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Follies of the Madmen #414
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 25, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Technology, Sex Symbols, Appliances, 1960s
Niagara Falls with bubbles
Adding a foaming agent to Niagara Falls was evidently the fantasy of some chemical engineer at Monsanto.
Newsweek - Mar 17, 1952
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 24, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s, Pranks, Natural Wonders
Hardee’s Road Runner and Ernie
Two lame-o's seeking to capitalize on SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT popularity are employed to endorse burgers.
Many, many more Hardee's commercials here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 24, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fads, Stereotypes and Cliches, Junk Food, 1970s, Cars
Hostetter’s Bitters
Hostetter's "Celebrated" Bitters was a nostrum developed by Dr. Jacob Hostetter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His son, David Hostetter, put the formula into large scale production in 1853 and it soon became a national best-seller. During the Civil War, Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters was sold to soldiers as "a positive protective against the fatal maladies of the Southern swamps, and the poisonous tendency of the impure rivers and bayous." The original formula was about 47% alcohol -- 94 Proof! The amount of alcohol was so high that it was served in Alaskan saloons by the glass. Hostetter sweetened the alcohol with sugar to which he added a few aromatic oils (anise, coriander, etc.) and vegetable bitters (cinchona, gentian, etc.) to give it a medicinal flavor. From 1954 to 1958, when it was no longer marketed, the product was known as Hostetter Tonic.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 21, 2019 -
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Category: Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #413
Thousands of microscopic ballerina feet beat your carpet clean.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 17, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Surrealism, Appliances, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #412
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions
Billboards in space
If Russian company StartRocket has their way, there will soon be no escaping ads. They plan to display them in the sky, from satellites. They hope to have them up and running by 2021.More details
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 09, 2019 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Advertising, Billboards
Follies of the Madmen #411
Surreal pajama ad from armaments manufacturer.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 07, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Surrealism, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #410
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 01, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Guns, 1910s
Follies of the Madmen #409
The man and the women are plainly inhabitants of totally different cartoon universes, the inverse relationship of Roger and Jessica Rabbit. This rather destroys the impact of the whole ad.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 29, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, Comics, 1930s
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