Bugles are still around, but I totally missed out their snack siblings — “Whistles – a cheddar-flavored corn product in the shape of a whistle and taste like grilled cheese on toast, only crunchy; and Daisy*s – a flower-shaped snack that had the flavor of puffed popovers.”
Dang it
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It was a big advance from the old sanitary belts, and a huge leap from sanitary suspenders.
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Q: Where do Volkswagens go when they get old?
A: The Old Volks home.
I’m so sorry.
Not-really-fun fact: The Volkswagen Beetle was originally named the Volkswagen Type 1 and marketed as the Volkswagen.
More VW Beetle trivia here via Mental Floss.
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Find out a bit more about Bruning via Forgotten Chicago.
I think the “ordinary translucent paper” mentioned in the ad copy might’ve been vellum or onionskin, but I could be wrong.
What the hell is Diazotype, you ask? MoMA has you covered.
Fin de Siècle (translation: end of the century) — Merriam-Webster has one heck of another definition for it:
“of, relating to, or characteristic of the close of the 19th century and especially its literary and artistic climate of sophistication, world-weariness, and fashionable despair”
Fashionable despair.
Fashionable despair and beef tea.
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Pear’s Soap has several claims to fame.
It was the world’s first transparent soap.
It is the world’s oldest continuous brand.
And as chairman of the company, Thomas J. Barratt is known to some as the father of modern advertising.
Would you like to learn more about saponification? Of course you would! (You don’t.)
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Ever see The Wicker Man movie? The one with Edward Woodward, not the iffy remake with Nicolas Cage. Oh, no reason.
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Joseph A. Campbell III: “We need the perfect word that’ll really get these beans flying off the shelves!”
Tommy Thompson: “How about… ‘digestible’?”
Campbell: “Thompson, my boy, I see a VP title in your future!”
