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The Super Suds Experiment
In 1947, Colgate-Palmolive conducted a test to prove that just one package of Super Suds detergent could fill two trucks full of suds. Because who wouldn't want a kitchen full of suds!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 06, 2012 -
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Category: Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods
Smelly Hands
Is this a common problem among ladies?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 02, 2012 -
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Category: Body, Skin and Skin Conditions, Business, Advertising, Products, Public Humiliation, Unsolved Mysteries, 1930s
Canadian Super Shape
Either this is how men sit in Canada, or the pants are so slippery that he's sliding off the seat.
From Eaton's Fall and Winter Catalog, 1975. (via Miss Retro Modern)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 02, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising
Meat Loaf Every Day!
If you had to eat the same thing every day, why not make it meat loaf? Sounds good to me.
Ad from Good Housekeeping, August 1969. (via JB's Warehouse and Curio Emporium)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 30, 2012 -
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Category: Food, Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #174
I'll bet you never knew popcorn came in special hepcat/hipster/beatnik varieties.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 28, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
L L Bean Bootmobile
I'd pay good money to see the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile side-by-side with the Bootmobile!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 19, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Shoes, Trucks
JAPP Energy Bar Commercials
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 18, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, 1990s
The Vacuum Cap
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 16, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900s, Hair and Hairstyling
What’s It To You?
A great combo of mad science and rampant consumerism. Half an hour of better living thru chemistry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 15, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Design and Designers, Domestic, Technology, 1950s
Finnish TV James Bond Ad
Wait, huh, what--? This is the latest "Bond Girl"?!?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 12, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, Television, Advertising, Sex Symbols
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