medical breakthrough past: cure colds and the flu

Want to stop a cold?  Prevent the flu?  Shorten your life?  Try Turpentine in a jar... (you know, that same stuff we use to remove paint... )

also good for....



















via weird universe: http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/turpo/

Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad from the 80s

a fun commercial to see again...

along with Michael, Alfonso Ribeiro (in his pre-Fresh Prince days) does a great job as the leader of the kids.

even more sexist ads you just won't see today

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creepy ads you probably wouldn't see today

more vintage ads you won't see today

even more sexist ads you won't see today (part 5)

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more sexist ads you won't see these days (part 4)

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still more sexist ads that you just won't see today

more (healthy) ads you just won't see today

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more sexist ads you just won't see these days

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vintage ads that you just wouldn't see these days (part 1)

(this last one is unbelievable... but also true. see http://snipr.com/sbvls)

another ad you won't see these days... from the 1960s Flintstones

yes, this advertisement was broadcast

ads from the past... that you won't see today

Back in the day when "sexism" wasn't yet a word and "politically correct" wasn't yet a concept... ads like these were common.

These advertisements were originally printed in 1961, 1952, and 1953 respectively.




these pictures were taken from an article in the Daily Mail and are part of a new book entitled You Mean A Woman Can Open It?: The Woman's Place In The Classic Age Of Advertising.










"My wife doesn't need a watch. There is a clock on the stove."

--James Kline, now deceased

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