Found on the back cover of Forest and Stream magazine, March 1921.
The Story of Evinrude Outboard Motors
Hey, do you remember the name of the dragonfly in Disney’s The Rescuers?
“slayer of whirring mallard and lumbering goose”
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“You feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk.”
From 1942 or so. Found on the back of a newspaper clipping.
So what exactly was in Carter’s Little Liver Pills? A laxative.
I guess not having calomel was a good thing since it often caused mercury poisoning.
Continue readingWalt ain’t answering.
I was so focused on this 1966 telephone newspaper ad this weekend that I didn’t notice it was next to Walt Disney’s obituary until today.
Continue readingSing us a song, you’re the honky tonk harpsichord man.
1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos
“Suspiciously similar to the Selmer-Armon in having sliders for the 3 equally dismal sounds.”
Continue reading(BONK) I coulda had a V-8!
1960 magazine ad for V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juices
The eight vegetables in V-8 are beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach and tomato. And yes, I know tomatoes are botanically fruit.
Here. Have a history timeline of V-8!
Continue reading“It’s just the flu.”
Let’s go back to calling influenza “the grippe”.
Did you know acid phosphate was one of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola and essential at soda fountains?
Continue readingAlas, I was born too late.
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
Continue readingThis is why we can’t have nice things. Oh, wait…
I’m assuming this company wasn’t named after Dutch Reformed clergyman Albertus van Raalte, but maybe?
Nope. It’s was Emanuel van Raalte. Oh well.
I tried, but can’t quite make out the artist’s signature. Probably not Walt Disney.
Continue readingBefore there was Netflix and Chill, there was Bartlett’s and Boink.
“Do… or do not. There is no try.” — Winston Churchill
John Bartlett’s “Familiar Quotations” was first printed in 1855. It’s still in print (many versions later), but it has also made the leap into the app world.
Continue readingYou can’t go wrong with veggie shapes and a creepy baby.
The Jujyfruits shapes are asparagus, tomato, grape, banana, pineapple, raspberry and pea pod.
You absolutely must be curious about the etymology of jujube.
Heide Candy Company was founded in 1869.
Heide was sold to Hershey Foods Corporation in 1995.
Hershey sold Heide to Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company in 2002.
Farley’s & Sathers merged with Ferrara Pan Can Candy Company in 2012, becoming the Ferrara Candy Company.
What’s a pastille? It’s for when you don’t want to say “lozenge”.
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