Advertising has always been an interesting way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought.
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The most grotesque thing to ever sally forth on four wheels,the Sir Vival was a concept car created by Walter C. Jerome of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1958.
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Erector was a brand of metal toy construction sets which were patented by Alfred Carlton Gilbert and first sold by his company, the Mysto Manufacturing Company of New Haven, Connecticut in 1913.
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The amazing technology advertisers show us in their "World of Tomorrow" never includes humans with updated fashions and gender roles.
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Your free ride is over Jane. Get a job!
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Psychiana was a religious movement created in 1928 by Frank Bruce Robinson, with headquarters in Moscow, Idaho. It began and largely remained a mail-order enterprise, recruiting people through advertising in popular magazines and through direct mail solicitations.
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The Fuller Brush Company was founded in 1906 in Connecticut by Alfred C. Fuller with $375 worth of supplies and equipment. By 1956 the company had 7,000 full-time distributors who visited 90% of
American homes and a sales catalog that reached approximately 5
million people.
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In World War II venereal disease was a serious problem for the US Army. One in eight men were infected with some form of venereal disease. Mercury was considered standard treatment for STDs, until Penicillin replaced it in the mid-1940s.
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Vibrator manufacturers in the 1950s couldn't advertise what their products were actually meant for so they utilized various subterfuges, like calling their product a dentist recommended "gum massager."
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Actually a sun lamp can burn and you should protect your baby's eyes!
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Hypnosis can help you lose weight, but it doesn't work on everyone and self-hypnosis is much less effective.
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"Central Heating" sounds impressive, but it's really just a blower-motor.
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Should a male fantasy include twins with maximum cleavage?
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In 1907, a Scottish engineer, unable to get financial backing in the UK, took his idea for a fire extinguisher to the US. He established what became known as the Pyrene Company of Delaware in 1909.
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"You know stale coffee can give people nerves." Chase & Sanborn Coffee was established in 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Tampons were initially advertised for married women only, because many people thought women could lose their virginity if they inserted one.
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In 1978, Ford Motor Company agreed to recall 1.5 million Ford Pinto and 30,000 Mercury Bobcat sedan and hatchback models for fuel tank. design defects which made the vehicles susceptible to fire in the event. of a moderate-speed rear end collision.
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Giving this gift is more likely to take a few years off of your life.
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The L. L. Cooke School of Electricity was an early (1927) correspondence course on electrical theory and practice. Until the 1960s, it was the largest institution in the world devoted to teaching electricity by home-study.
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So if you're short, it's your own fault!
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The Electric Shopper began production in 1961. It was powered by a 1 hp DC electric motor that gave a top speed of around 18 mph.
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