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Knox Gelatine

23-Feb-09

…you’d better sign up for the Knox Build-Up Plan right away!
The ad shown above comes from the April, 1942 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal magazine. It encouraged readers to sign up for the “Knox Build-Up Plan,” which you could receive free by writing to Knox. “2 out of 3 of hundreds who volunteered to drink [...]

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Crisco Pie Recipes, 1934

04-Jan-09

As you can see above in this portion of an ad from the June 1934 issue of Woman’s Home Companion, Crisco pies were delicious, but most importantly, they were digestible! Diets and health did not have to be a concern as long as you stuck to Crisco in your homemade pastries.

This ad for Crisco featured [...]

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Vintage Colgate Ads

05-Nov-08

The beautiful ad above is from the February 1926 issue of Delineator magazine. The lovely salesgirl with her 1920’s bobbed hair is offering you Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream. According to Wikipedia, it seems that this product was first offered in 1896 as the first toothpaste to be sold in a collapsible tube (before that, since [...]

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The Victrola, 1914

30-Oct-08

The back cover of the March, 1914 issue of McCall’s magazine featured this full-color ad for the Victrola. The reader was informed that
“the Victrola brings to you all kinds of music and entertainment, superbly rendered by the world’s greatest artists who make records exclusively for the Victor.”
Wikipedia states that the Victrola was first marketed to [...]

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