January 31, 2007

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Popular Mechanics ads from the old, old days (Jan, 1952)

Filed under: Advertisements — @ 9:37 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1952
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That’s a rather interesting border the Kalamazoo Stove Company has. I wonder if their catalogs were popular in Germany?

I also think that “Speed! I Guess Yes!” is an awesome tagline for a car company and should be recycled today.

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2 Comments »

1. wow HUMMER H2 10 miles with 1 gallon
   the “Speed! I Guess Yes!” 30 miles with 1 gallon, that’s progress!

   Comment by latente — January 31, 2007 @ 1:24 pm

2. Actually, before 1933 swastikas (though usually “square” or “laid down”) were very popular among Anglo Saxons as charms, keyrings or just ornamental motifs for almost everything from floor tiles and carpets to lamposts and bridge rails to foundry markings. There was a general interest weekly titled “The Swastika”, and it was also displayed on early British Boy Scout badges. To some extent, the only original or distinctive feature of the NSDAP swastika was it was “standing up” or turned 45 degrees (the clockwise and anti-clockwise urban legend is just that, a post-Hitler myth – both sorts of swastikas were regarded as equally lucky).

   Comment by Professor_Fate — February 1, 2007 @ 1:50 pm

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