking trend too well. From cnn.com:
It wasn't that the world had turned its back on his idea -- it was that the world had embraced it too thoroughly. Major hotels had started putting in nonsmoking floors, and advertising the fact; people who didn't smoke suddenly had no trouble finding a clean, fresh-smelling room. The Non-Smokers Inn, struggling for business, had to become something else and let smokers in, because the nonsmokers no longer had to look so hard for what they desired.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 30, 2018 -
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Category: Hotels, Smoking and Tobacco, 1980s
Miss Terraplane
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 30, 2018 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, 1930s, Cars
March 29, 2018
The Dieter’s Conscience
Carol Kiebala invented a dieting gadget that would verbally chastise you whenever you opened the refrigerator door.I guess that would encourage you to eat more potato chips, and other non-perishable snacks.
The Arlington Daily Herald - Sep 22, 1977
Fort Lauderdale News - Nov 6, 1977
Tallahassee Democrat - Sep 21, 1977
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Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 29, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, 1970s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Mystery Illustration 71
What product and/or company is this image touting?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 29, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, 1940s
March 28, 2018
Mystery Illustration
2018 NOTE: The very first in this series.
What does this great illustration by Jan Faust depict?
1) Young lads who prey on MILFs
2) Embezzlement by cash register clerks
3) Lyndon LaRouche's theory of Space Lizards among us
4) An incident from the next Spider-Man film
5) The dangers inherent in our food supply
Find the answer here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 28, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Art, Women
Serb, the men’s cologne
In the midst of the Bosnian War, two Serbian designers came out with "Serb" the cologne. I can't think of any other cologne inspired by a war.
Arizona Republic - Apr 17, 1994
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - May 9, 1994
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 28, 2018 -
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Category: 1990s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Juice-Head Baby
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 28, 2018 -
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Category: Music, 1940s, Women, Alcohol
March 27, 2018
Vasectomy Ties
Vasectomy ties, however, can be abused. Unscrupulous men—who have not had vasectomies—are reputed to have lured unsuspecting girls into bed by sporting the ties. The success of these men can depend upon the design they wear.
A sober tie has greater credibility than one which bears the abbreviation I.O.F.B. ("I only fire blanks").
Chicago Tribune - Jan 13, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 27, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, Birth Control , 1970s
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