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06 January 2010

Vintage Ad Browser!

post by: Specklet at: 09:13 | 10 comments

That's awesome Specklet. Thanks! There are a lot of gems in here, like this:

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posted by eekacat 06 January | 09:55

This is awesome and remember, germs pick out the weak ones.

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ooh, that is a good one eekacat.

posted by LoriFLA 06 January | 10:04

This is a wonderful link! You should post it at MeFi. I love that there is still such a variety of propaganda posters being printed around the world.

posted by Miko 06 January | 10:18

Oh this is AWESOME.
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posted by BoringPostcards 06 January | 10:36

God, I need that flame gun today.

posted by essexjan 06 January | 10:45

I remember this product on sale in England in the 70s. I had no idea it dated from the 40s or 50s. Needless to say, the 80s sounded its death knell.

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posted by essexjan 06 January | 10:50

This is really cool.

posted by richat 06 January | 11:19

I wish they still made tvs like this one.

And, I got a "computer radio" very much like this one 27 years ago as a present. I only just last month retired it, and it still works great.

posted by JanetLand 06 January | 11:22

essexjan, that ad is so wrong in so many ways.

They used to sell that product in the States, too- I remember my grandmother using it in the 70s. (They looked like little caramel candies- some kind of appetite suppressant. I shudder to think what was in it.)

posted by BoringPostcards 06 January | 11:53

I think it was made of some kind of guar gum or something like that. It was intended to expand in your stomach to make you feel full. On that basis, I would expect it was probably also fairly uncomfortable to expel too.

posted by essexjan 06 January | 12:23

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