Delicious Cakes for Every Occasion from 6 Foundation Recipes, a 1932 booklet from Airy Fairy Cake Flour (via the Priscilla Proving Plant) Commander Larabee Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; sadly, no fairies.
Tag: advertising
Vilma Gloss On Acne
As far as I can tell from this 1936 newspaper advertorial, Vilma Gloss was the proprietress of a Milwaukee beauty or spa business. Oh, and if you’re an adolescent or older, please be careful not to disturb your skin elimination.
Ties Knot Fit To Be Seen
From the March 1954 issue of Silhouette magazine, a promotional booklet for Hollands Dry Cleaners, warning tips to the little woman on how to properly treat his neckties.
The Ice Man Cometh
Photo from Modern Woman Magazine, an ice industry publication for housewives, circa 1944.
Students! Teachers! Artists!
Accordions
Sears Calling
Don’t you just love looking at your favorite catalog models? …Remember sneaking them into the bathroom for a little dreamy privacy, and — what? You didn’t get that way over the latest telephone models from American Bell and GTE?
Not the Flip-Phone or the Fashion Plate? Not even the Princess telephone?!
Huh.
I guess I’m just weird that way.
Two pages from the Fall-Winter 1983 Sears catalog.
Be An Accountant, Man
Sexist ad on the back cover of Ranch Romances & Adventures (May, 1971) which clearly states that men who are trained in accounting are being moved up the ladder to important management positions. Way to go, LaSalle. Did the coursework include how to belittle the female accountants and ways to chase the secretary around the office?
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor
Yogurt: Moichandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
Ants In Your Panties
Vintage novelty ad found at A Slip Of A Girl — her post also has a link to another vintage pair of panties with embroidered ants-ies.
BK Love
If I had been older when Burger King employed these ads, I might have asked just what was in those burgers…
Image Tiki Ranch.