Funny Vintage Ads (86)

 

 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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Claims that a product could turn black people white was a common way to advertise cleaning products until the 1950s.    

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The American Expeditionary Force, Siberia was involved in the Russian Civil War in Vladivostok, Russia, after the October Revolution, from 1918 to 1920.

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$1.25 was quite the bargain, if you didn't mind having a rough ride with "steel tires" instead of rubber. 

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 America has changed a lot since WW2, when most Americans would willingly cooperate when asked to use less resources for the benefit of everyone. Now, the Blue team always has to oppose the advice and goals of the Red team, and vice versa. 

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Lea and Perrins invented the first Worcestershire sauce in Worcester, England in the mid 1830s. Holbrook's Worcestershire Sauce was first produced 24 miles away in Birmingham, in 1875. 

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"Spectacular new novelty tie creation for men who demand the distinctive and unusual!"

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"Who says dieting can’t be delicious"

The unfortunate people who tried these diet wafers hated them. Liquid Metrecal was wildly popular in the early 1960s, despite its awful taste. As sales began to decline in the late 60s, attempts to repackage the formula didn't help.

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Autocar built America's very first gasoline-fueled truck that was sold commercially in 1899. 

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  Given how painful childbirth can be, if men were the ones having babies, there would be a lot less carefree sex. 

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 The original Listerine smelled almost as bad as bad breath and the fact is that mouthwash doesn't actually cure bad breath. It kills bacteria on contact, but the alcohol content dries out your mouth and without your normal flow of saliva, the returning bacteria and associated odor actually gets worse.

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Produced in 1982, the Franklin ACE was one of the earliest commercial clones of the Apple 2 computer. Franklin openly acknowledged that it had copied Apple's ROM and operating system code and a court battle with Apple followed. Franklin won and the case established important legal precedents regarding copyright and reverse engineering, then Franklin declared bankruptcy. They lingered on for a few more years with new products before Apple was able to force them out of the desktop computer business.

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 During WW2, as war weariness set in, the demands for War Bonds got pretty intense.

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Ann E. Leak the “armless wonder” was born in Zebulon, Georgia in 1839. Until the middle of the 20th Century, people born with physical deformities had few options for earning a living and often ended up in "freak shows." 

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"Hide! She's here to hit us up again!"
Tupperware was founded in 1942 by Earl Tupper and sold though direct marketing.

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  Did it "Make Headaches Fly" or Make you high?

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 Free Anal O-Scope!
No thanks. I'll pass.

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Looks like an ad for deodorant, but since it's in French maybe he's reacting to her armpit hair. 

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Flock-Kraft Suede Paint added tiny "flocking" to their paint to create a textured finish of tiny bumps.

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Reclino-Specs were invented for people with disabilities, but distributors soon saw the potential profits in expanding the market to lazy Americans.

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In the 1960s, playing "Spicy songs packed with teasing wit and lusty humor" at your party was about as racy as it got.

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 The irony of a cigarette named “Life” is a lot more obvious today than when it was first introduced in the 1950s.  

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In 1897, Pearle Wait, a carpenter in New York, was developing a cough remedy and laxative tea in his home. He experimented with gelatin and came up with a fruit flavored dessert which his wife, May, named JELL-O. In 1899, he sold the idea for $450.

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"People don't put a price on sentiment when it comes to their pets" so Bob did.  

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 If the men are avoiding her at the end of the evening, she should buy them some drinks.

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From 1927 until 1956, when it ceased producing them, Servel was the only American manufacturer of gas refrigerators. 

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"So whether your boy works for someone else or becomes his own boss, business profits will always play a big part in his welfare." The National Association of Manufacturers asserting that their profits are totally reasonable and good for male employment prospects -- they don't mention females.

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This "Nasenformer" or nose shaper didn't fix your nose, but it did attract a lot of unwanted attention. 

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To meet the post-WW2 housing shortage, The Aladdin Company was the first to offer true kit homes composed of precut, numbered pieces. 

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Statistical Analysis was never made easy by writing your own programs in BASIC, but Radio Shack's TRS-80 was one of the first mass-produced personal computers in the US.

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Bubble Boy's "Magic" was made possible by Alka Seltzer 

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