Advertising
Losing 103 lbs to Music!
Mrs. Derby suffered from a "mountainous burden of flesh," but when the music started to play, the pounds just melted away.
Source: The Ladies Home Journal, Nov. 1922
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 14, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, 1920s
Follies of the Madmen #243
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 10, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Toys, 1960s
Storm Window Manufacturing
It's a rare child who has a hotline to a storm-window tycoon!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 07, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Sports, Juvenile Delinquency
Come A Little Closer
One Berlin funeral service's strategy for drumming up new business.According to advertolog.com, the subway billboard was "done by Jung Von Matt/Spree Berlin advertising agency for brand: Bergemann & Sohn in Germany. It was released in the Sep 2006."
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 05, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Advertising
Bile Beans
One of the less-alluringly named nostrums. Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 28, 2015 -
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Category: Drugs, Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, Advertising, Excrement, Nineteenth Century, Diseases
The First Dog Whisperer
Much iconography that was once taken for granted as part of our culture now means nothing to people. Does any youth of today understand that a Napolean hat = crazy?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 26, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Nutrition, Dogs, 1960s
Sodaburst
A solution without a problem. So much easier than scooping a dollop of vanilla ice cream into a glass of root beer. Now with limited flavor choices!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 25, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Chindogu, Junk Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #242
From American Home for September 1966.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 24, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Dreams and Nightmares, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Monkey Brand Soap
In the days before Mr. Clean, there was Monkey Brand. Though it seems an odd choice for whatever ad man thought this up to figure that people would associate a grinning monkey with clean dishes.
Source: Sketch Magazine, April 1908
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 21, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1900s
Ouija Board, 1968
Parker Brothers bought the commercial rights to the Ouija Board in 1966. Based on this 1968 ad, I'm guessing that they were wary of marketing it as a device for communicating with dead people. Instead, they tried to sell it as a kind of Magic 8-Ball. But really, who would ask a Ouija board such boring questions?
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 20, 2015 -
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Category: Paranormal, Advertising, 1960s
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