December 24, 2009

Have a real cigarette – have a Camel (Nov, 1958)

Have a real cigarette – have a Camel

New kind of whirlybird! This portable one-man ‘copter can be completely assembled in the field and ready to fly in a hurry. Its pilot, Dick Peck, is a Camel smoker. “I want a cigarette that smokes mild and tastes good,” he says. “Camels do both.” Read the rest of this entry »

HOLLYWOOD’S NEW IDEAL FIGURE (Feb, 1937)

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Source: Physical Culture ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1937
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So Hollywood’s new figure is apparently being tan? Besides the fact that tan is not really a “figure” do we really need five pages to explain this?

HOLLYWOOD’S NEW IDEAL FIGURE

By Adela Rogers St. Johns

The Glamour and Charm of Lovely Screen Stars Are Heightened by a New Femininity Born of Sunbathing

THEY ask that question, “Is Hollywood developing a new ideal figure?” I say yes. A great big yes. New curves with all the glamour of the exotic boudoir, the sex appeal we used to talk about, plus the verve and honesty and beauty of strength and a figure made perfect under the suns and winds and perfumes of the deserts and the high places. Read the rest of this entry »

CLEVELAND POLICE MOTORIZED (May, 1939)

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Source: Life ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1939
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The scan doesn’t really do this ad justice. The colors are incredibly vibrant.

CLEVELAND POLICE MOTORIZED

CLEVELAND is prouder than ever of its Police Force which is now entirely motorized with the exception of the traffic detail.

The city’s Emergency Mobile Patrol is making history by helping daily in the reduction of crime and traffic fatalities. The entire nation is focusing its attention on this masterly stroke of police-pioneering.
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You Can Tramp All Day (Mar, 1922)

Separate Sack Suspensory.

You Can Tramp All Day

You can do the hardest work or play without strain, chafing or pinching if you wear a Separate Sack Suspensory. The S.S.S. has no irritating leg straps, no oppressive band on the sack, no scratching metal slides. It is made just as nature intended.
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December 23, 2009

LATEX BALLOONS MAY SOLVE PROBLEM OF PACKING QUICK-FROZEN MEATS (May, 1939)

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Source: Life ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1939
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Wow. Just… wow. It’s putting this article under the heading of “SCIENCE” that really does it for me.

Also, if you combine the ad on the left with the article on the right, I think you have the origins of a truly disgusting fetish.

LATEX BALLOONS MAY SOLVE PROBLEM OF PACKING QUICK-FROZEN MEATS

One of the liveliest and most promising young industries in America is the quick-frozen-foods business which, in five years, has increased its sales from 10,000,000 lb. of meat, vegetables, fruit and fish to more than 150,000,000 lb. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington Family Will Tour Nation in Hollow Log Placed on Wheels (Jun, 1931)

Washington Family Will Tour Nation in Hollow Log Placed on Wheels

CYRUS T. GATES of Deming, Washington, has just completed a novel home on wheels in which he and his family plan to tour the nation. This motor home consists of a large spruce log, hollowed out and mounted on the chassis of a large Chevrolet truck. Read the rest of this entry »

… this thing called ULTRA-VIOLET (Aug, 1930)

… this thing called ULTRA-VIOLET

In 1801 Johann Wilhelm Ritter, a German physicist, made a most interesting discovery. While exploring the theories of Sir Isaac Newton and others —that light was a series of waves (similar to waves upon the water) in the ether, and that color was caused by a difference in the lengths of these waves—Ritter found waves even shorter than the visible violet. Invisible waves so short that it would take 70,000 of them to make an inch. Read the rest of this entry »

Spokeless Air Wheels Coming Auto Style (Jun, 1931)

Spokeless Air Wheels Coming Auto Style

LATEST rumors in Detroit and Akron indicate that there will be a radical change in tire styles before many more auto shows come and go, and that with this change will also come entirely new chassis and body designs.
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December 22, 2009

REDUCE (Feb, 1937)

REDUCE

FAT IS DANGEROUS Fat enters the body when food is consumed in excess of one’s needs; it can be removed by lessening the fat making food intake or by muscular exercise. There is no other way for it to get in or get out.

All other ills of the body may sometimes fail to respond even when the best known methods are applied. Not so with obesity. Read the rest of this entry »

Killing Flies by Electricity (Sep, 1914)

Killing Flies by Electricity

THE latest application of electricity is that of killing the green fly by means of an electric spark. This fly is a species found on rose trees and is exceedingly disastrous to the flowers. Heretofore, considerable difficulty has been experienced in ridding rose trees of these pests but the electrical method recently devised is proving both practical and efficient. Read the rest of this entry »

“I don’t know who he is, but he just ordered J&B” (Oct, 1967)

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Source: Playboy ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1967
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“I don’t know who he is, but he just ordered J&B”

J&B RARE SCOTCH POURS MORE PLEASURE

Pennies More In Cost, Worlds Apart In Quality
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Cut down washday cost (Sep, 1914)

Cut down washday cost

Take practically all the expense out of your weekly washday. Have beautifully laundered clothes — spotlessly clean and fresh; a whole tubful washed in just a few minutes, with no labor whatever.

In your home, the yearly expense of washing must be a considerable item. Think of the high cost of a laundress’ services alone — week by week throughout the year!
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