Wiggle Stick

Wiggle Stick, used for bluing fabrics, was marketed heavily in the early 20th century. The name made some kind of sense, since it was a stick that you wiggled around in the water. But the ads with the women riding on top of a giant wiggle stick made it pretty clear that the name could be interpreted in more than one way.

Chicago Daily Tribune - Jan 6, 1904





     Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 25, 2016
     Category: Advertising | 1900s





Comments
Notice that, in both illustrations, the woman is not straddling the Wiggle=Stick, but rather is riding it side-saddle, which is more chaste.
Posted by Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. on 10/25/16 at 07:39 AM
But, you can still see their ankles and calves! Rowr, rowr.
Posted by KDP on 10/25/16 at 08:30 AM
If the original won't spot clothes, Bill Clinton should have stuck with that.
Posted by Virtual on 10/25/16 at 09:40 AM
From Laundry Blue, a division of Trump Enterprises.
Posted by Fritz G on 10/26/16 at 07:19 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomiqCDLcoE
Posted by S. Norman on 10/26/16 at 07:27 AM
A more socially acceptable alternative to riding broomsticks, which could bring accusations of witchcraft.
Posted by tadchem on 10/27/16 at 01:52 PM
This reminds me of the blue locktite stick I have that I use on my R/C helicopter builds. Please ladies never use the red one 😊
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 10/28/16 at 01:46 AM
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