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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 readingI 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 reading1966 magazine ad for the Hohner Marine Band harmonica.
The first episode of the Batman TV series with Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin) aired on January 12, 1966.
Did you know the harmonica got its start in China? Or perhaps Germany?
Not quite a harmonica.
Continue reading1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos
“Suspiciously similar to the Selmer-Armon in having sliders for the 3 equally dismal sounds.”
Continue readingWell, it took 38 years for me to find out about it, then over a decade for me to track down a copy for myself, but now I have it! — Print (America’s Graphic Design Magazine), July/August 1974 — It has a feature story on art directing National Lampoon, and then they let National Lampoon take over a section of their publication for extra mayhem.
Wild.
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 readingLet’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 readingSomebody in the 1980s really wanted to put a sexy robot in an ad.
Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can
Continue readingBugles 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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