Good Things in Du Pont Cellophane

Things you can wrap in Du Pont cellophane: fresh fruits, vegetables, babies...

Source: Saturday Evening Post, 1955 - via Hagley Digital Archives

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 26, 2021
Category: Babies | Advertising | 1950s

Comments

OK, I'll make the obvious joke so the rest of you don't have to.

I love babies, but I couldn't eat a whole one.

Posted by Richard Bos on 11/27/21 at 05:20 AM

In a similar ad, they showed 2 toddlers: https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/follies_of_the_madmen_485

Does that mean that one of the babies didn't make it?

Posted by René Bos on 12/02/21 at 01:16 PM

One of those classic “what were they thinking?” ads. Whoever came up with it clearly knew nothing about either babies or cellophane.

Posted by Brian on 12/02/21 at 08:21 PM

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