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Western Electric Design Line Phones
Introduced in 1974, these phones were intended to spice up the boring old device that had been around for decades.I would have gone for the Chestphone, because then I would have felt like I was a member of U.N.C.L.E. or SMERSH.
Full set of pics and other info here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 15, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Telephones, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #365
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 12, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, Telephones, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #364
Woman with memory issues ensures she will be regarded as insane.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 07, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Tobacco and Smoking, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #363
Our products are used by milquetoasts, nerds and wimps.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 04, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #362
Wimpiest cocktail name ever.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 29, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Cats, 1960s, Alcohol
Hair Dressing with Quinine
Source.
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Eau de Quinine compound hair tonic was introduced in the 1850s by Ed. Pinaud’s (Edouard Pinaud), a Paris parfumerie. Advertisements indicate that the product was sold into the 1960s. Quinine is a toxic alkaloid derived from the cinchona tree. When heavily diluted, it was used in hair products, specifically as a treatment for hair loss. Pinaud’s was advertised as the favorite hair dressing of "Cultured Women" and the only tonic "used by the crowned heads of Europe." It was an "indispensable preparation for the refined toilet" with a "delicate fragrance that overpowers the unpleasant effects of excessive oiliness on the scalp. Pinaud’s product was imported to the United States from France and many barbers apparently tried to pass off domestic preparations as genuine Eau de Quinine. In the mid-1920s, Pinaud filed an injunction against companies making the counterfeit product.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 27, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Hair Styling, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
The Golden Flake Gobbler
Amazingly, never sued by Sesame Street or Jim Henson for resemblance to the Cookie Monster.
Explanation here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 24, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Regionalism, Junk Food
Follies of the Madmen #361
From THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE for June 1959.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, 1950s, Skin and Skin Conditions
Cowvertising
$500 a year to put your ad on the side of a cow.
Twin Falls Times-News - Apr 8, 1984
Detroit Free Press - Apr 13, 1984
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 20, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Farming, Cows, 1980s
Follies of the Madmen #360
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 20, 2018 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Food, 1970s
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