1946 magazine ad for Battle Creek Equipment Company’s Battle Creek Thermophore
Mmm… Moist heat… Continue reading
Hey baby, are you into hot fomentations?
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I feel pretty. Oh so pretty.
1974 magazine ad for Yardley
I wonder what sort of magnificently manly scent this stuff had…
Eau de dumpster full of sweaty jock straps?
Crusty sock and whisky barf?
Burning chest hair?
Lumberjack taint scrapings? Continue reading
I think I know why we don’t hear much about sky driving these days.
1973 magazine ad for Canadian Club Blended Canadian Whisky
Did people really call Canadian Club “C. C.” back then? Do they now?
Me: “A CC on the rocks, please.”
Bartender: “What the hell is that?”
Me: “It’s what you drink after sky driving.”
Bartender: “What the hell is that?” Continue reading
Sometimes a little cigar isn’t just a little cigar.
1974 magazine ad for Winchester
Looks like several of the gals weren’t willing to ruin their hairdos for a guy with a little cigar.
Oh well, at least the balls are big. Continue reading
They drove a Chevrolet Bel Air to the picnic, but drove home in a Ford Thunderbird.
1955 magazine ad for Van Camp’s Pork and Beans
With six cans of beans at a picnic for four people, this ad is truly magical.
Another thing that impresses me about this ad is the copywriter managed to avoid using any real sentences. Continue reading
Don’t be sad — Just spray some of this on your funky hoo-ha!
My generation knew it as “that not-so-fresh feeling”, but back in 1969, it was apparently called “troublesome vaginal odors”.
Nowadays, who knows… Vaginaroma? Pussy pungence? Smelly cat? Good ol’ cooter stench?
Anyhoo, here’s how you can be an attractive, nice-to-be-with girl, thanks to Pristeen!
1969 Pristeen Feminine Hygiene Deodorant Magazine Ad
Now you too can perspire with the slightest exertion!
Ad of Yore: Print advertisement from a 1973 Charlton comic book
