Pajamas Extraordinaire

I can just see myself in that Russian style vat-dye cotton broadcloth Cossack pajamas and I can also hear my girlfriends bobbling laughter as I enter the bedroom. Oh yes – Ted Image found at “Juvenile Delinquent”

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Blame It On The Rainbow

Stay away from jesters, they make you gay – Ted  – Image found at “Vintage Ads”

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MacGregor’s Fire Retardent Shorts

Lady 1: The Smiths down the street lost their youngest in a terrible fire the other day, but luckily they managed to save his shorts. Lady 2: One got to be thankful for small mercies. Those shorts don’t come cheap. Image found at “Back to the five and dime”

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Must See Tea Ad

What a charming lady – Ted – Video uploaded on YouTube by “antonfosh”

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Old Brylcreem Ad

Found at “Soppatankar”

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Hughes’ Bakery Van

Come all of you women; take warnin’ from me. Don’t go buying your pan loaf from Hovis so free, But stand on the corner and wait on the man. He’ll be round, sure as God, in an old bakery van. And it’ll be Hughes’, Barney Hughes’. God rest Barney Hughes and his old bakery van. [...]

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Pruett Carter–Illustrator

Pruett Carter (1891 – 1955) was an American illustrator active in the first half of the 20th Century. He studied under Walter Biggs. As art director for Good Housekeeping, gave himself his first illustration assignment. WWI service. Returned to a 40-year career, in demand for Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, Good Housekeeping, American Magazine, Collier’s, Pictorial [...]

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Zippo’s First Ad

Zippo Lighter – the company’s first ad, “Windy” 1937 – Illustration by Enoch Bolles Note that in this ad, both Bolles’ names are misspelled: Enoc Boles not Enoch Bolles. Soon after the first publication, this artwork began to appear without attribution and eventually was mis-attributed to Alberto Vargas. Today, people sell Windy items on eBay [...]

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So You’ve Got A Porsche Do You

Ad found at A Saucer Full Of Wheels

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Miraculous Pepper-Mint Faith-Enhancing Breathspray

I’ve seen a few strange products and ads in my time, but I think this one tops them all. A breathspray that gives instant faith in God. And “as seen on TV” even. Must be the perfect gift for a hard-core non-believer. Just remove the label and stand back and observe as he or she [...]

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Aren’t Today’s People Wonderful – Classic Pepsi Ads

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L J Biro, The Man Who Killed Good Handwriting

L J Biro invented the ballpoint pen and gave the world a cheap and simple alternative to the fountain pen and instantly changed the way people wrote. The nib of the fountain pen glides over the paper surface with a minimum of friction. The point of the ballpoint pen on the other hand produces a [...]

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From Dandruff Killer To Mouth Wash

It would be interesting to know how a product that could rid you of dandruff at the beginning of the last century suddenly turns up as a mouth wash to day. I guess even the English surgeon, good old Sir Joseph Lister was unaware of what a marvellous multi purpose product he had conjured up.

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Classic Coca-Cola Ads

Coca-Cola has always used the best advertising agencies, the best illustrators and photographers for their campaigns. Nice of them, as what ever your thoughts are on their product, at least their ads are easy on the eyes. Here’s a gallery full of nice Classic Coca-Cola ads for you.

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Tabletop Nuce

Just the gift for the scientificly interested young man. Nothing like being exposed to deadly rays in your own home. Image found at:

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Smoking Baby Shocker

A pretty effective anti smoking campaign I would think, although his smoking technique leaves a lot to be desired. You need to hold the fag firmly with both lips to get those really deep satisfying drags.   Image found at:

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Women At War

  With this expanded horizon of opportunity and confidence, and with the extended skill base that many women could now give to paid and voluntary employment, women’s roles in World War II were even more extensive than in the First World War. By 1945, more than 2.2 million women were working in the war industries, [...]

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The Titanic & Vinolia Otto Toilet Soap

The White Star Line was not the only ones who went all out when "Titanic" was ready for her maiden voyage. A lot of firms delivering goods for the crew and passengers (particularly those on first class) saw the ship as a great opportunity to promote their products. The Vinola company was one of them. [...]

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God Almighty Action Man From Jesus Christ Superstore

I suspect that my blog haven’t got all that many right wing Christians or creationist visitors, but just in case, here’s a smashing idea for a Christmas present for your kids. God Almighty action man, complete with a Kalashnikov AK 47 assault rifle and hallowed cloak of invulnerability. Right from Jesus Christ Superstore, I mean, [...]

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Deutche Zeppelin Reederei

Image via Wikipedia Before commercial trans-atlantic airflights and the Hindenburg disaster, going by zeppelins were quite the way to travel among the rich and famous. 3 days to South America beat going by boat by far, but it must have set you back a pretty penny, those big contraptions didn’t take all that many passengers. [...]

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